Editing Darrell Issa (section)

===Foreign and defense policy===
In 2001, Issa voted for the authorization of the [[PATRIOT Act]] and the creation of the [[Department of Homeland Security]].<ref name="VS">[https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2001398 "Roll Call 398 | Bill Number: H. R. 3162], Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives; retrieved February 1, 2025</ref> He voted to reauthorize the Patriot Act in 2005 after successfully amending it to require judicial notification, reporting requirements and facts justifying the use of roving surveillance at new facilities or places.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/amendment/109th-congress/house-amendment/490 |title=H.Amdt. 490 to H.R. 3199 - 109th Congress|date=July 21, 2005 |publisher=congress.gov |access-date=February 1, 2025}}</ref>

Issa is one of several [[Lebanese-American]]s in Congress.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/15/AR2006081501015.html|title=In Congress, Lonely on Lebanon|last=Milbank|first=Dana|date=August 16, 2006 |access-date=November 12, 2016|via=washingtonpost.com}}</ref> He had a significant role in U.S. peace initiatives in the Middle East. He traveled to Lebanon and Syria in an effort to negotiate the end of the [[Syrian occupation of Lebanon]]. In 2003, he appeared at a Washington rally by Iranian groups protesting against the Islamist government in Iran.<ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2003/jul/9/20030709-110130-3554r/?page=all#pagebreak "Congress joins rally against Tehran regime"]. ''[[The Washington Times]]'', July 9, 2003.</ref>

In March 2015, Issa supported the [[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen]], saying, "We must make it clear that we will support our allies and punish our enemies through steadfast resolve and decisive action."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/03/27/saudi-arabia-gets-bipartisan-backing-for-yemen-airstrikes|title=Saudi Arabia Gets Bipartisan Backing for Yemen Airstrikes|date=March 27, 2015|work=U.S. News. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328004338/http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/03/27/saudi-arabia-gets-bipartisan-backing-for-yemen-airstrikes|archive-date=March 28, 2015}}</ref>

In June 2021, Issa was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the [[Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002]] (AUMF) against Iraq.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-set-repeal-2002-iraq-war-authorization-n1271107|title = House votes to repeal 2002 Iraq War authorization|website = [[NBC News]]| date=June 17, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll172.xml|title= FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 172|website=US House of Representatives|date=June 17, 2021}}</ref>