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The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Sayonara Santo
Santorum drops outRick Santorum, the last credible rival for the GOP nomination, dropped out of the race on Wednesday leaving a clear path for front-runner and presumptive nominee Mitt Romney. "This...
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Michele Bachmann is no longer Swiss
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's 53 days of Swiss citizenship have apparently come to an end:"I sent a letter to the Swiss Consulate requesting withdrawal of my dual Swiss citizenship, which was...
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Obama and Romney trade jabs over Chavez
After a few weeks of relative silence on Foreign Policy from the campaign trail, there was a brief and largely unexpected skirmish between the Obama and Romney camps today over just how dangerous Hugo...
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Fertilizer Institute responds to GOP's foreign fertilizer plank
On Wednesday, I highlighted a curious passage in the Republican platform warning that America's "dependence on foreign imports of fertilizer could threaten our food supply" and supporting the...
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Mitt Romney’s silence on Afghanistan, by the numbers
It's rather surprising that it was mystery-guest actor Clint Eastwood -- not Mitt Romney -- who made the only reference to the war in Afghanistan during the final night of the GOP convention....
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The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Conventions Close
Democrats flex foreign-policy muscle At their convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, this week, the Democrats weren't shy about touting their rare advantage on national security in this year's...
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Where's Romney's contrast with Obama on Iran?
As tensions mount between Israel and the United States over setting "red lines" for Iran's nuclear program, Mitt Romney made a notable admission to ABC's George Stephanopoulos on Thursday: His red...
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The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Red Lines and Videotape
Tale of the tapeMitt Romney was forced to play defense again this week after Mother Jones released a secret recording of remarks he made at a private Boca Raton fundraiser in May. In addition to saying...
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The critiques of Romney's foreign policy are just as incoherent as Romney's...
As my colleague Dan Drezner notes today, excerpts released ahead of Mitt Romney's big foreign-policy speech at the Virginia Military Institute this morning suggest that the Republican candidate isn't...
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Romney updates Iran policy on campaign website
In conjunction with Mitt Romney's foreign-policy address address in Virginia this week, in which he vowed to prevent Iran from "acquiring nuclear weapons capability," the Romney campaign has updated...
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What's the foreign policy of independent voters?
A growing body of research may suggest that there are very few truly undecided voters still out there, and that their role in deciding elections is exaggerated. But the Gallup polling firm apparently...
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Indian press: Why did nobody mention India during Obama-Romney debate?
Last night I tallied up the number of times various countries were mentioned in Monday's foreign-policy debate. And today, not surprisingly, many of the most-mentioned countries are adding their two...
View ArticleIs the Obama campaign taking commercial ideas from Vladimir Putin?
I see the Obama campaign has a new YouTube ad featuring Girls star (and fellow Oberlin alum!) Lena Dunham: "Your first time shouldn't be with just anybody. You want to do it with a great guy," she...
View ArticleIowa and Texas to OSCE election observers: Stand back or face arrest
Last week we noted Florida Rep. and Senate candidate Connie Mack's freakout over the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe -- which he seemed to confuse with the U.N. -- sending...
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Will U.S. military fatalities sway voters on Election Day?
Time and again, we've been told that the economy is the most important issue in this year's campaign. But political scientist Douglas Hibbs believes economic indicators aren't the sole predictors of...
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