Candidates are listed in alphabetical order. Positions are categorized as Pro (Yes), Con (No), Not Clearly Pro or Con, or None Found.
Candidates who have withdrawn or who no longer meet our criteria are listed last.

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Clinton, Hillary (D) - Not Clearly Pro or Con Hillary Clinton, U.S. Senator (D-NY), stated in a July 10, 2007 article titled "Iraq: Speech at the Temple for the Performing Arts in Des Moines" on her official candidate website: "And as President, I will work to ensure a stable and peaceful relationship between Turkey and the Kurds in Northern Iraq, both of whom are our friends and allies. We must not permit a conflict between these two allies to become another consequence of the Iraq war." July 10, 2007 Hillary Clinton

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	Gravel, Mike (Lib) - None Found
	ProCon.org emailed the Gravel campaign on Mar. 11, 2008 with this question. We had not received a reply or found a position as of Mar. 21, 2008.

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	Keyes, Alan (Ind) - None Found
	ProCon.org emailed the Keyes campaign on Mar. 26, 2008 with this question. We had not received a reply or found a position as of Apr. 11, 2008.

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McCain, John (R) - Con John McCain, U.S. Senator (R-AZ), in a Oct. 25, 2007 press release titled "Address to International Relations Forum in Des Moines," stated: "A unilateral, large-scale Turkish military intervention would destabilize northern Iraq and spur the fragmentation Turkey wishes to avoid. At the same time, we must work seriously to rein in PKK [Kurdistan Workers' Party] terrorism that is a legitimate concern of Turkey." Oct. 25, 2007 John McCain

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	McKinney, Cynthia (Grn) - None Found
	ProCon.org emailed the McKinney campaign on Mar. 26, 2008 with this question. We had not received a reply or found a position as of Apr. 11, 2008.

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	Nader, Ralph (Ind) - None Found
	ProCon.org emailed the Nader campaign on Mar. 26, 2008 with this question. We had not received a reply or found a position as of Apr. 11, 2008.

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		Obama, Barack (D) - Con Barack Obama, U.S. Senator (D-IL), stated in an article titled "Barack Obama: Turning the Page in Iraq" on his official candidate website (accessed Mar. 13, 2008): "Prevent the War's Spread Beyond Iraq: To prevent spillover -- in particular, Turkish or Iranian adventurism -- the Obama plan would promote a regional compact that would ensure commitments by Iraq's neighbors to non-intervention and to Iraq's territorial integrity." Mar. 13, 2008 Barack Obama

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Paul, Ron (R) - Con Ron Paul, U.S. Representative (R-TX), in a Feb. 25, 2003 LewRockwell article titled "Buying 'Friends' With Foreign Aid," stated: "Turkey wants more than our money, however. It also wants to control the Kurdish population in northern Iraq. The Kurds in both Iraq and Turkey desire an independent Kurdish state, which the Turkish government fiercely resists. Turkish officials want an agreement that will allow thousands of their soldiers to advance into Kurdish northern Iraq on the heels of American forces. This would be a shameful insult to the Kurdish people, who at least have been consistent foes of Saddam Hussein." Feb. 25, 2003 Ron Paul

CANDIDATES WHO HAVE WITHDRAWN OR WHO NO LONGER MEET OUR CRITERIA      Biden, Joe (D) - None Found   Withdrew on Jan. 3, 2008; no position found as of that date Top      Brownback, Sam (R) - None Found   Withdrew on Oct. 19, 2007; no position found as of that date Top      Dodd, Chris (D) - None Found   Withdrew on Jan. 3, 2008; no position found as of that date Top      Edwards, John (D) - None Found   Withdrew on Jan. 30, 2008; no position found as of that date Top      Gilmore, Jim (R) - None Found   Withdrew on Aug. 14, 2007; no position found as of that date Top      Giuliani, Rudy (R) - None Found   Withdrew on Jan. 30, 2008; no position found as of that date Top      Huckabee, Mike (R) - None Found   Withdrew on Mar. 4, 2008; no position found as of that date Top      Hunter, Duncan (R) - None Found   Withdrew on Jan. 19, 2008; no position found as of that date Top    Imperato, Daniel (Ind) - Pro Daniel Imperato, an Independent candidate and business entrepreneur, stated in a Mar. 11, 2008 telephone interview with ProCon.org: "If there are people, Kurds, or [other] people attacking or approaching Turkey in any diligent or terrorist way, I feel that Turkey has a right to defend itself... If those...people or terrorists have attacked Turkey in the northern border, and they want to go in and take those terrorists out, I think that the United States goes in and does the same, so I think that they should be able to go and protect their nation and rid the terrorists. I do think that any attack on any nation should be done on a global basis and there should be a congress of nations that doesn't support war in any nation." Mar. 11, 2008 Daniel Imperato Top      Kubby, Steve (Lib) - Not Clearly Pro or Con    Steve Kubby, founder of the American Medical Marijuana Association, stated in a Mar. 12, 2008 email to ProCon.org: "That's between Turkey and those other countries. The primary considerations are getting US troops out of the line of fire in that region and getting the US disentangled from those arguments entirely." Mar. 12, 2008 Steve Kubby Top      Kucinich, Dennis (D) - None Found   Withdrew on Jan. 25, 2008; no position found as of that date Top    McEnulty, Frank (Ind) - Pro Frank McEnulty, an Independent candidate and President of Our Castle Homes, in a Mar. 19, 2008 email to ProCon.org, stated: "Yes. If a country allows criminals or terrorists within their borders to operate against another country and do nothing to stop these activities then the country under attack has every right to take care of the problem themselves." Mar. 19, 2008 Frank McEnulty Top      Richardson, Bill (D) - None Found   Withdrew on Jan. 10, 2008; no position found as of that date Top      Romney, Mitt (R) - None Found   Withdrew on Feb. 7, 2008; no position found as of that date Top      Smith, Christine (Lib) - None Found       ProCon.org emailed the Smith campaign on Mar. 11, 2008 with this question. We had not received a reply or found a position as of Mar. 21, 2008.   Top      Tancredo, Tom (R) - None Found   Withdrew on Dec. 20, 2007; no position found as of that date Top      Thompson, Fred (R) - None Found   Withdrew on Jan. 22, 2008; no position found as of that date Top      Thompson, Tommy (R) - None Found   Withdrew on Sep. 12, 2007; no position found as of that date Top      Vilsack, Tom (D) - None Found   Withdrew on Feb. 23, 2007; no position found as of that date

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