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__**Biography**__ Mitt Romney was born on March 12, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan. He is the son of former Michigan Governor and1968 presidential candidate, George Romney, and 1970 Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Lenore Romney. He attended Brigham Young University and graduated as valedictorian, he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude in 1971. From 1978 to 1984 Romney was a vice president of Bain and Company, a consulting firm, later in 1990 he took over as the company was facing financial collapse. As CEO, Romney managed an effort to restructure the firm's employee stock-ownership plan, real-estate deals and bank loans, while increasing fiscal transparency. Within a year, he had led Bain & Company through a highly successful turnaround and returned the firm to profitability without layoffs or partner defections. Romney left Bain in 1998 to head the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games Organizing Committee. In 2002, Romney was elected governor of Massachusetts. Romney joined the race for the republican nomination two days after his terms as governor ended. Romney married his high school girlfriend, Ann Davies, on March 21, 1969. They have five children.

Republican
 * __Party Affiliations__**

__**Past Political Experience**__
 * Governor of Massachusetts
 * CEO of 2002 Winter Olympic Games held in Salt Lake City
 * Senate candidate from Massachusetts in 1994


 * __Political Stance on Important Issues__**

//**The War in Iraq**-// Romney supported the invasion of Iraq and supports the "troop surge". Upon hearing the testimony of David Petraeus, Romney reemphasized his agreement with current policy in Iraq and has called for a "Surge of Support" for the military. Romney has called for increased military spending to at least 4 percent of the United States GDP and wishes to increase the size of the military by at least 100,000 troops.

//**National Security**-// He believes the United Sates must constantly challenge bureaucratic policies and update our national security structures so we have the capabilities needed to meet 21st century challenges. Romney also calls for better disaster planning and strategic plans as well as more military budget and troops being used in America, rather than abroad as they are now.

//**Education-**// Romney feels that our education system works best when decisions are left in the hands of the states and local government. He believes that though federal government has a place in the education system it is not to the extreme that is exhibited today. He supports No Child Left Behind, and plans improvements that will make it even more effective.

//**The Economy-**// He has plans to both strengthen the U.S. economy as well as making our country more globally competitive. Romney feels that government should provide guidelines for growth. Romney supports tax breaks for the middle class that would stimulate our economy and promote investment.

//**Global Warming-**// On the issue of global warming, Mitt Romney had this to say. "If climate change is happening, the actions we take will help," Romney wrote. "If climate change is largely caused by human action, this will really help. If we learn decades from now that climate change isn't happening, these actions will still help our economy, our quality of life, and the quality of our environment." (BostonNews.com)

//**Nuclear Weapons** -// Romney supports sanctions against Iran for their continued nuclear weapons program. He feels that people do not fully understand the danger the nuclear weapons present and that research and development of weapons should be handled responsibly and that their should be increasing global agreements and guidelines on the matter.

//**Abortion and Gay Marriage** -// Romney is Pro-life, expect in the situations where the baby is the result of sexual violence or when the mother's own health would be in danger if she continued her pregnancy. Romney does not support gay marriage, considering marriage to be something shared by and man and a woman. He does support civil unions as an alternative to marriage for gay couples.

//**Gun Control** -// Governor Romney believes in safe and responsible gun ownership under the Second Amendment. He recognizes there are people in this country who want to remove all guns in our society and he thinks they're wrong. We need to distinguish between law abiding gun owners and criminals who use guns.

//**Transparency in Government** -// He believes we must have more transparency and disclosure in the process, rather than more restrictions and censorship of political speech.

//**One-Strike And You're Ours** -// As President, Governor Romney will propose new, tougher federal penalties for first-time offenders who use the Internet to sexually assault children, including mandatory jail time to be followed by lifetime tracking by Global Positioning Satellite.


 * //Health Care-//** Romney believes that affordable health care should be available to all citizens. However, he does not feel that health care should be controlled or funded by the government. He feels that individuals should be able to make their own personal choices regarding their health care plans.

Romney also believes that we need to step up inner-city education. He says that the lack of inner-city education is the civil rights battle of this era. We need to increase funding to the inner-city public schools to increase teacher desire to do well in that area.
 * //Poverty-//** Romney has solutions to eliminate poverty in this country. Firstly, he will continue the current system of simply sending checks to the poor, but he will also introduce new systems. He believes that there is a ‘cycle of poverty’ and we need to break it. This cycle begins at birth. He analyzed statistics and found that children who grow up without a father are 4x more likely to end up poorer than the father was. He believes that we need to encourage children from the time they are very small to have more nuclear-style families. He thinks that this will break the cycle and create less poverty.

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= = =__**Further Notes**__= =Mitt Romney has trudged through the trenches in this presidential race. In the beginning, he was the underdog, thought to be the bottom republican candidate. However, he has proved he is more than capable, as he finished second to McCain in Tuesday's caucus, and holds the top spot with the conservative and evangelicals, which are two key wings in the Republican Party.= = = = =

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