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Post by Helen Dagner on Oct 22, 2012 20:26:42 GMT -5
25 min into the Debate and Obama Is Stuttering-To be Continued
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Post by Helen Dagner on Oct 22, 2012 20:46:21 GMT -5
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Post by Helen Dagner on Oct 22, 2012 20:59:32 GMT -5
President Barack Obama sharply challenged Mitt Romney on foreign policy in their final campaign debate Monday night. The Republican coolly responded, “Attacking me is not an agenda” for dealing with a dangerous world.
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Post by Helen Dagner on Oct 22, 2012 21:01:53 GMT -5
Romney said that despite early hopes, the ouster of despotic regimes in Egypt, Libya and elsewhere over the past year have resulted in a “rising tide of chaos.” He said the president has failed to come up with a coherent policy to grapple with change sweeping the Middle East, and he added ominously that an al-Qaida-like group has taken over northern Mali.
Anticipating one of Obama’s most frequent campaign assertions, Romney said of the man seated nearby, "I congratulate him on taking out Osama bin Laden and taking on the leadership of al-Qaida. But we can’t kill our way out of this. ... We must have a comprehensive strategy.”
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Post by Helen Dagner on Oct 22, 2012 21:07:47 GMT -5
In recent weeks, the former Massachusetts governor has stepped up his criticism of the president’s handling of international matters, although his campaign hasn’t spent any of its television advertising budget on commercials on the subject.
In a speech earlier this month, Romney accused the president of an absence of strong leadership in the Middle East, where popular revolutions have swept away autocratic regimes in Egypt and elsewhere in the past two years. He has also accused Obama of failing to support Israel strongly enough, of failing to make it clear that Iran will not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon and of backing cuts in the defense budget that would harm military readiness.
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Post by Helen Dagner on Oct 23, 2012 3:16:31 GMT -5
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