Our Plan for America

John Kerry and his running mate, Senator John Edwards of North Carolina, have a plan: an ambitious, detailed blueprint to alter the current course of America and re-direct its future. They call it the Real Deal.But what does it really promise? How do Kerry and Edwards plan to roll back our damaged foreign relations? How will they improve our economy, restore jobs, and manage to make America safer, stronger, and more secure? Here are their proposals:* Restoring Jobs and Rebuilding the Economy* Winning the Peace in Iraq* Providing Access to Affordable Healthcare* Defending the American Homeland* Creating a New Era for America's Schools* Helping to Create a Cleaner and Greener America* Instituting a Principled Foreign Policy* Making College Affordable for All AmericansKerry/Edwards: Their Plans and Promises delineates issue-by-issue the promises and the plans of the Kerry/Edwards ticket. In his introduction, theBoston Globe's Michael Kranish offers penetrating insight into the policies of a Kerry Administration, and what they could mean for America.Kerry/Edwards: Their Plans and Promises cuts through the rhetoric to the details of the Real Deal. Now Democrats and Republicans alike can judge for themselves exactly what the Kerry/Edwards ticket is offering America in what is shaping up to be one of the fiercest, most passionate political contests in generations.TOC:Introduction by Michael KranishJohn Kerry on the Issues100 Days to Change AmericaThe Issues:AGRICULTUREAIDSAMERICANS WITH DISABILITIESCHILDRENCIVIL RIGHTSCOLLEGE AFFORDABILITYCRIMEECONOMY AND JOBSEDUCATIONENERGY& ENVIRONMENTFOREIGN POLICYHEALTH CAREHOMELAND SECURITYHOUSINGIMMIGRATIONIRAQLGBT (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender)NATIONAL SERVICENATIVE AMERICANSNURSESPROTECTING AMERICA'S WORKERSSENIORSSMALL BUSINESSESTECHNOLOGY