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	Podcast:		CNN Debates
	Episode:		Opening Republican Presidential Candidate Debate
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		01:21:59
	Publish Date:		2015-09-16 18:57:38
	Description:		Opening Debate Candidates: Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana Rick Santorum, Former United States Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator from South Carolina George Pataki, Former Governor of New York About the arrangement of candidates Candidates are arrange by position in the polls Closer, more intimate. #CNNDebate Trump: "I could tone it down a little tonight." Question: Is Jindal wrong for attackin his party's front-runner? Candidates come out swinging at Trump: He's not a Republican. Question to Lindsey Graham: Why would so many of your constituents rather have Donald Trump as the GOP nominee than you? Question, Hugh Hewitt to George Pataki: Would you vote for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump? Pataki: Look what Trump did to Atlantic city? Five-thousand people lost their jobs. Question: Do voters see your service in government as a liability and not an asset? Graham: I hope you believe that experience matters. Question, Dana Bash to Rick Santorum: Why would you disagree with Jindals support for a secure pathway to citizenship once the border is secure? Santorum: We should be asking what is in the best interest of American and the Americans here. Jindal: I'm not for amnesty. Question: Why do you disagree with Graham's support for ending birthright citizenship? Pataki: We need an intelligent immigration policy. Graham: We're not going to deport 11 million people. We start with criminals and ensuring immigrants learn to speak English. Graham: Amnesty does nothing. Question to Bobby Jindal: Does the U.S. have any obligation to allow thousands of refugees fleeing ISIS into this country? Jindal: We are going to hunt down ISIS. America is the most compassionate nation in the world. Jindal: Insist on assimilation and integration into this country. Graham: I'm blaming Barak Obama for this mess. I'm going to fix it. Question, Dana Bash to Graham: Do you believe the other candidates on stage aren't fit for the Oval Office? Graham: We need a regional army to defeat ISIS or they are coming here. Santorum: Once ISIS established territorial integrity they are able to recruit for jihad. Jindal: These are barbarians. We need to hunt them down and kill them. Question, Jake Tapper to Jindal: How do you strike a balance between security vigilance and anti-Muslim discrimination? Jindal: We're at war today radical Islamic terrorists. Question: Was Pataki right to say he'd fire the Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses? Question: Can Graham effectively be the GOP nominee after calling Hillary Clinton a "great choice" to be Secretary of State? Jindal: It's time to be bring term limits. Question: Trump and Bush want to raise taxes on hedge fund managers; do you agree? Pataki: I would throw out the entire corrupt tax code. Jindal: I am for ending carve outs. Flat tax code, yes. Question: Would you offer a tax plan like Bush's proposal that limits home mortgage deductions? Santorum: I'm proposing a 20/20 plan. 200n income tax, corporate tax and capital gains. Pataki: I would keep the home mortgage deduction. Question: Is Santorum wrong for supporting an increase in the federal minimum wage? Question: Would you authorize a military strike on Iran to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons? Graham: The worst nightmare in the world is a radical Islamist with a nuclear weapon. Question, Hugh Hewitt for Pataki: Santorum says that nuclear scientists who develop a bomb for Iran should be warned they aren't safe; would that work? Pataki: We are going to reject this deal on day one. Santorum: A nuclear Iran is the end. Question: Is a confrontation approach to Russia's Vladimir Putin better than Trump's approach of negotiation? Jindal: It's time to have representatives in Washington, D.C. that have a backbone. Qeustion: What can you offer that no other candidate can offer? Pataki: I can get broad support and win this election with a sweeping conservative agenda. Santorum: I went to Washington as an outsider and can shake it up. Jindal: I'm a doer not a talker. I understand what's at stake. Graham: I will win a war that we can't afford to lose. Contributors and guests during this debate are Sara Murray, CNN Political Correspondent, Jeff Zeleny, CNN Senior Washington Correspondent
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