Table of Content

• Visions
• Vision [1]


• Missions
• Mission [1]


• Values
• Value [1] Hard Work
• Value [2] Responsibility
• Value [3] An Economy Built to Last
• Value [4] An Economy Built from the Middle Out
• Value [5] Talent
• Value [6] Ingenuity
• Value [7] Success
• Value [8] Accomplishment
• Value [9] Economic Security
• Value [10] Fair Play
• Value [11] Ideas
• Value [12] Profitable Business
• Value [13] Family
• Value [14] Affordable Homeownership
• Value [15] Reliable Health Care
• Value [16] Education
• Value [17] Dreams
• Value [18] Middle Class
• Value [19] Ladders of Opportunity
• Value [20] American Dream
• Value [21] Prosperity
• Value [22] Togetherness
• Value [23] Fairness
• Value [24] Economic Security
• Value [25] Opportunity
• Value [26] Education
• Value [27] Energy
• Value [28] Innovation
• Value [29] Infrastructure
• Value [30] Deficit Reduction
• Value [31] Burden Sharing
• Value [32] Affordability
• Value [33] Fair Contribution
• Value [34] Dignity
• Value [35] Respect
• Value [36] Alliances
• Value [37] Image
• Value [38] Inclusion
• Value [39] Differences of Perspective
• Value [40] Differences of Belief
• Value [41] Collaborative Effort
• Value [42] Working People
• Value [43] God-Given Potential


• Goals
• 1: Middle Class Security
• 1.1: Work
• 1.1.1: Bipartisanship
• 1.1.2: Recovery & Jobs
• 1.1.2.1: Teachers & First Responders
• 1.1.2.2: Construction Workers
• 1.1.2.3: Refinancing
• 1.1.2.4: Small Business Taxes
• 1.1.2.5: Veterans
• 1.1.2.6: Long-Term Unemployed
• 1.2: The Middle Class Bargain
• 1.2.1: Middle Class Tax Cuts
• 1.2.1.1: Tax Increases
• 1.2.1.2: Tax Relief
• 1.2.1.3: Tax Fairness
• 1.2.2: Health Care
• 1.2.2.1: Implementation & Improvement
• 1.2.2.2: Health Care Workforce
• 1.2.2.3: Health Disparities
• 1.2.2.4: Medicaid
• 1.2.2.5: Public Health Infrastructure
• 1.2.2.6: Community Health Centers
• 1.2.2.7: HIV/AIDS
• 1.2.2.8: Biomedical Researchers
• 1.2.3: Housing & Communities
• 1.2.3.1: Refinancing
• 1.2.3.2: Investment
• 1.2.3.3: Foreclosures
• 1.2.4: Social Security & Medicare
• 1.2.4.1: Social Security
• 1.2.4.2: Savings & Retirement Accounts
• 1.2.5: Education & Technical Training
• 1.2.5.1: Public Education
• 1.2.5.2: Achievement Gap
• 1.2.5.3: Flexibility & Resources
• 1.2.5.4: Dropout Crisis
• 1.2.5.5: Public School Options
• 1.2.5.6: Teacher Layoffs
• 1.2.5.7: Teacher Preparation Program Standards
• 1.2.5.8: Recognition & Rewards
• 1.2.5.9: Retention
• 1.2.5.10: Evaluation Systems
• 1.2.5.11: College Costs
• 1.2.5.12: Tuition & Value
• 1.2.5.13: Work-Study Jobs
• 1.2.5.14: Federal Loans
• 1.2.5.15: Partnerships
• 1.2.5.16: Apprenticeships
• 1.2.5.17: Science Education
• 1.2.5.18: Foreign Students
• 1.2.5.19: High-Quality Education Programs
• 1.3: Waste, Deficit & Fair Share
• 1.3.1: Middle Class Tax Cuts
• 1.3.2: Wealthiest Taxpayers Share
• 1.3.3: Bush Tax Cuts, Loopholes & Dedictions
• 1.3.4: Tax Reform
• 1.3.5: Corporate Tax Reform
• 1.4: Economy
• 1.4.1: Energy Policy
• 1.4.1.1: Clean Energy Innovation
• 1.4.1.1.1: Clean Energy Incentives
• 1.4.1.2: Manufacturing & Sales
• 1.4.1.3: Energy Efficiency
• 1.4.1.4: Natural Gas
• 1.4.1.5: Fossil Fuel
• 1.4.1.6: Transportation Infrastructure
• 1.4.1.7: Oil & Gas Lines
• 1.4.1.8: Environmental Protection
• 1.4.1.9: Tax Subsidies
• 1.4.2: Building & Innovation
• 1.4.3: Manufacturing & Automobile Industry
• 1.4.3.1: Tax Relief & Incentives
• 1.4.4: Insourcing
• 1.4.4.1: Special Interests & Overseas Jobs
• 1.4.4.2: Investment in the U.S.
