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US Foreign Policy Seen from Foreign Shores
Presidential elections are not won on foreign policy issues, but they are the focus of tonight's debate. Do people overseas see real differences between Obama and Romney?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenThat presidential elections are not won on issues of foreign policy is a political cliché. But foreign policy is the issue of tonight's final debate in a campaign now widely believed to be dead even. In the places likely to be in dispute, do people see real differences between Obama and Romney? We hear some voices from overseas. Also, Lance Armstrong is formally stripped of his Tour de France titles, and George McGovern has died at the age of 90. A famous loser in presidential politics, he was a war hero and a winner as a humanitarian. We look at his legacy.
Banner image: The view of the wreckage after a car bomb exploded near a police station in the central Bab Touma district of Damascus October 21,2012. The explosion took place as President Bashar al-Assad was meeting international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who has called for a temporary truce in Syria's civil war. Photo by Sana/Reuters
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3 storiesLance Armstrong Formally Stripped of Tour de France Titles
"This is a landmark day for cycling." Those are the words today of Pat McQuaid, President of the International Cycling Union, as the UCI stripped Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France victories and banned him for life from cycling. Bonnie Ford, is Olympics and cycling writer for ESPN.com , has covered six of those seven races.
Read the story8 minUS Foreign Policy Seen from Foreign Shores
For tonight's final debate , President Obama and Governor Romney will be seated tonight at a small table with Bob Schieffer of CBS News. It's a lax format, and although Schieffer just might let them pivot to the economy, women's issues or unemployment, the major topic is foreign affairs.
Read the story35 minGeorge McGovern Dies at 90
Robert F. Kennedy said that, of all his colleagues in the US Senate, "The person who has the most feeling and does things in the most genuine way is George McGovern ." One of the first Senators to oppose the Vietnam War and advocate US relations with China, McGovern is best known for his lopsided defeat by Richard Nixon in 1972.
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