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National Missile Defense |
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Increase size of Army |
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Co-sponsored amendment to minimize NMD spending |
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No public position, but favors multilateral war on terror |
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No public position, but calls herself a fiscal conservative |
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Questions NMD; would invest in research and development |
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Consider increasing size of armed forces |
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Boost benefits, pay for members of "over-committed" military |
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Divert some NMD money for nonproliferation effort |
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More troops to Iraq and Afghanistan; promises world's "strongest military" |
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Raise pay, benefits of troops, veterans to previous levels |
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Says NMD should not be first priority in WMD proliferation |
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Maintain military with advanced training, technology and adequate resources |
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Exempt Defense Department spending from proposed cuts |
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Opposes NMD; wants funds diverted to anti-terrorism fight |
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Promises world's "best-equipped, best-trained" fighting force |
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Gives priority to giving U.S. service members a pay raise |
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Mixed voting record, but says it's a low priority |
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Supports allowing more foreign troops to serve in hotspots |
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Give troops more resources; maintain pay levels |
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Opposes NMD, supports nonproliferation and arms control |
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Recruit more service members; start Community Defense Svc. |
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Invest in new equipment, technology; offer better pay, benefits |
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Opposed to missile shields, putting weapons in outer space |
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Create Department of Peace, avoid wars |
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Cut spending 15 percent, including NMD, F22s and V22s |
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Supported initial missile defense deployment |
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No public position available |
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For Bush's $19 billion increase in defense spending |
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No public position |
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Would not engage in deployments like Iraq |
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Would look for ways to trim waste at the Pentagon |
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Has ordered limited NMD system deployed by 2004 |
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Has not proposed increasing the Army's size |
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Would increase military spending 4.2 percent to $380 billion |
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National Missile Defense |
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Increase size of Army |
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Program budgets |
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