Before he was elected governor of Massachusetts in 2002, Mitt Romney took over as president of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee and helped get the scandal-ridden 2002 Olympic Winter Games back on track.

Romney supported the recent troop surge in Iraq and the president's veto of a war spending bill that set a date for U.S. troop withdrawal.

He favors increasing the size of the military and spending more money on defense.

On immigration, Romney wants a better way for employers to verify the legal status of workers.

He opposes a guest worker plan and a path for illegal immigrants to gain citizenship that would go beyond existing laws and procedures.

When he was governor, he authorized deployment of the Massachusetts State Police to enforce immigration laws.

Romney supports making the Bush tax cuts permanent.

He hasn't endorsed the "fair tax" proposal, saying it needs further study.

Romney signed a pledge not to raise taxes and supports doing away with estate and capital gains taxes.