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//Jon Huntsman: 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate//. Web. 17 Nov. 2011. .
 * 1) comprehensive solutions to create jobs
 * 2) revive our flailing economy
 * 3) making a tax reform to help businesses
 * 4) comprehensive reform to make America's tax code flatter, fairer, simpler and more conducive
 * 5) modeled after Ronald Reagan's 1986 tax reform package
 * 6) in Utah, he signed the largest tax cut in state history, returning $400 million to families and businesses
 * 7) he wants to simplify the personal income tax code and lower rates
 * 8) eliminate the alternative minimum tax
 * 9) reduce the corporate rate from 35% to 25%
 * 10) streamline approval for new energy production
 * 11) break down barriers blocking the full and safe deployment of fracking
 * 12) embrace emerging technologies like coal-to-liquid fuel
 * 13) ensure that our transportation fuel markets are competitive
 * 14) he is trying to work on counterterrorism
 * 15) wants help the troops more better in Afghanistan
 * 16) aggressive promotion of trade liberalization
 * 17) create a modern defense and military
 * 18) wants to cut down on oil costs so we don't have big spikes
 * 19) wants more trade worldwide
 * 20) wants to break the oil monopoly

"Candidate Bio - Jon Huntsman - Msnbc.com." //Msnbc.com - Breaking News, Science and Tech News, World News, US News, Local News- Msnbc.com//. Web. 17 Nov. 2011. .
 * 1) U.S. ambassador to Singapore (1992-93)
 * 2) Deputy U.S. Trade Representative (2001-03)
 * 3) Governor of Utah (2005-09)
 * 4) U.S. ambassador to China (2009-11)
 * 5) graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987
 * 6) jobs plan relies on a series of tax reforms and cuts, expanded free trade, regulatory reform and increased domestic energy exploration
 * 7) eliminate all tax deductions and lower rates into three brackets: 8 percent, 14 percent and 23 percent
 * 8) eliminate the alternative minimum tax, the taxes on dividends and capital gains, and cut the corporate tax rate to 25 percent
 * 9) would replace Obama's health care law with reforms modeled on reforms implemented while he was governor of Utah
 * 10) wishes for the U.S. to exit Afghanistan, and he wishes to forge strategic relationships in part through free trade agreements
 * 11) supports a "right to life" amendment to the U.S. constitution
 * 12) wants to complete a fence along the border between U.S. and Mexico before discussing solutions to the illegal immigrants currently in the U.S
 * 13) expedite the review of new oil and gas exploration projects, and end subsidies for products like ethanol
 * 14) would also loosen regulations against fuels like natural gas
 * 15) favors civil unions for same-sex couples
 * 16) opposes same-sex marriage
 * 17) trusts scientists and believes that global warming exists
 * 18) dropped out of high school to pursue work as a rock band’s keyboardist
 * 19) he is Mormon
 * 20) 20. 3 daughters, 2 sons, 2 adopted daughters

"Election 101: Ten Facts about Jon Huntsman and His Presidential Campaign - Who Is He? - CSMonitor.com." //The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com//. Web. 17 Nov. 2011. . "Fast Facts: GOP Presidential Candidate Jon Huntsman | Fox News Insider." //Fox News Insider | The Official Live Blog of Fox News Channel//. Web. 17 Nov. 2011.  9.backed McCain in 2008 rather than fellow Mormon Mitt Romney 10.his appointment at 32 made him the youngest head of a U.S. Diplomatic Mission in a century 11.worked in the Reagan administration as a White House aide 12.was a deputy U.S. Trade Representative in the George W. Bush administration 13.has negotiated agreements for the U.S. with China, Taiwan, Singapore, and South Africa 14.his father, Jon Huntsman Sr., was a special assistant to former President Richard Nixon "Jon Huntsman, Jr. | 2012 Presidential Candidates." //Genealogy & Family History | Search Family Trees & Vital Records//. Web. 17 Nov. 2011. . 15.signed the Western Climate Initiative in 2007 16.supports working with China to get North Korea to abandon nuclear program 17.has been very active in cancer research throughout his life 18.serving as president of Huntsman Cancer Foundation and other boards for cancer organizations 19.is a distant relative of another Republican candidate for president, Mitt Romney 20.was working as a staff assistant to Ronald Reagan
 * 1) has a net worth between $15 million and $90 million
 * 2) one of nine children of billionaire businessman and philanthropist Jon Huntsman Sr
 * 3) his dad got rich developing the clamshell packaging for McDonald’s Big Macs
 * 4) he is running because he thinks he can defeat his former boss
 * 5) best poised among the Republican contenders to capture the youth vote
 * 6) likely go after the establishment mantle
 * 7) appears to be the Republican best poised to challenge Obama on the style front
 * 8) has held two diplomatic posts, one in the economic powerhouse of China, and he's twice been elected governor of Utah