Candidates debate foreign policy
Isaac Metcalf
The series of presidential debates between Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama wrapped up on Oct. 22 with the third and final one taking place at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla.
Unlike the first two presidential debates, this one focused on a specific topic: foreign policy.
It seemed even keel the entire time, with each candidate matching the other blow for blow.
The debate featured topics such as the war in Syria, the danger of Iran’s nuclear program, and the role China will play in America’s future.
“Of course, the greatest threat of all is Iran, four years closer to a nuclear weapon. “And we’re going to have to recognize that we have to do as the president has done. I congratulate him on taking out Osama Bin Laden and going after the leadership in Al-Qaida. But we can’t kill our way out of this mess,” said Romney.
Libya seemed to be a minor topic in this debate, which might be surprising to
some.
“Now, with respect to Libya, as I indicated in the last debate, when we received that phone call, I immediately made sure that, number one, we did everything we could to secure those Americans who
were still in harm’s way; number two, that we would investigate exactly what happened; and number three, most importantly, that we would go after those who killed Americans, and we would bring them to justice, and that’s exactly what we’re going to do,” said Obama.
Since the first debate when most of the polls showed that Romney won by a wide margin, Obama seemed to hold his ground in the last two debates.
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