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foreign policy and suggested to Mitt Romney, before his foreign policy president debate with Obama, that in order to win over libertarian voters he should stress ending the war on
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he said that "We believe it isn't the proper role of a limited federal government and that it is a solution in search of a problem. The truth is that the private industry has been way ahead on protections and benefits for gay and lesbian
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decision in early 2006, after this experience, "but beyond that don't have strong feelings on abortion – not really involved in the process." In
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268:2012 U.S. presidential election
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