Dean intends to focus on 5 issues in Phoenix this week-end.

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Issues that Howard Dean, Democratic National Committee chairman, will highlight:

• Honesty and integrity in government

• New Iraq policy to reduce the military’s role and its vulnerability to attack

• Limit outsourcing of American jobs and create new ones through energy independence

• Moving toward universal health care

• Improving public education

More about what he said in the interview:

Although Democrats publicly cringe at the comparison, the new agenda even includes a couple of the same issues as the 1994 Republican plan.

Just like former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., did more than a decade ago, Dean said Friday that Democrats will restore ethics and integrity to national politics.

Dean’s message will be aided by a wave of events this year — from criminal indictments of congressional leaders and White House officials to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and growing unease about the U.S. military’s continued presence in Iraq — that have damaged the public’s image of Republicans.

"You can’t trust them with your money," Dean said. "You can’t trust them to tell the truth. You can’t trust them to manage the war. You can’t trust them if you have a natural disaster. Now tell me why people are going to vote for Republicans?"