As the candidate has prepared for the first matchup, one question has loomed among both advisers and observers: Will he provoke Obama or will Obama provoke him?
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Romney criticizes Obama foreign policy record
BURLINGTON, Mass. — Republican Mitt Romney is arguing America needs new foreign policy leadership, using President Barack Obama’s handling of the Middle East as an opening to criticize the incumbent before Wednesday’s first presidential debate. With both candidates hunkered down and practicing for their first face-off, Romney is offering a mixed argument against the president […]
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Obama blocks Chinese purchase of US wind farms
It was the first time in 22 years that a U.S. president has blocked such a foreign business deal.
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Bill Clinton to campaign for Obama in NH
WASHINGTON — Bill Clinton will be back on the campaign trail on behalf of President Barack Obama. Obama’s campaign says the former president will hold an event in New Hampshire on Wednesday, the day of the first presidential debate. Obama and Republican Mitt Romney debate two more times in October. In 1992, Clinton became the […]
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Obama, Romney campaign in each other’s shadow
The candidates’ debate spread across the airways in Virginia and a handful of other swing states where the campaign is being waged in its final days.
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In 2-minute ad, Obama touts ‘economic patriotism’
President claims his economic plan will create 1 million manufacturing jobs, cut oil imports and hire thousands of new teachers.
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Slipping in polls, Romney assures voters ‘I care’
“There are so many people in our country who are hurting right now. I want to help them. I know what it takes,” Romney told a crowd in Ohio.
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Romney, Obama descend on battleground Ohio
Both candidates recognize how critical Ohio’s 18 electoral votes will be – no Republican has ever lost Ohio and won the presidency.
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Obama summons world leaders to reject extremism
Running through Obama’s speech was an overall theme that leaders of the Muslim world should also stand up for freer speech and oppose those who vent their anger with violence.
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Romney, Obama focus on US posture abroad
Presidential contest which focused on the state of the U.S. economy shifted focus to foreign policy after attacks in Libya.