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Where Obama Stands on the Issues - A glimpse at how President Obama's positions impact his policy agenda.

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Abortion and Birth Control - Obama supports abortion rights and included in the Affordable Care Act a mandate that contraceptives be made available to women at no cost through their employer-sponsored health care plans. (Photo: GettyImages)

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Economy - Proposes tax breaks for U.S. manufacturing companies that produce domestically or bring jobs back to the to the U.S. from overseas and tax penalties for companies that outsource jobs. (Photo: REUTERS/Allison Joyce)

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Federal Debt - Supports a mix of spending cuts and revenue increases to reduce the debt, including allowing the Bush-era tax cuts to expire for couples who earn more than $250,000 and establishing a 30 percent tax rate on households making more than $1 million. (Photo: GettyImages)

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Education - Has approved waivers freeing states from the most onerous requirements of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law with their agreement to improve how they prepare and evaluate students. "Race to the Top" competition has rewarded winning states with billions of dollars for pursuing education policies Obama supports. Won approval for a college tax credit worth up to $10,000 over four years and more money for Pell grants for low-income college students. Wants Congress to agree to reduce federal aid to colleges that go too far in raising tuition. (Photo: Commercial Appeal /Landov)

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Energy and Environment - Ordered temporary moratorium on deep-water drilling after the BP oil spill, but has pushed for more oil and gas drilling overall. Achieved historic increases in fuel economy standards for automobiles that will save money at the pump while raising the cost of new vehicles. Spent heavily on green energy and has embraced nuclear power as a clean source. Proposes ending subsidies to oil industry. (Photo: REUTERS/Bret Hartman)

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Foreign Policy - Opposes a near-term military strike on Iran by the U.S. or Israel to sabotage facilities that could be misused to produce a nuclear weapon. Declined to repeat the Libya air power commitment for Syria opposition, seeking instead to build international consensus toward the goal of persuading President Bashar Assad to leave and to press Russia and China from shielding the Syrian government from international sanctions. Opposes calling China a currency manipulator, bringing unfair-trade cases against China to the World Trade Organization. (Photo: foreignpolicyi.org)

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Marriage Equality - Supports legal recognition of same-sex marriage, a matter decided by states. Achieved repeal of the military ban on openly gay service members. Has not achieved repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act; administration has ceased defending the law in court but it remains on the books. Directed the government to require all hospitals that get Medicare and Medicaid financing to grant visitation privileges to gay and lesbian partners of patients. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Health Care - Achieved landmark overhaul putting U.S. on path to universal coverage now that Supreme Court has upheld the law's mandate for almost everyone to obtain insurance. Under the law, insurers will be banned from denying coverage to people with pre-existing illness, tax credits for middle-income and low-income people will subsidize premiums, people without work-based insurance will have access to new markets and small business gets help for offering insurance. (Photo: Pratik Shah/The Washington Times /Landov)

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Immigration - Issued directive in June that immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children be exempted from deportation and granted work permits if they apply, a step that could benefit 800,000 to 1.4 million. Took the step after failing to deliver on a promised immigration overhaul, with the defeat of legislation that would have created a path to citizenship for young illegal immigrants enrolled in college or enlisted in the armed forces. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Social Security - Has not proposed a comprehensive plan to address Social Security's long-term financial problems. During budget negotiations in 2011, proposed adopting a new measurement of inflation that would reduce annual increases in Social Security benefits. The proposal would reduce the long-term financing shortfall by about 25 percent, according to the Social Security actuaries. (Photo: GettyImages)

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Terrorism - Approved the raid that found and killed Osama bin Laden, set policy that U.S. would no longer use harsh interrogation techniques. Largely carried forward George W. Bush's key anti-terrorism policies, including detention of suspects at Guantanamo Bay despite promise to close the prison. Also has continued with military commissions instead of civilian courts for detainees and invocation of state secrets privilege in court. Expanded use of unmanned drone strikes against terrorist targets in Pakistan and Yemen. (Photo: Eric J. TIlford/U.S. Navy/Getty Images)

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War - Ended the Iraq war he had opposed and inherited, increased the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan then began drawing down the force with a plan to have all out by the end of 2014. Approved use of U.S. air power in NATO-led campaign that helped Libyan opposition topple Moammar Gadhafi's government. Major reductions coming in the size of the Army and Marine Corps as part of agreement with congressional Republicans to cut $487 billion in military spending over a decade. (Photo: REUTERS/Baz Ratner)