TIME: The Candidates on the Issues: John Kerry

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JOHN KERRY
Foreign Policy & Defense
Kerry supported the war in Iraq, but thinks the President went about it in the wrong way. Now he says the U.S. needs to get the UN involved and make this a truly international operation. Kerry also believes the Administration is not paying enough attention to Afghanistan. He wants a strong, modern military, believes the U.S. should be a leader in the global fight against AIDS and thinks more needs to be done to secure Russia's large nuclear arsenal.

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