Editing Barbara Boxer (section)

===Foreign policy===
In 1999, the Senate passed a Boxer resolution opposing the [[Taliban]] as the official government of [[Afghanistan]] because of its human rights abuses against women.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 5, 1999 |title=CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE (May 5, 1999) |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-1999-05-05/pdf/CREC-1999-05-05-pt1-PgS4818.pdf#page=1}}</ref>

[[File:Boxer Sharon.jpg|thumb|240px|Senator Boxer meets [[Prime Minister of israel|Israeli Prime Minister]] [[Ariel Sharon]] in 2005.]]

She voted against the first [[Operation Desert Storm|Gulf War]] while a member of the House in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/1991/roll009.xml |title=Final tally |website=clerk.house.gov}}</ref>

In 2012, Boxer and a bipartisan group of six senators introduced a resolution condemning Russia for aiding [[Syrian President]] [[Bashar al-Assad]]'s government as the country [[Syrian civil war|faced civil war]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.friendsoftheuschamber.com/article/bipartisan-group-of-lawmakers-condemns-russias-arms-sales-to-syria|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123131346/http://www.friendsoftheuschamber.com/article/bipartisan-group-of-lawmakers-condemns-russias-arms-sales-to-syria|url-status=dead|title=Bipartisan group of lawmakers condemns Russia's arms sales to Syria -…|date=January 23, 2013|archive-date=January 23, 2013}}</ref>

====Iraq War====
In October 2002, Boxer voted against the [[joint resolution]] passed by the [[US Congress]] to authorize the use of military force by the Bush administration against [[Iraq]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxer.senate.gov/newsroom/200210/20021003_frelat.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021017220016/http://boxer.senate.gov/newsroom/200210/20021003_frelat.html |archive-date=October 17, 2002 |title=U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer - Newsroom |date=October 3, 2002 |access-date=August 29, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hlrecord.org/media/paper609/news/2002/10/24/News/Senator.Boxer.Defends.Vote.On.Iraq.Resolution-304772.shtml |title=The Harvard Law Record – Senator Boxer defends vote on Iraq resolution |publisher=Hlrecord.org |access-date=May 25, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103105434/http://www.hlrecord.org/media/paper609/news/2002/10/24/News/Senator.Boxer.Defends.Vote.On.Iraq.Resolution-304772.shtml |archive-date=January 3, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=2&vote=00237 |title=U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Votes > Roll Call Vote |publisher=Senate.gov |access-date=May 25, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100528130156/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=2&vote=00237| archive-date= May 28, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

In June 2005, Senators Boxer and [[Russ Feingold]] of Wisconsin, cosponsored Senate Resolution 171 calling for a timeframe for [[Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq (2007–2011)|US troop withdrawal from Iraq]].{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

In 2005, Boxer criticized [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Condoleezza Rice]]'s judgment in relation to the [[war in Iraq]]: "I personally believe&nbsp;– this is my personal view&nbsp;– that your loyalty to the mission you were given, to sell the war, overwhelmed your respect for the truth."<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27818-2005Jan21.html Why the Crass Remarks About Rice?]. ''[[The Washington Post]]'', January 22, 2005.</ref>

Boxer was sharply critical of US Army General [[David Petraeus]]' testimony regarding the political and military situation of Iraq in 2007, charging him with reporting while wearing "rosy glasses".<ref>{{cite web|last=Bresnahan |first=John |url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0907/Boxer_to_Petraeus_Take_off_your_rosy_glasses.html |title=Boxer to Petraeus: 'Take off your rosy glasses' – POLITICO Live |publisher=Politico.Com |date=September 11, 2007 |access-date=March 6, 2012}}</ref>

In January 2007, Boxer was in the news for comments she made when responding to [[Iraq War troop surge of 2007|Bush's plans to send an additional 20,000 troops to Iraq]]. "Who pays the price?" Boxer asked Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. "I'm not going to pay a personal price. My kids are too old and my grandchild is too young. You're not going to pay a personal price with an immediate family. So who pays the price? The American military and their families... not me, not you." When Rice interjected, Boxer responded by saying, "Madam Secretary, please. I know you feel terrible about it. That's not the point. I was making the case as to who pays the price for your decisions. And the fact that this administration would move forward with this escalation with no clue as to the further price that we're going to pay militarily... I find really appalling."<ref>Barrett, Ted. ''GOP senator: Bush plan could match Vietnam blunder'' [http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/11/iraq.congress/index.html CNN, January 11, 2007]</ref>