Subject: RE: CNN questions
From: "Sarge, Matthew" <[email-masked]>
To: "Roberts, Kelly" <[email-masked]>, "Brinster, Jeremy" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 07:02:39 -0700

To potentially add to the Bolton question:
Two members of your FP team were involved in the Iraq War

Keith Kellogg Served As A Staffer To Paul Bremer In The Bush Administration's Effort To Rebuild Iraq After The 2003 US Invasion. "He also had taken leave of absence from Oracle to serve the U.S. government as COO of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Baghdad, Iraq from November 2003 through March 2004. As a member of the CPA, Mr. Kellogg served on the staff of Administrator L. Paul Bremer. He played a key role in the effort to rebuild Iraq and bridge the link between security and critical infrastructure." [Joseph Keith Kellogg, CACI, Accessed on 3/21/16<http://www.caci.com/about/bios/kellogg.shtml>]

On The U.N:
If we get nothing out of the UN, should the U.S. withdraw from the U.N. or eliminate funding?
Are there any international organizations that the U.S. SHOULD be a part of?

Trump: "The United Nations Is Not A Friend Of Democracy. It's Not A Friend To Freedom." TRUMP: "The United Nations is not a friend of democracy. It's not a friend to freedom. It's not a friend even to the United States of America, where as all know, it has its home. And it surely isn't a friend to Israel." [AIPAC Conference, Washington DC, 3/21/16]

Trump Said The United Nations "Is A Disaster. They Never Give Us Anything... It's Just A Political Organization For Themselves." TRUMP "I'm going to make sure NATO isn't ripping us. And I'm going to make sure the United Nations, which is a disaster, they never give us anything. We get nothing from the United Nations. And look at the kind of cost that is. Either it's going to work for us, or what's the purpose of us making the big payment. We make the big payment... And we always seem to be on the wrong end of the rulings.... It's just a political organization for themselves." [Michael Koolidge Radio Show, WROK 1440, 3/29/16] [9:40]

From: Roberts, Kelly
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 9:55 AM
To: Sarge, Matthew; Brinster, Jeremy
Subject: RE: CNN questions

Oh also we should probably ask:

- Who helped you write the foreign policy speech you're giving tomorrow? Which advisors specifically did you talk to? What advice did they give you? Did they give you any advice that you chose not to take?

From: Roberts, Kelly
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 9:52 AM
To: Sarge, Matthew; Brinster, Jeremy
Subject: CNN questions

This is the list I currently have w/ Brinster's additions. Let me know if there's anything else you think we should add or if you have any suggestions for changes

- CIA Director Brennan and former CIA Director Hayden have both said that our military and intelligence officers might refuse to follow some of your orders if you were president. What would you do if the military refused to listen to you? Should they be court-martialed if they refuse to follow orders?

- You've said you look to Ambassador John Bolton for military advice and called him "terrific," but he was one of the architects of the Iraq war. How do you explain your praise for Bolton if you also claim the war was a mistake? What advice have you taken from him?

*         TODD: "Who do you talk to for military advice right now?" TRUMP: "Well, I watch the shows. I really see a lot of great -- when you watch your show and all of the other shows and you have the generals and you have certain people that you like." TODD: "But is there somebody -- is there a go to for you?" TRUMP: "Probably there are two or three." TODD: "Every presidential candidate has a go-to." TRUMP: "Well, probably there are two or three. I like Bolton, I think he's a tough cookie, knows what he's talking about. Jacobs is a good guy." TODD: "Do you mean Ambassador John Bolton--" TRUMP: "Yes. I think he's terrific--."  [Meet The Press, NBC, 8/16/15]

- You've said we should have bombed the "right people" after 9/11 and have suggested that the government has evidence Saudi Arabia was involved. Do you think we should have instead bombed Saudi Arabia?

*         Trump Said We Needed To Bomb The "Right People," The "People That Knocked Down The World Trade Center" And That Was Not Saddam Hussein. TRUMP: "No, I'm saying that, certainly, it would have been nice if the federal government could have given some of the trillion dollars that we've spent on Iraq. And by the way, I'm worse of a hawk than anybody. I'm worse than Roger Ailes, and that's pretty bad, OK? But you've got to bomb the right people. You've got to bomb the right -- the people that knocked down the World Trade Center. It was not the people of Iraq, and it was not Saddam Hussein. It's sort of interesting. Saddam Hussein used to kill terrorists. Now Iraq is a breeding ground for terrorists. I mean, that's the Harvard of terrorism. So it's a very, very sad situation." [Cavuto, Fox Business, 12/17/08]

*         Trump Suggested The Redacted Pages Of The 9/11 Report Would Reveal That Saudi Arabia Blew Up The World Trade Center. "'Who blew up the World Trade Center? It wasn't the Iraqis, it was Saudi - take a look at Saudi Arabia, open the documents,' Trump told the gang at Fox & Friends Wednesday morning, after defending his bizarre theory that George W. Bush was president on September 11. Trump appeared to be referencing the 28 pages that were redacted from the 2002 Joint Inquiry into the 9/11 attacks." [New York Magazine, 2/17/16<http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/02/donald-trump-suggests-the-saudis-did-911.html>]

- Do you think American victims of 9/11 should be able to sue Saudi Arabia in court? What role, if any, do you think Saudi Arabia had in the 9/11 attacks?

- Would you order U.S. troops to withdraw from South Korea, and if so, how quickly?

- How many military bases do you think the U.S. should have in Southeast Asia?

- President Obama recently announced he's sending 250 U.S. special operations troops to Syria to help in the fight against ISIS. How many U.S. troops do you think need to be sent to Syria/Iraq and what do they need to do there?

- You've said that the U.S. disproportionately funded the U.N., should we cut our funding to the United Nations? How much should we reduce it by?

*         Trump Said We Disproportionately Funded The United Nations And Got Nothing Out Of It. TRUMP: "You know, I'll give you another one, I talked about NATO and we fund disproportionately, the United Nations, we get nothing out of the United Nations other than good real estate prices. We get nothing out of the United Nations. They don't respect us, they don't do what we want, and yet we fund them disproportionately again. Why are we always the ones that funds everybody disproportionately, you know? So everything is like that." [New York Times Interview, 3/26/16<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/27/us/politics/donald-trump-transcript.html?_r=0>]

- In 2000, you said you supported a pre-emptive strike against North Korea if it would keep them from getting nuclear weapons. Do you still support that?

*         Trump: Am I Ready To Bomb North Korea's Reactor? "You're Damned Right." "What would I do in North Korea? Fair question. It's easy to point out the problem, but what should we do to solve it? Am I ready to bomb this reactor? You're damned right." [Donald Trump, The America We Deserve, 1/15/00]

*         Trump: "A Surgical Strike Would Not Only Put Out The Fire In North Korea, But It Would Also Send A Message Around The World That The United States Is Going To Eliminate Any Serious Threat To Its Security, And Do So Without Apology." [Donald Trump, The America We Deserve, 1/15/00]