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Jon Huntsman
stated on January 9, 2012 in comments to reporters in Concord, N.H.:

"What’s clear is (Romney) likes firing people."

By Louis Jacobson • January 11, 2012
Jon Huntsman
stated on January 8, 2012 in an NBC-Facebook debate in Concord, N.H.:

Says the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction proposal went from President Barack Obama's desk to "the garbage can."

By Becky Bowers • January 8, 2012
Jon Huntsman
stated on January 7, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.:

"I delivered a flat tax for my state. I took my state to No. 1 in job creation. With all due respect to what Rick Perry has said about Texas, we did a little bit better."

By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012
Jon Huntsman
stated on December 15, 2011 in a Republican presidential primary debate:

"In this country … we have more natural gas than Saudi Arabia has oil."

By Maryalice Gill • December 16, 2011
Jon Huntsman
stated on December 12, 2011 in a debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H.:

"You look at defense … we're spending more than the rest of the world combined."

By Jake Berry • December 13, 2011
Jon Huntsman
stated on November 16, 2011 in an editorial board meeting with the Nashua Telegraph:

"We have more natural gas in this country than Saudi Arabia has oil."

By Maryalice Gill • December 8, 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
Jon Huntsman
stated on October 28, 2011 in a web advertisement:

Says Mitt Romney flip-flopped on gun control.

By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2011
Jon Huntsman
stated on October 28, 2011 in a web advertisement:

Says Mitt Romney flip-flopped on abortion.

By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2011
Jon Huntsman
stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.:

"The IRS is already planning on 19,500 new employees to administer" Obama’s health care mandate.

By Maryalice Gill • October 13, 2011
Jon Huntsman
stated on October 11, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.:

"I created a flat tax in the state of Utah. It took that state to the number-one position in terms of job creation."

By Louis Jacobson • October 12, 2011
Jon Huntsman
stated on September 7, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate at the Reagan Presidential Library:

Utah was "the No. 1 job creator in this country during my years of service" as governor, with a 5.9 percent increase in jobs.

By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 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
Jon Huntsman
stated on August 2, 2011 in a campaign appearance in Milford, N.H.:

There are 500 million Internet users "and 80 million bloggers who are driving discussions in China. … So you’ve got a lot of people voicing frustration and discontent."

By Jake Berry • August 19, 2011
Jon Huntsman
stated on August 11, 2011 in the Republican debate in Ames, Iowa:

"We created a flat tax in the state of Utah."

By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2011
Jon Huntsman
stated on August 2, 2011 in a campaign appearance in Milford, N.H. :

The United States has "the longest surviving constitution."

By Jake Berry • August 8, 2011
Jon Huntsman
stated on July 4, 2011 in a house party in Belmont, N.H. :

Says that when he was governor of Utah, he worked with the state Legislature to create a flat tax that "cut income taxes by 30 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2011
Jon Huntsman
stated on June 22, 2011 in an interview on "Morning Joe.":

The U.S. is spending "one out of every six Defense Department dollars on Afghanistan."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 23, 2011

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