Edwards in Manchester, NH

Question: What will you do about youth violence?
Edwards: After saying parents can turn of their children’s TVs and monitor the video games they play with, he said one thing we can do, and which he will do if elected president, is to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

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Edwards in Plymouth, NH

Questioner #1, an audience member: If you’re elected, and I hope you are, where will you find the strength to stand against the stranglehold of the military industrial complex has held on our country for forty years?
Edwards: Well first of all, I don’t think it’s hard to stand for what’s right. I don’t think it [...]

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Edwards in Concord, NH

Question: “I’m appreciative your stands on many issues. There is one that is still very troubling to me. With regard to Iran, you and several other candidates have made the statement that ‘all options are on the table.’ I hear that statement as a threat that would include a preemptive strike and [...]

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Edwards on Martha’s Vineyard, MA

Question: what will you do as President about the bloated US defense?
Answer: The first thing I would do is eliminate the billions for nuclear weapons. But beyond that, I want to be the President who has the United States the initiative in eliminating all nuclear weapons from the world.”

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Paul in Mason City, IA

Question: Do you support nuclear abolition?
Paul: responded with a question of his own: “How many nuclear weapons do we have now?”
Questioner: “Around 10,000 warheads.”
Paul: 10,000? How many times can you destroy the world with that?”
Questioner then reports: In the following conversation, Ron Paul told me that we had “way too many”, and that he would [...]

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Clinton in Warner, NH

On August 23, 2007, Hillary Clinton visited Main Street Bookends in Warner, New Hampshire.

Questioner #1 on hand-shaking line: Please take the nuclear option off the table with Iran, Pakistan, and North Korea.
Clinton: “yes, yes, yes” as her attention was shifting away.
Questioner #2 on hand-shaking line: When will be nephew be coming [...]

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Edwards in Peterborough

Question: “At the Des Moines debate last week, you spoke about the need to work for nuclear abolition. I applaud you for that. But you’ve also said that no president should have his hands tied in options in dealing with other countries. However, I want to challenge you and the other candidates on this: why [...]

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Giuliani in Manchester

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Giuliani in Manchester, NH

At Rudy Giuliani’s campaign headquarters, this conversation took place.
Question on handshaking line: In a January op-ed by the Wall Street Journal, Henry Kissinger and others wrote about the tremendous dangers of nuclear weapons and makes the call for the US to work towards the elimination of our nuclear arsenals. Do you believe we must work [...]

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Clinton in Rochester, NH

Question: “Hillary, we are spending 54% of our tax dollars to the pentagon. That’s not including Homeland Security, or the Coast Guard. Don’t you think that’s ridiculously too much? That’s money we could use for health care, education, better bridges, etc. What do you think?”
Answer: “Yes, it is. [...]

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