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Question-and-Answer period. No prepared questions.

Crushing student loan debt: I hear so many stories like that. Imagine starting out in life with $60,000 in debt. It determines what kind of job you have, what kind of house you have. Talked about loan forgiveness through programs designed to "work" off the debt (AmeriCorps, for example).

Pledge as president to tell the truth and nothing but the truth: I will do my very best. A couple of things would make it easier: all contracts should be on the internet, as president she cannot know everything but wants protection for whistleblowers. "I will do my very best to honor that (honesty)." She pushed for the 9/11 commission. If we don't know how it happened, we can't prevent it from happening again. We have to cut through all of the partisan, political back and forth. Talked about people "yelling at each other" on television.

What does she have for a plan for nurses and nursing: She's a big supporter of nurses because they have a big impact on patients. As senator she has worked to attract people into the field. We aren't training enough people, we don't have enough nursing schools or faculty. She believes nurses should have more of a role in making their views known in the health care system.

Impeachment of our dictator and Cheney, why don't we use the Homeland Security Act: Under our constitution, the only remedy to remove a president or vice president is impeachment. Not an appetite in Congress for impeachment. We need to get more political support from the Republicans to keep more from happening. The numbers are not there in Congress to support impeachment.

Immigration: We need comprehensive immigration reform. We need to toughen border control, technology, tougher sanctions on employers who hire illegals, we need to help local communities because of law enforcement, education, and health care costs. It's outrageous that other countries basically take advantage of us and don't provide decent jobs for people there. They have a tiny number of wealthy and a bunch of poor, and Clinton noted, as I always do, that this country will be like those countries if we aren't careful. We need to find out who's here, since 9/11. We need to find them and make them pay taxes, speak English, and so forth.

Paper ballots and fair elections: She has introduced comprehensive legislation to require a paper trail. People need to have an election system they have confidence in. People should be able to exercise their constitutional right to vote and "have those votes counted." Let's start having elections with integrity. Other countries have voting systems that don't have the problems ours have.

Wild horses: Legislation proposed to outlaw the killing, believes it will pass.

Catastrophic health insurance: Questioner said she can't receive health insurance because of a pre-existing condition. Clinton said she wanted to help the woman's situation and referred her to herself or a staff member after the meeting. Clinton wants to ban insurance discrimination, insurance companies cherry pick. We need insurance when we are sick. Insurance companies need to insure people who need to be insured.

Native American issues, federal cuts in programs: Mentioned "Bill's" record on this matter, whoever "Bill" is. She said he did a lot for them. She hopes to get back on the right track, and more empowerment is needed for the tribes. She wants to resume the relationship "Bill" had.

Bringing troops home and exit/mediation plan: Introduced legislation after third trip to Iraq, to stop the president from proposing the "surge." If the president is going to send the troops, they need to be fully equipped. She believes in redeploying troops immediately. We should do more to require the Iraqi government to do more for itself. Get the international community involved. It will be very difficult for our dictator to change course. It's like banging your head against a brick shithouse because he thinks he is right (those are my words, not Clinton's, of course).

Second-grader asks question about what will she will do for the schools: I hope we can help the schools to get the resources they need to do the best job they can for students like you. Get teachers involved, parents involved, and a "young man like you can pursue what you're interested in." She wanted to see children get interested in learning again.

And with that, the town hall ended. Clinton stayed around for quite a while shaking hands and signing autographs, including one for me on the backside of the ticket.

Somebody gave me a window sign, but I lost the damned thing when I gave an interview with a local television station. The interview aired on the Channel 8 6:30 news. I never found the sign again, but of course they are easy to get. At least I didn't get too greedy and have Clinton sign another autograph for me, this one on the sign.

And that was pretty much it for her town hall visit.

Both John Edwards and Governor Bill Richardson were in northern Nevada tonight. Edwards went to that private fundraiser which costs an arm and a leg to get in, and Richardson was over in Carson City at the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner.