PATRICK J. (PAT) BUCHANAN
Republican

OCCUPATION: Journalist; Radio & TV Commentator; Author

OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Author, Three Books ("Right from the Beginning"); Syndicated Columnist (150 Newspapers); Moderator, CNN's "Capital Gang"; Co-Host, CNN's "Crossfire"; Panelist, "The McLaughlin Group"; Host, Mutual Radio's "Buchanan & Co." (160 Stations)

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Columbia University, Masters in Journalism; Georgetown University, Honors Graduate (English, Philosophy)

PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: The White House (Eight Years): Communications Director for President Reagan (1985-1987); Special Assistant to President Ford (1974); Special Assistant to President Nixon (1969-1974)

My Agenda: Put America, and Americans, First!

We need a new foreign policy that keeps U.S. troops out of foreign wars where no vital interest is involved, and a new trade policy that ends the export of high-paying manufacturing jobs to China and Mexico. Specifically, I will:

1) End Foreign Aid

2) Reclaim America's Lost Sovereignty

3) Never Again Put U.S. Troops Under U.N. Command

4) Halt Cold the Invasion of Illegal Aliens into the U.S.

5) Maintain Peace Through Strength.

6) Keep America's Military First on Land, Sea, Air, Space.

7) Eliminate Affirmative Action and Quotas.

8) Enact a Balanced Budget Amendment.

9) Impose Term Limits on Members of Congress.

10) Impose Term Limits on All Federal Judges.

11) Eliminate Corporate and PAC Contributions.

12) Abolish Million-Dollar Congressional Pensions.

13) Replace Our Tax System With a Flat Tax.

14) Shut Down U.S. Department of Education.

15) Appoint Conservatives to the Supreme Court.

16) Defend the Right to Life of Unborn, Sick & Elderly.

17) Pass an Amendment Protecting the Flag.

18) Restore Prayer and the Bible to Our Schools.

(This information furnished by Buchanan for President.)


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