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 * Biography:** Hillary Rodham Clinton was raised in a middle-class family in the middle of America. She lived with her mother Dorothy, her father Hugh, and two brothers in Illinois. Later on, Hillary went to Wellesley College and then to Yale Law School. Following graduation, she became a staff attorney for the Children's Defense Fund. Hillary was twice named one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America. After serving as only one of two women lawyers on the staff of the House Judiciary Committee, Hillary chose not to pursue offers from major law firms. Instead she followed her heart and a man named Bill Clinton to Arkansas. They married in 1975 and their daughter Chelsea was born in 1980. After becoming the First Lady, Hillary started many organizations and wrote two books – both international bestsellers. In 2000, Hillary was elected to the United States Senate from New York, and after a reelection in 2006, she continues to serve the city, and now hopes to serve her country.

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//Clinton's official website-// http://www.hillaryclinton.com/?splash=1 //Political Party//: __Democratic__

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//See this table for various views:// [|Political View Table]
 * **The Iraq War-**

Hillary thinks that Iraq was a mistake from the start, Bush misled the whole country, and he was unprepared to fight this battle. She wants to end the war as soon as she enters office and her three point plan is Hillary knows that the Iraqis will not stop terrorism until they want to; so she just wants the US out of that situation. media type="youtube" key="4wyCBF5CsCA&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1" height="373" width="425"
 * 1) bring home the troops
 * 2) let the Iraqi government do everything themselves
 * 3) get back to diplomacy
 * **Abortion-**

Hillary is pro choice, however she makes this clear that there is a substantial difference between pro-choice and pro-abortion. She exclaims the difference, by stating, "I have met thousands and thousands of pro-choice men and women. I have never met anyone who is pro-abortion. Being pro-choice is not being pro-abortion. Being pro-choice is trusting the individual to make the right decision for herself and her family, and not entrusting that decision to anyone wearing the authority of government in any regard". In addition, she believes something should be done- instead of ignoring the problem.


 * **National Security-**

Clinton is very involved in the issue of national security. She knows the importance of the military, secret service organizations, diplomacy, infrastructure, and counterintelligence. She wants our country to be a powerful and safe place to live, so has decided to dedicate much time towards national security.


 * **The Economy-**

Hillary believes the economy can create consumers but not citizens. She wants to create a more balanced budget so we won't be forced into debt. The economy should allow for more local decisions.


 * **Taxes-**

Clinton believes middle-class and lower-class society members are paying too much of their salary. She believes that we should give back to those who contribute the most to our society.


 * **Immigration-**

Clinton believes that the honor of the law should be followed. "I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigrants.", she says. She believes there should be some type of reform system in which the immigrants would be penalized for their actions. Also, she doesn't believe in immigrants requiring any type of identification, like a driver's license.


 * **Global Warming-**

Clinton believes the main cause of global warming is the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. She supports a green building fund and gree-collar job training. Hillary wants to promote energy as well. She wants to shift our economy from a carbon-based one to one that is clean and energy efficient. One way that she will do this is through a $50 billion strategic energy fund. Hillary Clinton plans to take intense action for reducing energy consumption. Her goal is to reduce this consumption by 20 percent by 2020. She'll do this by changing businesses', making strict energy use laws, and ridding of incandescent bulbs.


 * **Education-**

She is strongly for improving education in school. If she is elected president, she will improve education mainly for students in K-12. She will also improve education for colleges, and keep college costs low an affordable. Hillary often rallies for public schooling, but opposes vouchers for public schooling. She supports increased funding.




 * **Healthcare-**

Hillary strongly believes that everyone in America should have sufficient healthcare, so she wants a plan that covers all Americans. She will make it affordable, reliable, and of course available. This plan, she calls "a moral and health imperative." In addition, her plan expands all the already existing healthcare provided by employers.


 * **Poverty-**

Hillary supports raising the minimum wage to allow for working people to not live in poverty. She believes that no one who works everyday should have to raise his or her family in poverty. She also worked to increase micro credit programs. Clinton believes that Bush transformed the middle class into "invisible Americans. Her plan is to hear their views and make sure that they are no longer invisible.


 * **Nuclear Weapons-**

Stating that "I don't believe that any president should make any blanket statements with respect to the use or non-use of nuclear weapons." Hillary has chosen to remain silent on this issue, wisely proclaiming that the answer would depend wholly on the situation at hand.


 * **Appointing Supreme Court Judges-**

Appointing Supreme Court Judges is a very important issue to Hillary. She looks for people “who will respect precedent, who have a feel for what life is actually like for Americans”, who have a broader experience of that life, and those who respect the balance of power on which our Democracy is based on. She wants to take the court away from those who favor big business interests and executive power, and give a true balance of power to our government.

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