Who Will Stand Between Obama and the World

10 Republicans who are about to become the new foreign-policy power brokers.

BY JOSH ROGIN | OCTOBER 25, 2010

1. Eric Cantor

The Virginia lawmaker, currently the House minority whip, could very well become majority leader in a GOP-controlled House of Representatives if current minority leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) is elected speaker of the House. Cantor, who is particularly active on foreign-policy issues involving Iran and Israel, could see his role expand significantly if he is given the power to set the House floor agenda and therefore determine which bills are considered, in what form, and when.

That could spell trouble for the administration's foreign operations budget, which funds the State Department and sets levels for U.S. non-military assistance around the world. Republicans are threatening to withhold aid to countries they see as not being wholly supportive of the United States and Cantor told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that the president's proposed budget might have to be rejected outright if Republicans take power -- after separating out U.S. aid for Israel, of course.

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Josh Rogin is a staff writer at Foreign Policy. He blogs at thecable.foreignpolicy.com.

ANTIMKO

10:45 AM ET

October 26, 2010

About half of these people are bought and paid for by AIPAC

Eric Cantor for one. What could go wrong?

 

BETZ55

6:57 AM ET

October 27, 2010

Exactly right

AIPAC, AIPAC, AIPAC will ensure that the US keep supporting its biggest welfare client, Israel, while our own go without here at home. Disgusting.

"Granger is also on board with efforts to eliminate aid to countries that are not performing on internal reform, as she explained when expressing opposition to funding of the Senegalese government through the State Department's Millennium Challenge Corporation. "We can't just give out money and say we will put up with whatever you are doing," she said.

Really Granger? Why don't you start with apartheid Israel.

 

RKERG

11:12 AM ET

October 26, 2010

No Reality Needed

Its the return of foreign policy based not in reality, but in the politics of the districts of the members of House of Representatives and of course, their biggest campaign donors. They yearn for more military adventures like Iraq, which, as we know has been transformed into a shining beacon of democracy. LOL.

 

DPM426

6:45 PM ET

October 26, 2010

Pete Hoekstra

Will not be a player in the next Congress. He lost the Michigan Republican Gubernatorial primary.

 

AR

2:19 PM ET

October 29, 2010

If Americans really want to

If Americans really want to see change and a better future for the nation then vote 3rd party. The dems and reps are the same. One is whimpy and can not or will not get their act together, the other does nothing, panders to jingoistic fears and both pander to special interests, not least of which is the israeli lobby.

 

JOES_FRON

12:32 AM ET

November 19, 2010

If Americans really

Senegalese government through tatil the State Department's gazeteler Millennium Challenge Corporation. "We can't just give out instyler money and say we will put up with tv shop whatever you are doing," she said.

 

HELLEHOU503

1:48 PM ET

November 24, 2010

Who Will Stand Between Obama and the World

10 Republicans who are about to become the new foreign-policy power brokers. Its the return of foreign policy based not in reality, but in the politics of the districts of the members of House of Representatives and of course, their biggest campaign donors. They yearn for more military adventures like Iraq, which, as we know has been transformed into a shining beacon of democracy. LOL. "If current polls hold, Republicans will make significant gains in the Senate and likely take the House of Representatives, elevating a set of lawmakers to new heights of power and complicating Obama's efforts to execute his foreign-policy agenda austin auto quote. " "Granger is also on board with efforts to eliminate aid to countries that are not performing on internal reform, as she explained when expressing opposition to funding of the Senegalese government through the State Department's Millennium Challenge Corporation. "We can't just give out money and say we will put up with whatever you are doing," she said. Really Granger? Why don't you start with apartheid Israel.