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===International Terrorism===
*Introduced the Terrorist Refugee Infiltration Prevention Act of 2015, immediately barring refugees to the United States from any country, such as Iraq or Syria that contains substantial territory controlled by a foreign terrorist organization[https://www.tedcruz.org/issues/defend-our-nation/ (TCWDN)]*Chaired a hearing titled “Justice Forsaken: How the Federal Government Fails the American Victims of Iranian and Palestinian Terrorism.”[https://www.tedcruz.org/issues/defend-our-nation/ (TCWDN)]*Really wants the president, and will do so as president, to utter the words "radical Islamic terrorism"[https://www.tedcruz.org/issues/defend-our-nation/ (TCWDN)]*Wants the US to recognize the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas as terrorist organizations[https://www.tedcruz.org/issues/defend-our-nation/ (TCWDN)]*When asked where he fit on the spectrum of Republican views on foreign policy, with Rand Paul (isolationist) at one end and John McCain (active interventionist) at the other he said, “I consider myself somewhere in between those two poles." [http://www.stripes.com/news/us/republican-divide-over-strategy-for-middle-east-iraq-is-growing-1.292328][http://www.stripes.com/news/us/republican-divide-over-strategy-for-middle-east-iraq-is-growing-1.292328 (Stripes)]*Wants to “bomb [ISIS] back to the Stone Age” [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/08/31/cruz-fires-up-conservatives-says-bomb-islamic-state-back-to-stone-age.html (FOX)]*"ISIS right now is the face of evil. They’re crucifying Christians, they’re persecuting Christians.” [http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/09/how-to-defeat-isis-according-to-ted-cruz/380500/ (Atlantic)]*Does not support any US training of the moderate opposition in Syria [http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/388214/ted-cruz-opposes-funding-bill-and-isis-measures-joel-gehrke (NATR)]
===Iran Deal===
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