Clinton in Concord, NH

Question: Clinton was asked if she would reduce our nuclear weapons stockpile from one thousand.
Answer: I do not want to commit to an exact figure, because i just do not feel comfortable doing that. But I will commit to you that I will certainly reduce our arsenal. I also a [...]

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Dodd in Concord, NH

Question: The question regarded the prevention of war with Iran.
Answer: Dodd acknowledged that Bush may be planning to invade Iran and said we had to keep an eye on the president’s actions and work towards cutting off funding for the war.

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Dodd in Manchester, NH

Question: Dodd was asked if he would reduce our nuclear weapons stockpile from ten thousand to one thousand.
Answer: Dodd was unwilling to give a specific target for disarmament, but added that it’s something that the United States can’t do alone, but that he will do the best he can. He said he [...]

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Edwards in Email

Statement:  Senator Edwards believes Congress should use their funding authority “to force George Bush to steadily bring troops out of Iraq.” He believes troop levels should be “capped initially at one hundred thousand” and wants all combat troops out of Iraq in about a year. – from Democracy for America email

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McCain in Fairfield, IA

Question: McCain was asked if he would reduce our nuclear stockpile from around ten thousand to one thousand, which would be sufficient to act as a nuclear deterrence.
Answer: He said that he would not reduce our nuclear arsenal to 1,000 weapons, but did not say he would not reduce it at all. [...]

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Edwards in Concord, NH

Question: “The Bush administration seems to be on the fast track to a war with Iran. If you were president today how would you handle the issue of Iran’s uranium enrichment program?”
Edwards: Iran’s leadership is becoming increasingly unpopular within Iran (implying that this was a good thing). He said we should work with Europeans [...]

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Kucinich in Keene, NH

Kucinich said for a candidate to say they would have opposed the war if they knew then what they know now, but then to vote now to keep funding the war – that lacks integrity. I have been a political leader of integrity.  I led the stand against the war from early on.  People [...]

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Kucinich Common Sense Budget Act

Statement:  Kucinich was a co-sponsor of the Common Sense Budget Act, showing his commitment to reducing our nuclear weapons stockpile from ten thousand to one thousand weapons.
<i>Note: exact date is unknown</i>

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Clinton in a New York Times Interview

Statement: In an interview with the New York Times, Hillary predicts a “remaining military as well as political mission” in Iraq; she states that if elected president, she would keep a reduced military force there to fight Al Qaeda, deter Iranian aggression, protect the Kurds and support the Iraqi military. The implication is [...]

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Clinton in IA

Statement: Hilary Clinton said to a Priorities Iowa staff that she’d vote against Bush’s proposal to build newer nuclear weapons.
<i>Note: The exact date is unknown.</i>

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