Texas Sen. Ted Cruz warned on Wednesday that the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on the use of torture is causing the United States' allies to "rethink" their cooperation with the country. He also pledged that when Republicans take over the Senate next month and have control over both chambers of Congress, they'll take steps to be a "check" on President Barack Obama's "ill-advised foreign policy." In remarks at the conservative Heritage Foundation, Cruz declared, "Torture is wrong, unambiguously." But he decried the release of what he called a "partisan Democrat" report as "reckless and irresponsible." "The international repercussions of this partisan report are just beginning," he said, adding that even "friends and allies across the globe are rethinking" their relationship with the U.S.
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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said the release of the torture report will affect U.S. relations with its allies
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Cruz also said the GOP-led Senate will act as a "check" on Obama's foreign policy
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The potential presidential contender took aim at what he called the "Obama-Clinton" foreign policy
"The consequences of the Obama-@placeholder foreign policy is that our friends no longer trust us, and our enemies no longer fear us," Cruz said.
"There is agreement, and in many ways bipartisan agreement, in the Senate that the Obama-@placeholder foreign policy is disastrous and is undermining America in the world.