Subject: 2.20.15 CTR Weekend TPs
From: Burns Strider <[email-masked]>
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 14:42:54 -0500
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​Hi all,

Please find Correct The Record's weekend talking points package both
attached and below. Thanks!

*2.20.15 Weekend Package*

*1.       **Hillary Clinton: Human Rights*

*2.       **Hillary Clinton: Engagement Abroad, Prosperity at Home*

*3.       **Hillary Clinton: Tough on Terrorism*

*4.       **Hillary Clinton: Tops New Iowa Poll*

*TALKING POINTS: HILLARY CLINTON ON HUMAN RIGHTS*

*“We have to show the world that free people and free markets, human rights
and human dignity, respect for our fellow men and women, is our core
strength.”- Hillary Clinton, **1/21/15
<http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/21/politics/hillary-clinton-canada-future-vision/>*

*BACKGROUND: *February 20th is World Social Justice Day, when we honor and
promote the ideal of social well-being and justice for all. Hillary Clinton
has fought to make human rights a reality.

*KEY POINTS:*

   - Hillary Clinton has been a lifetime advocate
   <http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/192081-hillary-clinton-a-lifetime-of-human-rights-advocacy>
for
   human rights.

   - In her time as Secretary of State, Clinton made human rights a foreign
   policy priority.

   - One of her first steps at the State Department was joining the United
   Nations Human Rights Council, reversing
   <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/31/AR2009033102782.html>
the
   Bush administration’s policy of shunning the organization.

   - Secretary Clinton defended free speech and expression, standing
   <http://www.state.gov/secretary/20092013clinton/rm/2011/04/160363.htm> by
   those “who exercise their fundamental freedoms of expression and assembly
   in a peaceful way, whether in person, in print, or in pixels.”

   - Upholding the fundamental freedom of the press, Hillary Clinton hosted
   <http://www.state.gov/secretary/20092013clinton/rm/2011/05/162508.htm> the
   first World Press Freedom Day by the U.S

   - She promoted the freedom of religion by challenging
   <http://www.state.gov/secretary/20092013clinton/rm/2009a/12/133544.htm>
other
   countries, such as China, to protect “the rights to express oneself and
   worship freely.”

   - Secretary Clinton appointed
   <http://www.state.gov/secretary/20092013clinton/rm/2010/07/145144.htm> the
   first Special Advisor for International Disability Rights to increase
   protection
   <http://www.state.gov/secretary/20092013clinton/rm/2011/12/178368.htm> for
   “one group of people whose human rights are still denied in too many parts
   of the world today.”

   - Hillary Clinton championed
   <http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/12/06/fact-sheet-working-advance-human-rights-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transge>
LGBT
   rights internationally and declared
   <http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/30/opinion/ghitis-hillary-clinton-lgbt-rights/>
to
   the world that gay rights are human rights and human rights are gay rights.

   - She partnered with other countries to pass the first United Nations
   resolution highlighting
   <http://www.state.gov/secretary/20092013clinton/rm/2011/06/166383.htm> LGBT
   rights as human rights.

   - Hillary launched efforts
   <https://www.clintonfoundation.org/our-work/no-ceilings-full-participation-project>
to
   seek women’s full
   <http://time.com/16868/clinton-kicks-off-international-womens-day-at-united-nations/>
participation
   in society – and give future generations of Americans a chance
   <http://thenextgeneration.org/blog/post/hillary-clinton-next-generation-partnership>
at
   success.

   - When Hillary Clinton was asked
   <http://www.state.gov/secretary/20092013clinton/rm/2009a/july/126202.htm>
what
   was next for her, she said, “I would go back to being a voice for the
   voiceless, standing up against conditions that just leech the life out of
   children and oppress women and prevent people from fulfilling their
   God-given potential.”

*TALKING POINTS: ENGAGEMENT ABROAD, PROSPERITY AT HOME*

* “Economic statecraft has two parts: First, how we harness the forces and
use the tools of global economics to strengthen our diplomacy and presence
abroad; and second, how we put that diplomacy and presence to work to
strengthen our economy at home.” - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham
Clinton*

*KEY POINTS*

   - As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton bridged America’s engagement
   abroad with prosperity at home.  Clinton made commercial diplomacy and the
   promotion of trade central to U.S. strategic interests. Called “Economic
   Statecraft,” this addressed the relationship between our economic security
   and our international affairs while leveraging our global diplomatic
   strength, growing our domestic economy and creating jobs.

   - Clinton laid out a range of initiatives to enhance economic engagement
   including updating U.S. foreign policy priorities to put more weight on
   economic opportunities and beefing up the State Department’s commercial
   diplomacy capacity.

   - In her time at State, Clinton made a real, new and forward-looking
   vision for marrying our global diplomatic and domestic economic agendas.
   She created an Under Secretary For Economic Growth, Energy, and the
   Environment. She appointed the first Chief Economist, allowing the
   Department to engage effectively with our partners in a world where
   security is shaped increasingly in boardrooms and on trading floors as well
   as on battlefields.

