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John Gregg is a staff writer for the Valley News.

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Newt Gingrich
stated on December 12, 2011 in a foreign policy debate with Jon Huntsman in Manchester, N.H., Dec. 12, 2011:

"The Obama administration just issued instructions that terrorism training should not involve any reference to Islam."

By John Gregg • December 14, 2011
Rick Santorum
stated on November 29, 2011 in an op-ed in the "New Hampshire Union Leader":

The balanced-budget amendment once came within one vote of passing Congress but was defeated because of the no vote from a top Senate Republican, and Rick Santorum says he "stood up and called for him to resign his chairmanship."

By John Gregg • December 2, 2011
Jon Huntsman
stated on November 1, 2011 in a speech on energy policy at University of New Hampshire:

The United States sends "$300 billion -- half our trade deficit -- overseas for oil to unstable and unfriendly regimes."

By John Gregg • November 8, 2011
Mitt Romney
stated on October 11, 2011 in a debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.:

Says Barack Obama "never worked in the private sector" before he was elected president.

By John Gregg • October 18, 2011
David Axelrod
stated on September 27, 2011 in a speech to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics:

"The typical white male worker in this country is making in real terms what he was making in 1973" and "the average worker is making what they were making in 1996."

By John Gregg • October 5, 2011
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on September 4, 2011 in a news release:

"Two-thirds of Granite Staters oppose the Tea Party" and its agenda on labor unions.

By John Gregg • September 16, 2011
Jon Huntsman
stated on July 26, 2011 in a speech at Dartmouth College.:

China is or soon will be "the largest English-speaking nation" in the world.

By John Gregg • August 19, 2011
Gary Johnson
stated on July 14, 2011 in an interview with the 'New Hampshire Business Review":

"New Mexico is the second Hollywood" because of tax incentives for the film industry.

By John Gregg • July 15, 2011
Yard sign
stated on June 15, 2011 in a yard on Route 12 near Keene, N.H.:

Says President Obama "has fired more cruise missiles than all other Peace Prize winners combined."

By John Gregg • June 30, 2011