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Bourke Hickenlooper (view source)
Revision as of 03:44, February 26, 2021
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===Foreign policy===
===Foreign policy===
Hickenlooper backed General [[Douglas MacArthur]] in the latter's dispute with President [[Harry Truman]] at the time of the [[Korean War]].<ref name="The First Hickenlooper"/>
As the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Hickenlooper proposed an amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act which would slash foreign aid to any country expropriating the privately owned property of American sugar plantations and oil companies.<ref name="The First Hickenlooper"/> The measure was opposed by President [[John F. Kennedy]] over concerns that diplomatic ties to [[Latin America]] would be weakened. The amendment was defeated by a 40–45 Senate vote.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/87-1962/s268 S. 2996. AMEND. BARRING AID TO ANY NATION WHICH EXPORTED TO U.S.S.R. OR NATION DOMINATED BY U.S.S.R. ANY WAR IMPLEMENTS OR ARTICLES OF STRATEGIC SIGNIFICANCE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved February 21, 2021.</ref>
As the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Hickenlooper proposed an amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act which would slash foreign aid to any country expropriating the privately owned property of American sugar plantations and oil companies.<ref name="The First Hickenlooper"/> The measure was opposed by President [[John F. Kennedy]] over concerns that diplomatic ties to [[Latin America]] would be weakened. The amendment was defeated by a 40–45 Senate vote.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/87-1962/s268 S. 2996. AMEND. BARRING AID TO ANY NATION WHICH EXPORTED TO U.S.S.R. OR NATION DOMINATED BY U.S.S.R. ANY WAR IMPLEMENTS OR ARTICLES OF STRATEGIC SIGNIFICANCE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved February 21, 2021.</ref>