• 1.4.4.3: Corporate Tax Rate
• 1.4.4.4: Manufacturing at Home
• 1.4.4.5: Roads, Airports, Railroads & Internet
• 1.4.4.5.1: Infrastructure Bank
• 1.4.5: Building
• 1.4.6: Innovation
• 1.4.6.1: Math & Science Teachers & Training Workers
• 1.4.6.2: Research & Experimentation Tax Credit
• 1.4.6.3: Internet Economy
• 1.4.6.4: Digital Infrastructure
• 1.4.6.5: High-Speed Wireless Broadband
• 1.4.6.6: Wireless Spectrum
• 1.4.6.7: Public Safety Network
• 1.4.6.8: Open Internet
• 1.4.6.9: Intellectual Property
• 1.4.6.10: Trade Secrets
• 1.4.6.11: Security, Knowledge, Intellectual Property, Markets, Privacy, Expression & Due Process
• 1.4.7: Workers
• 1.4.7.1: Labor Law Modernization
• 1.4.7.2: Union Organizations
• 1.4.7.3: Process
• 1.4.7.4: Public Sector Collective Bargaining
• 1.4.7.5: Right to Work
• 1.4.7.6: Minimum Wage
• 1.4.7.7: Safety Standards
• 1.4.7.8: Paycheck Fairness Act
• 1.4.8: Small Business
• 1,4.8.1: Entrepreneurship
• 1.4.8.2: Red Tape
• 1.4.8.3: Sales
• 1.4.8.4: Capital
• 1.4.8.5: Tax Cuts
• 1.4.9: Open Markets
• 1.4.9.1: Markets
• 1.4.9.2: Workers' Rights & Environmental Standards
• 1.4.9.3: Unfair Trade Practices
• 2: Fair Play
• 2.1: Wall Street
• 2.2: Transparency & Accountability
• 2.2.1: Government Reform
• 2.2.2: Simple & Flexible Rules
• 2.2.3: Science-Based Regulations
• 2.2.4: Economic Growth, Innovation & Job Creation
• 2.2.5: Reorganization Authority
• 2.2.6: State & Territorial Innovation
• 2.2.7: Innovation & Collaboration
• 2.3: Lobbying & Campaign Finance
• 2.3.1: Lobbyists & Special Interests
• 2.3.2: Campaign Finance Reform
• 2.3.3: Campaign Spending Disclosure
• 2.3.4: Donor Disclosure
• 2.3.5: Money in Politics
• 2.3.6: Conflict-of-Interest Standards
• 3: Togetherness
• 3.1: American Community
• 3.1.1: Immigration
• 3.1.1.1: Undocumented Immigrants
• 3.1.1.2: Visa Allocation
• 3.1.2: Families
• 3.1.2.1: Workplace Flexibility & Support
• 3.1.2.1.1: Healthy Families Act
• 3.1.2.1.2: Family and Medical Leave Act
• 3.1.2.1.3: Paid Leave
• 3.1.2.2: Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit
• 3.1.2.3: Foster Care & Adoption
• 3.1.2.4: Violence & Neglect
• 3.1.2.5: Healthier Lives
• 3.1.3: Troops, Military Families & Veterans
• 3.1.3.1: Troops in the Field
• 3.1.3.2: Wounded Warriors, Mental Health, Military Families & Veterans
• 3.1.3.3: Veterans Benefits
• 3.1.3.4: Jobs
• 3.1.3.4.1: Manufacturing Jobs
• 3.1.3.4.2: Veterans Jobs Corps
• 3.1.3.5: Veterans' Homelessness
• 3.1.3.6: Mental Health
• 3.1.3.7: Partnerships
• 3.1.3.8: VA Claims
• 3.1.4: Americans with Disabilities
• 3.1.4.1: Federal Jobs
• 3.1.4.2: Jobs with Federal Contractors
• 3.1.5: Faith
• 3.1.6: Rural Communities & Agriculture
• 3.1.6.1: Agriculture
• 3.1.7: Tribal Sovereignty
• 3.1.7.1: Tribal Self-Governance
• 3.1.8: Puerto Rico
• 3.1.8.1: Status
• 3.1.8.2: Public Safety
• 3.1.8.3: Economic Status
