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23. Both also both believe that taxpayers should provide funding to other countries around the world. The bipartisan [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Appropriations"]Commission on Appropriations[/URL] [URL="http://appropriations.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=295910"]approved[/URL] $40.1 billion in foreign aid for the 2013 year. 24. Both party platforms mention Israel, confirm Jerusalem as being the capital city, and both the [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=033gCiurxbg&feature=youtu.be"]Democratic[/URL] and [URL="http://youtu.be/6dERXzPQo2U"]Republican[/URL] presidential candidate have pledged their allegiance to Israel.
25. The Democratic and Republican parties [URL="http://www.policymic.com/articles/14111/obama-vs-romney-on-the-israel-palestine-two-state-solution-why-both-must-pledge-to-make-it-happen"]both agree[/URL] that a two-state solution should be pursued between Israel and Palestine.
26. No one other than a Democrat or Republican has been elected president in the last 160 years.
27. Lawmakers from both parties in Congress and the executive branch have been responsible for all [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_military_operations#1850.E2.80.931859"]foreign interventions since 1853[/URL], keeping America in a near perpetual state of war. They are also responsible for the assistance and direct involvement of the U.S. in at least [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert_United_States_foreign_regime_change_actions#During_the_Cold_War"]31 instances[/URL] of covert foreign regime change since the beginning of the Cold War.
28. There is cross-administration support of preemptive cyber attacks. The Obama Administration has [URL="http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/policy-and-strategy/230443-report-obama-bush-ordered-cyber-attacks-against-iran"]continued[/URL] the Stuxnet cyber attacks against Iran which were started under the Bush Administration.
29. Sanctions against [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._sanctions_against_Iran"]Iran[/URL] began under Carter and have received [URL="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/104-1996/h250"]strong[/URL] bipartisan support from every [URL="http://www.cfr.org/iran/lengthening-list-iran-sanctions/p20258"]administration[/URL] since, continuing under the [URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/obama-order-implements-iran-sanctions-approved-by-congress/2012/10/09/2536e40e-1266-11e2-9a39-1f5a7f6fe945_story.html"]Obama[/URL] Administration.
30. Both Democrats and Republicans are eager to place [URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/world/middleeast/obama-and-congress-in-step-over-iran-sanctions.html?pagewanted=all"]even more sanctions[/URL] on Iran, [URL="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/07/iran-santions-suffering"]which[/URL] [URL="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-10-08/how-the-u-dot-s-dot-is-hurting-innocent-people-in-iran"]harm[/URL] innocent Iranian civilians, hoping to prevent Iran from developing nukes. The fact that [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17511816"]eight other countries[/URL] already have nukes is usually ignored.
31. The Democratic and Republican parties both agree that preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons is a top priority. [URL="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/9127324/Barack-Obama-US-will-not-countenance-Iranian-nuclear-weapon.html"]Obama[/URL] and [URL="http://www.ontheissues.org/2012/Mitt_Romney_War_+_Peace.htm"]Romney[/URL] also both agree that preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is a top US security priority.
32. At least 360 former [URL="http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/top.php?display=Z"]Democratic and Republican[/URL] congresspeople have left office and accepted jobs as lobbyists for corporations or special interest groups who then attempt to influence the same federal government they once worked for. As many as [URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/study-shows-revolving-door-of-employment-between-congress-lobbying-firms/2011/09/12/gIQAxPYROK_story.html"]5,400[/URL] congressional staffers have done the same in the past 10 years alone. Referred to as the “[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolving_door_%28politics%29#United_States"]revolving door[/URL],” members of [URL="http://washingtonexaminer.com/obama-revolving-door-geithner-deputy-to-pe-firm/article/996026#.UISuyqmPWSo"]both[/URL] [URL="http://www.citizensforethics.org/index.php/press/entry/crew-releases-revolving-door-investigation/"]parties[/URL] [URL="http://www.policyarchive.org/handle/10207/bitstreams/10857.pdf"]routinely[/URL] move between influential private sector positions and policy-making positions in the executive or legislative branches.



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