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Topic 1: "America's Role in the World":
"It is the responsibility of our president to use America's great power to shape history, not to lead from behind, leaving our destiny at the mercy of events. Unfortunately, that is exactly where we find ourselves in the Middle East under President Obama."
—Romney in a speech at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va., in October
"World affairs are a challenge for every candidate...Some of you guys remember, after my foreign trip in 2008, I was attacked as a celebrity because I was so popular with our allies overseas. And I have to say, I'm impressed with how well Governor Romney has avoided that problem."
—Obama at the Alfred E. Smith charity dinner in New York
Topic 2: "Our longest war—Afghanistan and Pakistan":
"Mitt Romney would have left 30,000 troops [in Afghanistan], and called bringing them home 'tragic'... Romney calls it Obama's biggest mistake."
—From a new Obama campaign ad out Monday
"When our men and women are in harm's way, I expect the president of the United States to address the nation on a regular basis and explain what's happening and why they're there. ... Other presidents have done this. We haven't heard this president do this."
—Romney during a campaign stop in New Hampshire in August
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