   - Secretary Clinton understood the pivotal role ambassadors, who are the
   president’s representatives in each country they serve, play in promoting
   America’s economic growth and security. She instructed ambassadors to act
   as the CEO of the Embassy. As Bloomberg put it: “she ordered embassies to
   make it a priority to help U.S. businesses win contracts. Science officers
   now extol American clean-technology companies. Military affairs officers
   promote U.S. fighter planes.”

*RESULTS*

   - Clinton’s economic statecraft helped ensure that America is exporting
   its products, not its jobs overseas.  In Clinton’s tenure, the State
   Department helped increase U.S. exports by an estimated 33 percent.

   - Secretary Clinton’s leadership at State led to an estimated 50 percent
   growth in exports to China over two years.

*EXAMPLES*

   - Clinton and her efforts through the State Department helped ensure the
   purchase of more than 250 Boeing 737s by Russia and Indonesia for over $25
   billion. These deals are expected to create tens of thousands of U.S. jobs.

   - In her tenure as Secretary, the State Department helped secure an
   estimated $100 million for electric vehicles from Ohio to be sold in
   Iceland.

   - Thanks in part to Clinton’s State Department, the Swiss Department of
   Defence was the inaugural customer for Virginia’s Aurora Flight Sciences
   with a contract valued at $5 million.

   - Under Hillary Clinton’s leadership, State Department efforts led to
   Palo Alto firms getting an estimated $668 million contract with Australia.

   - As Secretary, Clinton supported a trade deal with a projected worth of
   more than $80 million between the U.S. company General Electric and Vietnam.

*TALKING POINTS: TOUGH ON TERRORISM*

*MESSAGE: **In a changing and unpredictable world, Hillary Clinton’s
leadership on issues of national security has kept America secure and
helped make the world a safer place.*

*KEY POINTS:*

   - Hillary Clinton has recognized the threat and taken a tough stance
   against ISIS saying, “we have to do everything we can to…marginalize
   extremists through the Middle East.”

   - As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton worked through diplomatic
   channels to help the United States fight terrorism and safeguard our
   national security.

   - Secretary Clinton made the case for the raid to bring Osama bin Laden
      to justice.

   - Clinton built relationships with key players in the Middle East and
      funded counterterrorism training initiatives.

   - Through negotiations with Russia, Clinton successfully worked to
      reduce the number of nuclear missile launchers in the world.

   - Clinton built and maintained a coalition to enact the toughest
      sanctions in Iran’s history in order to encourage Iran to abandon, or at
      least stall, its nuclear program.

   - Clinton negotiated the Gaza cease-fire between Israelis and
      Palestinians, helping avert an all-out war in Gaza.

   - Clinton played a role to end the war in Iraq and begin a transition to
      civilian society in Afghanistan.

   - Clinton instituted new roles at the State Department to fight
      terrorism:

   - Clinton created the Center for Strategic Counterterrorism
         Communications to combat Al-Qaeda’s growing influence online.

   - Clinton established the Bureau of Counterterrorism to advance
         counterterrorism objectives and our national security.

   - Clinton identified and led on important issues which affect our
      national security, such as the global empowerment of women and climate
      change.

   - Clinton worked to empower women and girls around the world to
         participate in their economies.  This helps make economies
stronger and
         more stable.

   - Clinton prioritized addressing climate change in her time at the State
         Department.  Weather events caused by climate change can lead
to famine and
         destroyed infrastructure, which increase instability and unrest.

   - Serving as a United States Senator representing New York during
   September 11, 2001, Hillary Clinton made it a priority to urge the pursuit
   of justice against Al Qaeda and improve our nation’s efforts to combat
   terrorism.

*RECENT STATEMENTS ON ISIS:*

   - *Clinton: “Canada, the United States, and many other nations are
   working together to stop the spread of ISIS and other violent jihadi
   extremists in the region.” *“Canada, the United States, and many other
   nations are working together to stop the spread of ISIS and other violent
   jihadi extremists in the region. These militants are targeting religious
   and ethnic minorities, kidnapping and beheading civilians, persecuting and
   enslaving women, and attracting foreign fighters, including some with
   Western passports from the United States and Canada who could easily return
   home. This fight is crucial, and more broadly, we have to do everything we
   can to empower moderates and marginalize extremists throughout the Middle
   East and the wider Muslim world.” [Sec. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Global
   Perspectives – Winnipeg, 1/21/15]

   - *Clinton: “There is a distorted and dangerous strain of extremism
   within the Muslim world that continues to spread.”* “We are in a contest
   of ideas and values. And who are we contesting against? Well we are not
   contesting against the vast majority of Muslims. Islam itself is not the
   adversary. And the vast majority of Muslims are peaceful and tolerant
   people. Here amongst us this afternoon we see that every day, in Canada and
   the United States, with so many of our neighbors and fellow citizens. But
   we can’t close our eyes to the fact that at this time in our world history
   there is a distorted and dangerous strain of extremism within the Muslim
   world that continues to spread. Now its adherents may be few in number. But
   they have the capacity to cause profound damage, most especially, to their
   own communities. With these vicious few, we are confronting an ideology of
   hate – a worldview based on tearing down and dividing rather than building
   up and bringing together based on a claim to absolute truth and total
   intolerance for the beliefs and rights of their fellow human beings.” [Sec.
   Hillary Rodham Clinton, Global Perspectives – Winnipeg, 1/21/15]

