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"We've spent $4 trillion trying to topple various people...if we could have spent that $4 trillion in the U.S. to fix our roads, our bridges, our airports and all the other problems we have, we would have been a lot better off," said Donald Trump, left, who shook hands with Ted Cruz at the start of the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Venetian Hotel & Casino on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, in Las Vegas, Nev.
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Republican presidential candidates, from left, John Kasich, Carly Fiorina, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, and Rand Paul take the stage during the CNN Republican presidential debate
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"I personally am open to allowing people to apply for a green card. That may not be a majority position in my party," said Marco Rubio who described his stance on a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants that involved a 10-year work permit during the CNN Republican presidential debate.
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"Margaret Thatcher once said, if you want something talked about, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman," said Carly Fiorina during the CNN Republican presidential debate.
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"The lessons learned are that we have to have a strategy to get in and a strategy to get out," said Jeb Bush about getting rid of Saddam Hussein during the CNN Republican presidential debate.
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"Donald Trump, center, speaks as Ben Carson, left, and Ted Cruz look on during the CNN Republican presidential debate.
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"By the same token, you have to be able to look at the big picture to understand that it's actually merciful if you go ahead and finish the job rather than death by a thousand pricks," said Ben Carson in response to a question about waging war on ISIS and the killing of innocent children during the CNN Republican presidential debate.
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"Maybe because I'm from New Jersey, I just have this kind of plain language hang up... and yes, we would shoot down the planes of Russian pilots, if in fact they were stupid enough to think that this president was the same feckless, weakling that the president we have in the Oval Office is right now," said Chris Christie during the CNN Republican presidential debate.
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"I know what I don't know. I would seek out the best advice that exists. I won't get my information from the shows--I don't know if that's Saturday morning or Sunday morning," said Jeb Bush, right, of being a better candidate than Donald Trump as both are seen on television monitors in the media workroom during the CNN Republican presidential debate.
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"When you ask yourself, whoever you are, that think you are going to support Donald Trump, think--do you believe in the constitution?" asked Rand Paul about Trump's proposal to close the internet during the CNN Republican presidential debate.
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"Assad must go...I do not support a civil war. I don't want to be policeman of the world, but we can't back off of this," said John Kasich during the CNN Republican presidential debate.
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"If we topple Assad, the result will be, ISIS will take over Syria and it will worsen U.S. national security interests," said Ted Cruz during the CNN Republican presidential debate.
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