• Born Aug. 7, 1950.
• Married, Jocelyn; three children.
• BA, PhD, Harvard University, 1972 and 1976.
• Ambassador to UN Economic and Social Council, 1981-1987.
• Syndicated radio talk show host since 1991.

• Opposes abortion unless mother's life is endangered. Argues that other abortions are the unlawful taking of human life.

• Opposes race- and gender-based quotas, set-asides and preferences as unfair.

Bosnia Intervention

• Opposes involvement of U.S. troops in NATO peacekeeping mission in Bosnia.

• Supports replacing current income tax with a national sales tax. Opposes flat tax as unfair to the middle class and the poor.
• Supports constitutional balanced budget amendment and stresses cutting taxes and limiting borrowing.
• Supports federal block grants to states in areas such as Medicare, Medicaid, education and welfare.
• Supports presidential line item veto.
• Supports elimination of U.S. Commerce Department and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

• Opposes prohibiting political action committees (PACs) from contributing to candidates for federal office.
• Opposes spending limits on congressional campaigns.
• Supports full disclosure by candidates of all sources of campaign funding.
• Supports constitutional amendment limiting terms of congressional representatives to six years and senators to 12 years.

• Supports three-strikes legislation, which requires mandatory life imprisonment for three-time felons.
• Supports chain gangs as a deterrent to recidivism.
• Supports death penalty for violent criminals.

• Supports elimination of federal Department of Education.
• Opposes Goals 2000: Educate America Act, an attempt to develop voluntary national educational and skills standards.
• Supports school choice programs that include parochial schools.
• Supports voluntary prayer in public schools.
• Opposes sex education in public schools.
• Supports making English the official language of the U.S.

• Supports reimbursement for property owners when environmental regulations limit use of their land.
• Supports transferring federal public lands to state control.

• Opposes any restrictions on law-abiding citizens' rights to own firearms.
• Opposed Brady bill, which imposes waiting period and background checks for firearm purchases.
• Supports citizens' rights to carry concealed weapons, provided those weapons are properly licensed and registered.

• Opposes allowing homosexuals into the U.S. Army or assigning women to serve in land combat units.
• Supports limiting foreign aid except in emergencies or extraordinary circumstances.

• Supports tax-free medical savings accounts.

• Supports California Proposition 187, which would cut off benefits and services to illegal immigrants.
• Supports continued legal immigration.

• Opposes NAFTA, GATT and the World Trade Organization.

• Opposes welfare, including welfare reform measures such as workfare, as undermining family and work incentives.

Much of the information in this report is derived from speeches and policy papers on the Official Alan Keyes Network home page.