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U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney met on Monday in Boca Raton, Florida, for the third and last presidential debate, focused on foreign policy, ahead of the November 6 election. Below are some highlights of what the two candidates said. ON IRAN: Obama: “There have been times, Governor, frankly, during the course of this where it sounded like you thought that you’d do the same things we did but you’d say them louder and somehow that would make a difference.” “We’re not going to allow Iran to perpetually engage in negotiations that lead nowhere and I’ve been [...]

BOCA RATON President Barack Obama scolded challenger Mitt Romney for being “all over the map” on foreign policy in their final presidential debate on Monday, but the Republican appeared to have passed the “commander-in-chief” test of looking authoritative on national security issues. With two weeks left until Election Day, the high-stakes debate strayed frequently into domestic policy, with Romney seeking to bolster his argument that Obama had bungled the U.S. economic recovery. Running neck and neck in polls, neither man threw a knockout punch or made a noticeable gaffe as they clashed over Israel, Iran, Russia and the size of [...]

President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney met on Monday in Boca Raton, Florida, for the third and last presidential debate, focused on foreign policy, ahead of the November 6 election. Below are some highlights of what the two candidates said. ON THE MIDDLE EAST Romney: “We can’t kill our way out of this mess. We’re going to have to put in place a very comprehensive and robust strategy to help the world of Islam and other parts of the world to reject this radical violent extremism.” “The key that we’re going to have to pursue as a pathway [...]

BOCA RATON President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney face off in front of the cameras for a final time on Monday as opinion polls show their battle for the White House has tightened to a dead heat. With 15 days to go until the November 6 election, the two candidates turn to foreign policy for their third and last debate, which starts at 9 p.m. (0100 GMT on Tuesday). The stakes are high. The two candidates are tied at 46 percent each in the Reuters/Ipsos online daily tracking poll, and the debate will likely be the last time [...]

When JPMorgan Chase revealed a $ 7 billion hole in one of its trading accounts, American Banker magazine noted: “The losses at JPMorgan, caused in part by a derivatives trader in London, have reignited debate about Dodd-Frank, which banks have been pushing back against since the law was passed in 2010.” Even before the JP Morgan bombshell, most Americans were distinctly hostile to the idea that the country’s biggest financial institutions are over-regulated. On May 10, The Harris Poll published the results of a survey that revealed that 82% of respondents thought that “Wall Street should be subject to tougher [...]

MOUNT VERNON President Barack Obama hit rival Mitt Romney hard on women’s issues as he headed back on the campaign trail on Wednesday after a spirited debate performance that re-energized his bid for a second term. A day after a much-improved performance in the second of three presidential debates, a revitalized Obama continued sparring with his Republican opponent, making fun of Romney’s comment that he had received “binders full of women” to consider for cabinet positions when he was governor of Massachusetts. “I’ve got to tell you, we don’t have to collect a bunch of binders to find qualified, talented [...]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Mitt Romney stumbles into a mess of his own making on auto bailout and squabbles with moderator Attack on Benghazi mission still an issue for Romney to take advantage of Barack Obama hits all the marks that he missed in first lackluster debate performance Analyst describes rivals as ‘two high school jocks who don’t like each other’ — While President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney were ostensibly responding to questions from uncommitted voters at a town hall-style debate on Tuesday, they found plenty of opportunities to attack each other during the 90-minute encounter. With three weeks [...]

HEMPSTEAD, New York – President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney clashed repeatedly on jobs, energy and Libya in their second debate on Tuesday, with Obama moving aggressively to challenge his opponent. Obama was much sharper and more energetic than in their first encounter two weeks ago, when his listless performance was heavily criticized and gave Romney’s campaign a much-needed boost. The Democrat fought back against accusations by his rival that he had played down the attack by Islamist militants in Libya last month that killed four Americans, including the U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens. “I’m the president and I’m [...]

HEMPSTEAD, New York – President Barack Obama aggressively challenged Republican candidate Mitt Romney on jobs, energy and Libya in their second debate on Tuesday as the Democrat tried reclaim the momentum in a tight White House race. Obama was much sharper and more energetic than in their first debate two weeks ago, when his listless performance was heavily criticized and gave Romney’s campaign a much-needed boost. The incumbent fought back against Romney’s accusations that he had played down the attack by Islamist militants in Libya last month that killed four Americans, including the U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens. “I’m the president [...]

Chicago – The first clue was in the window. The Obama-Biden poster told me that the Old Ale Town House in Chicago was not going to be a bastion of neutrality. But it got more extreme inside. There we were greeted by a subversive scene of anti-Republican sentiment. Every inch of wall space in this self-styled dive bar, with its local draft ales and a musty sense of history, was covered in bawdy caricatures of famous Republicans. In pride of place above the bar was a naked Sarah Palin, standing proudly on the skin of a polar bear and brandishing [...]