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What to Know About Kamala Harris’s Foreign Policy Positions [1]
['Eve Sampson']
Date: 2024-07-27
Hundreds of former Democratic foreign policy leaders this week backed Vice President Kamala Harris in her bid for the White House, vouching for their party’s presumptive nominee despite her limited experience in matters of diplomacy.
Her rapid trajectory to the top of the ticket just days after President Biden announced he would exit the race comes at a time of increased global tension, leaving voters to wonder where she stands on critical foreign policy issues, including military support for Israel and Ukraine, the migrant crisis, and threats from an emergent China.
Ms. Harris has played a narrow role in the Biden administration’s shaping of foreign policy, even in the areas where she is involved, most notably in the administration’s approach to illegal migration along the southern border. Nevertheless, the campaign of former President Donald J. Trump has sought to tie her to the influx in migrants, while simultaneously painting her as inexperienced.
Here is what we know about her key foreign policy positions.
The War in Gaza
Ms. Harris has largely been in lock step with Mr. Biden regarding U.S. support for Israel in its war with Hamas in Gaza. She has reaffirmed the administration’s position that Israel has a right to defend itself, but she has struck a sharper tone about the suffering of people in Gaza.
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