2012 Presidential Candidates: Mitt Romney

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Mitt Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, is a leading candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination. He advocates a reversal in defense budget cuts, a reduction in government programs, the prevention of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East, and the continuation of No Child Left Behind. In relation to the Arab Spring, Romney believes that the United States should “ensure that the Arab Spring is not followed by an Arab Winter” by not being neutral and supporting groups or governments that wish to encourage a representative government and prevent the spread of “Iranian or jihadist influence”. Romney fully supports Israel as a Jewish state and will reduce aid to the Palestinians if they continue to pursue U.N. recognition. He has advocated the support of “moderate” Muslims as a means to prevent “jihadism,” and acknowledges that jihadists take a different view of Islam than most Muslims do.

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October 22, 2012 — Campaign Statements

“Pakistan is important to the region, to the world and to us”

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October 22, 2012 — Campaign Statements

“We’re going to be finished by 2014”

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October 15, 2012 — Campaign Statements

“I will pursue a real and successful transition”

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February 22, 2012 — Campaign Statements

“The Arab Spring has become the Arab Winter.”

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January 23, 2012 — Campaign Statements

“You don’t draw down during the middle of the fighting season.”

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January 23, 2012 — Campaign Statements

“Our mission is to…turn Afghanistan…over to a military of Afghan descent.”

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January 23, 2012 — Campaign Statements

“We want to show Iran, any action of that nature will be considered…an act of terror.”

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January 16, 2012 — Campaign Statements

“People who join al Qaeda are not entitled to rights of due process.”

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January 16, 2012 — Campaign Statements

‘We should not negotiate with the Taliban. We should defeat the Taliban.”

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January 16, 2012 — Campaign Statements

“We’re under attack by people.”

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January 16, 2012 — Campaign Statements

“They’ve killed Americans. We go anywhere they are, and we kill them.”

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January 07, 2012 — Campaign Statements

“We’re going to no longer have the capacity to fight two wars at a time.”

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January 07, 2012 — Campaign Statements

“The Iranian people love America because we stand up for the truth.”

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January 07, 2012 — Campaign Statements

“An Afghan security force…capable of maintaining the sovereignty of their nation from the Taliban”

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January 07, 2012 — Campaign Statements

“We have the capacity to remove them militarily from their plans to have nuclear weaponry.”

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December 21, 2011 — Campaign Statements

“Other candidates, like myself, would do exactly the same thing.”

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December 15, 2011 — Campaign Statements

“A strong America prevents people from trying to test us around the world.”

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November 22, 2011 — Campaign Statements

“Obama says that we have people throughout the world with common interests. I don’t agree with him.”

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November 22, 2011 — Campaign Statements

“We need to bring Pakistan into the 21st century—or the 20th century.”

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November 22, 2011 — Campaign Statements

“We can…identify people who are lower risk.”

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