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Education
Bill Richardson: Create science and math academies with 100,000 new teachers.
Chris Dodd: Merit pay for poor areas ok; not for better neighborhoods.
Hillary Clinton: Get more teachers into hard-to-serve areas.
Joe Biden: Laid out a $30 billion plan over five years for education.
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Energy & Oil
Dennis Kucinich: Voted against drilling in Alaska, against union preference.
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Foreign Policy
Bill Richardson: Set conditions on foreign aid assistance to Musharraf.
Joe Biden: Move from a Musharraf policy to a Pakistan policy.
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Free Trade
John Edwards: Hold China responsible for their trade obligations.
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Health Care
Barack Obama: Problem isn't mandating coverage, but affording it.
Barack Obama: FactCheck: Coverage plan might leave 8.5 million uninsured.
Hillary Clinton: Health care tax credit ensures affordability.
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Homeland Security
Barack Obama: Human rights and national security are complementary.
Bill Richardson: Human rights can be more important than national security.
Chris Dodd: National security is more important than human rights.
Hillary Clinton: National security is more important than human rights.
John Edwards: Lead a long-term effort to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
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Immigration
Barack Obama: Comprehensive solution includes employers & borders.
Barack Obama: Undocumented workers come here to work, not to drive.
Barack Obama: Support granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.
Barack Obama: FactCheck: Lightning IS likelier than employer prosecution.
Bill Richardson: Allowed giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.
Chris Dodd: Oppose granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.
Dennis Kucinich: There aren't any illegal human beings.
Hillary Clinton: Oppose granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.
Joe Biden: Oppose granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.
John Edwards: Oppose granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.
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Jobs
Dennis Kucinich: I'm the one candidate who comes from the working class.
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Social Security
Barack Obama: FactCheck: Removing $97,500 cap would be $1.3T tax increase.
Hillary Clinton: FactCheck: Yes, removing $97,500 cap affects middle-class.
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War & Peace
Barack Obama: Surge strategy has made a difference in Iraq but failed.
Bill Richardson: Donor conference: get EU & Arabs to pay for reconstruction.
Dennis Kucinich: The surge strategy is fueling the insurgency.
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