THE ISSUES / DEFENSE
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Editor's note: This chart features brief summaries of candidates' viewpoints on some issues, based on their statements and records. Most candidates have offered more comprehensive explanations of their positions on these and other issues. More information may be found on their campaign Web sites.
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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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Divert some National Missile Defense 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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Opposes National Missile Defense, 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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Has ordered limited National Missile Defense 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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Increase size of Army |
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• AG: Attorney General; ANWR: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; CAFÉ: Standards that provide tax and other incentives for consumers to purchase and alternative fuel vehicles; COPS: Community Oriented Policing Program; DOMA: Defense of Marriage Act; GLBT: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered; NCLB: No Child Left Behind; NMD: National Missile Defense;