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Helms believed that America should stand against dictators and help bring its values of freedom and democracy to the world.  This belief caused Helms to stand against "Most Favored Nation" status for China (which the Reagan and Nixon Administrations supported).  At the same time, Helms stood for a strong national defense and strongly opposed Communism and would occasionally compromise on the humanitarian part of his policy when it suited those aims, such was the case in his support for the dictator Augusto Pinochet.  <ref>http://www.jessehelmscenter.org/principles/default.asp</ref>  Helms also stood up against arms control and nuclear test-ban treaties even when some of these measures were supported by Reagan himself <ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b8990d63719.htm</ref>.

Helms believed that America should stand against dictators and help bring its values of freedom and democracy to the world.  This belief caused Helms to stand against "Most Favored Nation" status for China (which the Reagan and Nixon Administrations supported).  At the same time, Helms stood for a strong national defense and strongly opposed Communism and would occasionally compromise on the humanitarian part of his policy when it suited those aims, such was the case in his support for the dictator Augusto Pinochet.  <ref>http://www.jessehelmscenter.org/principles/default.asp</ref>  Helms also stood up against arms control and nuclear test-ban treaties even when some of these measures were supported by Reagan himself <ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b8990d63719.htm</ref>.

=== Liberal smears ===

=== Liberal opposition ===

Some in the liberal media have questioned Helms' integrity, largely due to his standing against Affirmative Action programs and quotas and secondly for his opposition to many liberal appointees for federal office <ref>http://www.jessehelmscenter.org/jessehelms/fictionortruth.asp#fic2</ref>.  Mr. Helms stated in his biography he has stood up for candidates in the jobs for which they were qualified.  He has opposed liberal and unqualified candidates in posts for which they were not qualified.  The record shows Helms enthusiastically supported African American candidates Clarence Thomas, Colin Powell, Claude Allen, and Condoleezza Rice, as well as other well qualified candidates for the positions in which they were appointed.  <ref>http://www.jessehelmscenter.org/jessehelms/fictionortruth.asp#fic5</ref>.

Some in the liberal media have questioned Helms' integrity, largely due to his standing against Affirmative Action programs and quotas and secondly for his opposition to many liberal appointees for federal office <ref>http://www.jessehelmscenter.org/jessehelms/fictionortruth.asp#fic2</ref>.  Mr. Helms stated in his biography he has stood up for candidates in the jobs for which they were qualified.  He has opposed liberal and unqualified candidates in posts for which they were not qualified.  The record shows Helms enthusiastically supported African American candidates [[Clarence Thomas]], [[Colin Powell]], [[Claude Allen]], and [[Condoleezza Rice]], as well as other well qualified candidates for the positions in which they were appointed.  <ref>http://www.jessehelmscenter.org/jessehelms/fictionortruth.asp#fic5</ref>.

== Humanitarian ==

== Humanitarian ==