Its political leanings have been described variously as nonpartisan, hawkish, and neoconservative. Describing his Presidential hopes, Lieberman opined that his historically hawkish stance would appeal to voters. Her foreign and security policies are often regarded as hawkish. "Politico" called McSally's foreign policy "hawkish" in 2016. Vance pushed for detente with the Soviet Union, and clashed frequently with the hawkish Brzezinski. Burr's foreign policy views have been described as hawkish at times. She is known for her hawkish foreign policy views. Cotton's foreign policy views have been characterized as "hawkish". Green had urged Duncan to run, but Duncan's hawkish statement troubled her. Jackson was known as a hawkish Democrat. In the 1960 presidential campaign, Kennedy was more "hawkish" on Southeast Asia than Richard Nixon. Carter's views on Iran have been perceived as hawkish. Stark was "probably the most hawkish" member of the council when he resigned. Ratcliffe has a hawkish position on Iran. Nielsen was fired in April 2019 for reportedly not being sufficiently hawkish on immigration.