Yes, I’ll stand up to the party if they’re wrong and they aren’t going the right way for people in Pennsylvania. But I do believe in Democratic principles. Joe Sestak Read Quote
I come from a background in the military where everyone had health care. We understood the value of education as a given. You learn a skill, earn a pension and go on to ‘Be all that you can be’… You invest in people. You hold people accountable. Joe Sestak Read Quote
The Democratic Party has been perceived to have a deficit of credibility on defense issues since the Vietnam War, unfairly or not. Joe Sestak Read Quote
I understand the challenge with student loans. But what about the labor force, the enlisted men and women, so to speak, of ships. Those who work with their hands and their minds. We need to do what we do in the military, is we train and retrain. Joe Sestak Read Quote
We did more to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions with a computer virus than we ever could have with bombs (and we did still more with diplomacy – the abandonment of which is also bad for our military, because militaries can only stop a problem, not fix a problem). Joe Sestak Read Quote
In the face of a rising China, along with authoritarian regimes from Brazil to the Philippines to Turkey to Russia, and the constant presence of belligerent non-state actors, we need to reform our military to deal with asymmetrical threats. Joe Sestak Read Quote
Human rights in China should absolutely play a role in broader U.S. policy toward China. When we look the other way on fundamental issues of human rights, we are also responsible. Joe Sestak Read Quote
I want to restore U.S. leadership within a rules-based liberal world order that collectively holds nations accountable for their illiberal behavior, whether in foreign or domestic spheres. Joe Sestak Read Quote
Certainly, the JCPOA was not a perfect agreement. It did not deal with the threat from Iranian missiles, or their support for violent extremism. And it contains a ‘sunset clause,’ meaning it expires after a decade. But it was accomplishing the one goal it set out to achieve: stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Joe Sestak Read Quote
