Obama on attack in foreign policy debate, but Romney steady
BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) – 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 …
Fact-checking Obama and Romney in the U.S. presidential debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, faced off on Monday in their last debate before the November 6 presidential election. Here is some fact-checking of claims made by the two candidates.
Romney praises Obama foreign policy rather than burying it
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At times, it was as if Mitt Romney had come to praise Barack Obama’s foreign policy rather than to bury it.
Romney pulls his punches on Libya in final debate
BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) – Mitt Romney passed up on his last best chance to put President Barack Obama on the defensive over his handling of a deadly September 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Libya when the Republican challenger held fire on the …
Bin Laden would have escaped if Pakistan permission sought: Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama, in some of his most blunt remarks to date, said on Monday that Osama bin Laden would have escaped if the United States had sought Pakistan’s permission ahead of the raid on the al Qaeda leader’s compo…
Romney, Obama pledge Israel backing, agree Iran strike last resort
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney vied on Monday over who was Israel’s strongest defender but both agreed that a military strike over Iran’s nuclear program must be a “last resort.”
"Horses and bayonets" becomes latest debate catchphrase
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – “Horses and bayonets” became the most memorable catch phrase of the debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on Monday night, as the Democratic president reached far back into the past to paint the Republican’s foreign policy …
U.S. candidates pass over tough China questions in final debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney vowed on Monday to get tough on China’s trade policies, but they mostly used the Asian giant as a foil to air competing domestic economic programs in their final debate…
Obama says reports Iran, U.S. agreed to hold talks "not true"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Monday that newspaper reports that Iran and the United States had agreed to hold one-on-one talks on Tehran’s nuclear program were “not true.”
Paul Ryan’s charms fall flat in Irish homeland
GRAIGUENAMANAGH, Ireland (Reuters) – In the land of his ancestors, Paul Ryan’s Irish charm is failing him.
