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Iraq Is Fragile And May Fall Back Into A Devastating Setting. We're Not Making The Kind Of Progress In Afghanistan That Had Been Promised. And Our Esteem Around The World Has Fallen. I Can't Think Of A Major Country. It's Hard To Think Of A Single Country That Has Greater Respect And Admiration For America Today Than It Did Five Years Ago When Barack Obama Became President. And That's A Very Sad, Unfortunate State Of Affairs.

An Employer Verification System Must Be Implemented To Ensure Jobs Are Not Given To Illegal Immigrants.

I Don't Like To Have The Federal Government Start Pushing Its Weight Deeper And Deeper Into Our Schools. Let The States And Localities Do That.

I Feel Very Deeply About The Need To Respect And Tolerate People Of Different Social - Or Sexual Orientation. But At The Same Time, I Believe Marriage Should Be Preserved As An Institution For One Man And One Woman.

As President, My Goal In Afghanistan Will Be To Complete A Successful Transition To Afghan Security Forces By The End Of 2014. I Will Evaluate Conditions On The Ground And Solicit The Best Advice Of Our Military Commanders. And I Will Affirm That My Duty Is Not To My Political Prospects, But To The Security Of The Nation.