• 3.1.9: Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands & the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
• 3.1.9.1: Guam
• 3.1.9.2: Economic Development & Federal Programs
• 3.1.10: Arts and Culture
• 3.2: Rights & Freedoms
• 3.2.1: Civil Rights
• 3.2.1.2: Violence
• 3.2.1.3: Profiling
• 3.2.1.4: Title VI
• 3.2.1.5: Equal Treatment
• 3.2.1.6: Employment Discrimination
• 3.2.1.7: Bi-National Families
• 3.2.2: Women
• 3.2.2.1: Paycheck Fairness Act
• 3.2.2.2: Gender Discrimination
• 3.2.2.3: Pregnancy Discrimination
• 3.2.2.4: Healthy Families Act
• 3.2.2.5: Family and Medical Leave Act
• 3.2.2.6: Paid Leave
• 3.2.2.7: Violence Against Women Act
• 3.2.2.8: Family Planning
• 3.2.2.9: Sex Education
• 3.2.3: Right to Choose
• 3.2.4: Voting Rights
• 3.2.5: District of Columbia
• 3.2.6: Marriage
• 3.2.6.1: Same-Sex Couples
• 3.2.6.2: Marriage as a Religious Sacrament
• 3.2.6.3: Constitutional Amendments
• 3.2.6.4: Defense of Marriage Act
• 3.2.6.5: Respect for Marriage Act
• 3.2.7: Firearms
• 3.2.7.1: Second Amendment
• 3.2.7.2: National Conversation
• 3.2.7.3: Law Enforcement
• 3.2.7.4: Assault Weapons & Gun Shows
• 3.3: Safety & Quality of Life
• 3.3.1: Cities & Metro Areas
• 3.3.1.1: Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative
• 3.3.1.2: Sustainable Communities Initiative
• 3.3.1.3: Growth Zone Initiatives
• 3.3.1.4: Investment
• 3.3.1.5: Ground-Up Solutions
• 3.3.1.6: Sustainable Developments
• 3.3.2: Poverty
• 3.3.2.1: Minimum Wage
• 3.3.2.2: Equal Pay
• 3.3.2.3: Labor Movement
• 3.3.2.4: Education
• 3.3.2.5: People with Disabilities
• 3.3.2.6: Communities of Color
• 3.3.2.7: Refundable Tax Credits
• 3.3.2.8: Equal Opportunity
• 3.3.2.9: Promise Neighborhoods Program
• 3.3.3: Public Safety, Justice & Crime Prevention.
• 3.3.3.1: First Responders
• 3.3.3.2: Technology, Equipment & Innovative Strategies
• 3.3.3.3: Community-Based Law Enforcement
• 3.3.3.4: Recidivism
• 3.3.3.5: Prison-to-Work Programs
• 3.3.3.6: Disproportionate Effects
• 3.3.3.7: Criminal Justice Inequities
• 3.3.3.8: Judges
• 3.3.3.9: Drugs & Alcohol
• 3.3.3.10: Drug Courts
• 3.3.3.11: Rights of Victims
• 3.3.3.12: Violence Against Women Act
• 3.3.4: Service, Volunteerism & Social Innovation
• 3.3.5: Environment
• 3.3.5.1: Polluters
• 3.3.5.2: Pollution
• 3.3.5.3: Clean Energy
• 3.3.5.4: Manufacturing
• 3.3.5.5: Climate Change Internationally
• 3.3.5.6: Climate Change at Home
• 3.3.5.7: Environmental Justice
• 3.3.5.8: Great Lakes, Everglades & Wilderness
• 3.3.5.9: Gulf of Mexico
• 3.3.5.10: Public Lands
• 3.3.5.11: National Parks
• 3.3.5.12: Waters
• 3.3.5.13: Landscapes & Ecosystems
• 3.3.5.14: Hunting, Fishing & Recreation
• 4: Strength, Safety & Security
• 4.1: War in Iraq
• 4.1.1: Strategic Partnership
• 4.2: Al-Qaeda
• 4.2.1: Enemies
• 4.3: War in Afghanistan
• 4.3.1: Troops
• 4.3.2: War's End
• 4.3.3: Taliban
• 4.3.4: Counterterrorism & Training Assistance
• 10: South Asia
• 4.4: Nuclear Weapons
