Birthdate: 1944-05-28


Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y.


Hometown: New York, N.Y.


Family:

• Spouse: Judith Nathan

• Children: Andrew Giuliani, Caroline Giuliani, Whitney Giuliani



Religion:

Roman Catholic


Education:

• New York University School of Law, J.D., 1968; 
• Manhattan College, B.A., 1965; 
• Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School 


Military Service:

• None. Received student and occupational deferments. Registered for draft
but number was never called.



Career:

• Bracewell & Giuliani, 2005-present; 
• Giuliani Partners, 2002-present; 
• Mayor, New York City, 1994-2001; 
• United States Attorney, 1981-1989 



Present Position:

Bowed out of presidential race on January 30, 2008 following poor results in Florida. Gave endorsement to John McCain



Rudy Giuliani position on the War in Iraq:

• Giuliani supported the war in 2002.
• He supported the present troop increase and believes in keeping
American forces in Iraq for as long as it takes to stabilize the country.
• He favors maintaining troop levels and has said that pulling the U.S.
military out of Iraq would be a terrible mistake.




Rudy Giuliani position on Immigration:

• He Supports amnesty / permanent legalization for illegal aliens.
• Giuliani supports temporary legalization for illegal aliens as guest
workers as long as they have a steady job and learn English.




Rudy Giuliani position on Health Care:

• To make insurance more affordable, Giuliani supports an income exclusion
of up to $15,000 for those without employer coverage.
• He proposes giving health insurance credit to low income uninsured
citizens.
• He will seek to give doctors better protection by reforming the medical
liability legal system thus ending frivolous malpractice lawsuits.
• He is in favor or offering block grants states to improve health care
quality and make insurance more affordable. 
• Supports implementing incentives to insurance companies to promote
preventive care.
• Believes that our current system of health care is ?imperfect?, but
believes a single-payer system, such as found in Europe and Canada, is not the
way to improve it




Rudy Giuliani position on Abortion:

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Rudy Giuliani position on National Security:

• Giuliani supports the Patriot Act and electronic surveillance of terror
suspects.
• He favors an aggressive foreign policy including pursuing terrorists
overseas.
• After his service as Mayor, Giuliani started a crisis management
company consulting for better emergency preparedness.




Rudy Giuliani position on the Environment:

• Believes planet is warming but not certain it is a man-made problem. 
• Believes pollution needs to be fought but his effort in NYC was
described as dismal.




Rudy Giuliani position on Trade:





Rudy Giuliani position on Social Security:

• He backs some privatization mof social security.
• Giuliani supports allowing partial investment in private accounts




Rudy Giuliani position on Prescription Drugs:

• Giuliani called for moratorium on prescription drug importation as a way
of tightening the security of our borders.



Rudy Giuliani position on the Budget:

• According to his campaign site, while mayor of NYC, Rudy Giuliani
inherited a $2.3 billion dollar budget deficit and turned it into a
multi-billion dollar surplus, while cutting taxes and delivering balanced
budgets. 
• Giuliani cut the number of full-time city workers by more than 20,000.
• He slowed the NYC growth of government spending to below the rate of
inflation.




Rudy Giuliani position on Energy:

• He supports offshore drilling if approved by the affected state.
• Supports alternative use of ethanol and wants to eliminate tariffs on
imported ethanol. 
• Giuliani supports clean coal technology and commercialization,
including carbon sequestration.
• Wants to expand use of nuclear energy and build more oil refineries.
• Supports renewable energy production and use of more battery powered
vehicles to limit emissions.
• Wants to replace foreign oil energy supplies with alternative energies
from corn and switch grass.
• Believes in promoting energy saving measures such as fuel efficient
vehicles and light bulbs




Rudy Giuliani position on the Economy:

• Giuliani believes that balancing the budget and lowering taxes are keys
to a healthy economy.



Rudy Giuliani position on Education:

• Giuliani believes that every parent should have ?the ability to send
their child to the school of their choice, be it public, private, or
parochial.
• He supports increasing education funding. 
• Supports charter schools and school choice with vouchers.




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Rudy Giuliani position on Tax and Taxation:





Rudy Giuliani position on Iran:

• Giuliani is against unconditional talks with Iran.
• Believes that it is absolutely necessary to leave the military option
on the table and emphasized that talking about a possible military strike would
lessen the chances of war.
• He supported tighter sanctions to isolate Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad.




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Rudy Giuliani position on Business and Labor:





Rudy Giuliani position on Same Sex Relationships:

• He believes that gay rights should be protected.
• Giuliani signed the Domestic Partnership Law in New York.
• He supports civil unions, but not in favor same-sex marriages




Rudy Giuliani position on the Deficit:





Rudy Giuliani position on Stem Cell Research:

• Supports federally funded embryonic stem cell research



Rudy Giuliani position on Gun Control:

• He supports ban on assault weapons
• Believes that all handgun owners should be licensed.




Rudy Giuliani position on Marijuana Law:

• Giuliani believes that marijuana has no additive medical benefit of any
kind.
• He does not support the legalization of marijuana and has vowed to keep
it illegal were he to be elected.



Rudy Giuliani position on the Minimum Wage:

• Opposed to increase in minimum wage.



Rudy Giuliani position on Civil Liberties:





Rudy Giuliani position on Capital Punishment:

• Supports the death penalty



Rudy Giuliani position on China: