[The Hill, 8/16/10] important to spend money on the military than on domestic needs.” [TIME, 7/16/14] 2012: Criticized Romney for wanting to raise defense spending by $2 trillion. [CNN, 10/12/12] [Face the Nation, CBS, 2/24/13] Forces Command headquartered in Virginia. [Boston Globe, 8/10/10] 1988: Resigned as Navy Secretary over cutbacks in the Reagan administration’s defense budget. [Los Angeles Times, 2/23/88] expense of domestic programs. [Defense News, 1/16/15] [Providence Journal, 2/28/13] National debt 2010: Said the national debt was a national security threat and weakened the country. [Fox News, 9/8/10] 2013: Cited debt reduction as a goal of the administration. [White House, 2/2/13] Called Romney and Ryan hypocritical for focusing on debt reduction but being unwilling to raise taxes on millionaires. [Democratic National Convention, 9/6/12] Said the Bush tax cuts were the primary driver of the national debt. [Stateline, 2/28/12] Proposed taxing high bonuses in order to help pay down national debt. [Virginian-Pilot, 3/10/10] Said Social Security had not contributed a dime to the national debt. [@SenSanders, Twitter, 7/3/13] Said that we cannot continue tax breaks for billionaires with such a high national debt. [@SenSanders, Twitter, 7/25/12] 2006: Said it was “extremely important” to make debt reduction a priority. [Lincoln Chafee, New York Times, 11/12/06] SENIORS 2016 Dem Position Hillary Clinton Senator: 2001-2009 Joe Biden Senator: 1973-2009 VP: 2009- Martin O’Malley Governor: 2007-2015 Jim Webb Senator: 2007-2013 Elizabeth Warren Senator: 2013- Bernie Sanders Rep.: 1991-2007 Senator: 2007- Lincoln Chafee Senator: 1999-2007 Governor: 2011-2015 Social Security 2007: Opposed cutting benefits. [The Hill, 8/24/14] 2007: Opposed privatization. [The Hill, 8/24/14] 2007: Opposed raising retirement age. [The Hill, 8/24/14] 2007: Would consider committing more of workers’ income. [The Hill, 8/24/14] 2012: Promised no change to Social Security. [NBC News, 8/14/12] 2008: Opposed raising retirement age. [Remarks at Early Vote for Change Rally, 10/29/08] 2007: Supported committing more of worker’s income. [MSNBC, 9/26/0T] Supports expanding Social Security benefits. [Salon, 3/13/15] Opposed Social Security cuts. [Washington Post, 8/19/14] Did not sign letter opposing Social Security cuts as part of deficit grand bargain. [The Hill, 9/20/12] Supports expanding Social Security benefits. [Politico, 11/18/13] Opposed Social Security cuts as part of deficit grand bargain. [The Hill, 9/20/12] 2011: Signaled that he supported President Obama’s compromise to raise the retirement age. [Providence Journal, 8/12/11] 2005: Supported Bush plan to cut Social Security for “all but low-income workers.” [Associated Press, 5/6/05] 2005: Appeared to support raising taxable income cap on Social Security. [Providence Business