• 4.4.1: Nuclear Weapons Stockpiles
• 4.4.2: Nuclear Proliferation
• 4.4.3: Iran
• 4.4.4: North Korea
• 4.4.5: Loose Nuclear Materials
• 4.4.5.1: Black Markets, Transit & Financial Tools
• 4.4.6: Russia
• 4.4.6.1: Normal Trade Relations
• 4.4.6.2: World Trade Organization
• 4.4.6.3: Differences
• 4.4.6.4: Criticism
• 4.5: Emerging Threats
• 4.5.1: Cybersecurity
• 4.5.1.1: Research & Development
• 4.5.1.2: Cybersecurity Awareness & Digital Literacy
• 4.5.1.3: Partnerships
• 4.5.1.4: Legislation
• 4.5.1.5: Executive Action
• 4.5.2: Biological Weapons
• 4.5.2.1: Infectious Disease
• 4.5.2.2: Global Health Security
• 4.5.2.3: Food Supply
• 4.5.3: Climate Change
• 4.5.3.1: Agreements
• 4.5.3.2: International Effort
• 4.5.3.3: China & India
• 4.5.3.4: Regional Partnerships
• 4.5.4: Transnational Crime
• 4.5.4.1: Financial Infrastructure
• 4.5.4.2: Interntional Coordination
• 4.6: Alliances, Partnerships & International Institutions
• 4.6.1: Europe
• 4.6.1.1: NATO
• 4.6.1.2: 21st Century Challenges
• 4.6.1.3: Pooling, Sharing & Specialization
• 4.6.1.4: Collective Security Commitments
• 4.6.1.5: High-End Military Capabilities
• 4.6.1.5.1: Ballistic-Missile Defense
• 4.6.2: Asia-Pacific
• 4.6.2.1: Defense Posture
• 4.6.2.2: Partnerships
• 4.6.2.3: Japan & the Korean Peninsula
• 4.6.2.4: Security Cooperation
• 4.6.2.5: India
• 4.6.2.6: China
• 4.6.2.6.1: Militaries
• 4.6.2.6.2: Human Rights
• 4.6.2.6.3: Taiwan
• 4.6.3: The Middle East
• 4.6.3.1: Israelis & Palestinians
• 4.6.3.2: Outreach
• 4.6.3.3: Peace Treaties
• 4.6.3.4: Israel's Right to Exist
• 4.6.3.5: Security Cooperation
• 4.6.4: The Americas
• 4.6.4.1: Organized Crime Networks
• 4.6.4.2: Security Forces, Border Security & Police
• 4.6.4.3: Coordination & Information Sharing
• 4.6.4.4: Cartel Finances
• 4.6.5: Africa
• 4.6.5.1: al-Qaeda
• 4.6.5.2: Darfur
• 4.6.5.3: Peacekeeping
• 4.6.5.4: Ecoomic Growth
• 4.6.5.5: Trade & Investment
• 4.6.6: The United Nations
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• 4.7: Global Prosperity & Development
• 4.7.1: Global Financial Crisis
• 4.7.2: Trade
• 4.7.3: Global Development
• 4.7.3.1: Sub-Saharan Africa
• 4.7.4: HIV/AIDS & Infectious Disease
• 4.7.5: Food Security
• 4.7.6: Humanitarian Crises
• 4.8: Military
• 4.9: Universal Values
• 4.9.1: Values at Home
• 4.9.2: Those Demanding Greater Freedom
• 4.9.2.1: Assad Regime
• 4.9.2.2: Democratic Transitions
• 4.9.2.3: Political & Economic Reforms
• 4.9.2.4: Burma
• 4.9.2.5: Transparency & Accountability
• 4.9.2.6: Cuba & Venezuela
• 4.9.3: Governance & the Rule of Law
• 4.9.4: Women's Rights
• 4.9.4.1: Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
• 4.9.4.2: Rights
• 4.9.4.3: Political & Economic Engagement
• 4.9.4.4: Socio-Economic Problems
• 4.9.4.5: Areas Affected by Conflict
• 4.9.4.6: Family Planning
• 4.9.5: Human Trafficking
• 4.9.5.1: Homosexual Conduct
• 4.9.5.2: Gay Rights Organizations
• 4.9.6: Internet