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Monday's global agenda: Candidates spar on foreign policy
Your morning global affairs speed-read
If it's Monday, it's time to play bingo — presidential debate bingo, that is. Thanks to the good folks at the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, watching tonight's third and final debate, on foreign policy, will be as fun as it will — no doubt — be enlightening.
Mitt Romney enters tonight's debate tied with President Obama after all but erasing the president's lead on national security. Expect Romney to continue hammering Obama on last month's attack in Libya, as Republicans have throughout the weekend; Obama, meanwhile, is out with a new ad this morning touting his “responsible” end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. With much of tonight's discussion centering on the Middle East, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy has a handy cheat-sheet of questions neither candidate has adequately answered so far.
Another topic that should receive renewed attention is the showdown over Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program, following reports — since denied — that the United States and Iran could sit down for one-on-one talks after the election. [The New York Times]
Haiti bound: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to the northern part of Haiti today to tout USAID's new public-private partnership model.
In other news:
Jordan says it foiled an al Qaeda attack on the U.S. Embassy and other targets. [The Washington Post]
Protests continue in Lebanon following Sunday's assassination of the intelligence chief, which many blame on Bashar Assad's regime in Syria. [The New York Times]
President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah Party suffered several embarrassing defeats in West Bank municipal elections. [The Wall Street Journal]
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