Candidates brace for final debate
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Barack">Barack</span> <span word="Obama">Obama</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Mitt">Mitt</span> <span word="Romney">Romney</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="spending">spending</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="weekend">weekend</span> <span word="hammering">hammering</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="policy">policy</span> <span word="battle">battle</span> <span word="lines">lines</span> <span word="ahead">ahead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="final">final</span> <span word="debate">debate</span>, <span word="dropping">dropping</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="trail">trail</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="dispatching">dispatching</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="running">running</span> <span word="mates">mates</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="voters">voters</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="battleground">battleground</span> <span word="states">states</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="debate">debate</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="focuses">focuses</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="affairs">affairs</span>, <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="final">final</span> <span word="chance">chance</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="lay">lay</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="policy">policy</span> <span word="platforms">platforms</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="engage">engage</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="verbal">verbal</span> <span word="jousting">jousting</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="front">front</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="tens">tens</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="millions">millions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="TV">TV</span> <span word="viewers">viewers</span> <span word="just">just</span> 15 <span word="days">days</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="voters">voters</span> <span word="head">head</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="polls">polls</span>.</p><p><span word="With">With</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="sides">sides</span> <span word="conceding">conceding</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="race">race</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Nov">Nov</span> 6 <span word="will">will</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wire">wire</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="amid">amid</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="consensus">consensus</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="candidate">candidate</span> <span word="won">won</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="previous">previous</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="debates">debates</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stakes">stakes</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="clash">clash</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="enormous">enormous</span>.</p><p><span word="And">And</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="particulars">particulars</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="policy">policy</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Middle">Middle</span> <span word="East">East</span>, <span word="China">China</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Russia">Russia</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="Times">Times</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="possible">possible</span> <span word="breakthrough">breakthrough</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="talks">talks</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Iran">Iran</span> - <span word="a">a</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="quickly">quickly</span> <span word="squelched">squelched</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="White">White</span> <span word="House">House</span>.</p><p><span word="Citing">Citing</span> <span word="unnamed">unnamed</span> <span word="administration">administration</span> <span word="officials">officials</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Times">Times</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Iranian">Iranian</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="agreed">agreed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="direct">direct</span> <span word="US">US</span>-<span word="Iran">Iran</span> <span word="talks">talks</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="Teheran">Teheran</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="nuclear">nuclear</span> <span word="program">program</span>, <span word="after">after</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="secret">secret</span> <span word="talks">talks</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="sides">sides</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="White">White</span> <span word="House">House</span> <span word="swiftly">swiftly</span> <span word="denied">denied</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="deal">deal</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="reached">reached</span>, <span word="saying">saying</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> "<span word="diplomatic">diplomatic</span> <span word="solution">solution</span>".</p><p>"<span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="true">true</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Iran">Iran</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="agreed">agreed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="one">one</span>-<span word="on">on</span>-<span word="one">one</span> <span word="talks">talks</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="meeting">meeting</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="elections">elections</span>," <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Security">Security</span> <span word="Council">Council</span> <span word="spokesman">spokesman</span> <span word="Tommy">Tommy</span> <span word="Vietor">Vietor</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="statement">statement</span>.</p>
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