Believes marriage is between a man and a woman, but supports domestic partnerships.
Pro-choice; supports some restrictions on abortion such as parental notification and a ban on partial birth abortion, except when the life of the mother is at stake.
Iraq
Will not set timetable for withdrawing troops.
Rebuild Iraq to prevent future terrorist threats.
Energy
Use bio-fuels to displace foreign oil use.
Expand use of nuclear power.
Track key energy indicators to measure progress towards energy independence. Info would be available to public.
Health Care
Supports a tax reduction up to $15,000 for those without employer-provided health insurance.
Opposes government-mandated health insurance.
Reform the medical liability legal system.
Require availability of low-cost insurance options.
Streamline FDA regulation to make drugs available to the public sooner.
Invest in health IT to reduce medical errors.
Expand Health Savings Accounts.
National Security
Expand training for local emergency management
Bolster the military. Add at least 10 new combat brigades to the Army, expand the Navy to more than 300 ships, give the Air Force the new refueling tankers, and build a new long range bomber to replace the B-52.
Expand NATO.
Create a military/civilian corps that would focus on preventing new terrorist safe-havens.
Immigration
Build fence and deploy/maintain 20,000 Border Patrol agents.
Issue ID card for all noncitizens and maintain federal database of all immigrants.
Deport all illegal aliens who commit a felony.
Require all immigrants to read, write, and speak English.
In the grim days after September 11, New York's mayor, Rudy Giuliani, kept hearing his father's words: "Courage is doing what you have to do even though you are afraid."
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