*TALKING POINTS: HILLARY CLINTON TOPS NEW IOWA POLL*

*BACKGROUND**: A new **NBC/Marist poll*
<http://newscms.nbcnews.com/sites/newscms/files/iowa_february_2015_annotated_questionnaire_nbc_news-marist_poll.pdf>*
in
Iowa finds that Hillary Clinton leads the field of potential Democratic
presidential candidates in Iowa and beats the Republican contenders polled
by wide margins.*

*KEY POINTS:*

   - Even as right-wing attack groups throw everything but the kitchen sink
   at Hillary Clinton, she continues to connect with Democrats, Independents
   and Americans of all backgrounds who are hungry for her experience,
   leadership and vision. Because of Hillary Clinton’s years of public
   service, her strong record as a leader, and her commitment to fighting for
   middle class workers and their families, she has the support of so many
   Americans.

   - According to the poll, 68% of Iowa Democrats said that they support
   Hillary Clinton for president, 56% ahead of the next potential candidate.

   - In a poll of Iowa registered voters, Hillary Clinton leads
   head-to-head matchups against the two Republican contenders polled, beating
   Scott Walker 49%-38% and Jeb Bush 48%-40%.

*THE BIG PICTURE:*

   - This latest poll is in line with what others polls and pundits have
   been showing for months – that Hillary Clinton has unprecedented support,
   despite the onslaught of Republican attacks against her.

   - According to a Bloomberg Politics/Saint Anselm College
      <http://images.businessweek.com/cms/2015-02-07/sunday-rev.pdf> New
      Hampshire poll conducted January 31-February 5, 56% of the likely
      Democratic primary voters polled in New Hampshire said that
Hillary Clinton
      was their first choice for president, 41% ahead of the next potential
      candidate. Hillary Clinton is viewed favorably by 89% of likely
Democratic
      primary voters in New Hampshire.

   - A Fusion Massive Millennial poll
      <https://fusiondotnet.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/politics-affiliations-comedian.pdf>
conducted
      January 6-11, 2015 finds that 57% of young Democrats polled chose Hillary
      Clinton as their preferred Democratic presidential nominee, 47%
higher than
      the next potential candidate. The poll also shows that in a head-to-head
      matchup with young Republicans’ preferred GOP nominee, Mitt Romney, who
      eventually decided not to run, Hillary Clinton would win by
double digits,
      55%-31%.

   - A Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa poll
      <http://images.businessweek.com/cms/2015-01-31/saturday-b-30496.pdf>
conducted
      January 26-29, 2015 finds that 56% of the likely Democratic caucus-goers
      polled in Iowa said that Hillary Clinton was their first choice for
      president, 40% ahead of the next potential candidate. The poll also shows
      that Hillary Clinton is viewed favorably by 84% of Democratic likely
      caucus-goers.

   - An ABC News/Washington Post poll
      <http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2015/01/historys-a-positive-for-clinton-not-so-for-bush-or-romney/>
conducted
      January 12-15, 2015 finds that Hillary Clinton leads each of the top
      potential GOP candidates in hypothetical matchups by double digits.
      According to the poll, Hillary leads Jeb Bush 54%-41%, Mitt
Romney 55%-40%,
      Chris Christie 53%-40%, Rand Paul 54%-41%, and Mike Huckabee 56%-39%.

   - For 17 out of the past 18 years, Hillary Clinton has been named
      Americans’ Most Admired Woman, according to a Gallup poll
      <http://www.gallup.com/poll/180365/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-extend-run-admired.aspx>
from
      December 8-11, 2014.

   - Clinton is extremely popular among Democrats: an NBC/Marist poll
      <http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-beats-joe-biden-hypothetical-2016-matchup>
       from July 7-13, 2014  puts her favorability/unfavorability rating in
      Iowa at 89 percent/6 percent; in New Hampshire it’s even higher, at
      94 percent/4 percent.

   - In polls conducted this summer in Ohio
      <http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/ohio/release-detail?ReleaseID=2066>
      , New Jersey
      <http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/new-jersey/release-detail?ReleaseID=2068>
       and Florida
      <http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/07/24/clinton-polling-well-in-key-presidential-battleground/>,
      Hillary Clinton had commanding leads over potential 2016 GOP contenders.

   - According to a Quinnipiac press release on the Ohio poll
      <http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/ohio/release-detail?ReleaseID=2066>,
      "Secretary Clinton, on the other hand, is almost everyone's favorite
      candidate.”

   - Regarding the New Jersey poll, a Quinnipiac official stated
      <http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/08/hillary_clinton_leads_christie_for_president_in_nj_poll_finds.html>,
      “As Gov. Christopher Christie traipses around the nation, his
presidential
      potential seems alive, but former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the
      adopted girl next door, easily beats him in his home state.”

   - Based on the Florida poll, CNN reported
      <http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/07/24/clinton-polling-well-in-key-presidential-battleground/>
that
      “Hillary Clinton is the clear 2016 frontrunner in the nation's largest
      presidential battleground state.”