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A crowd of spectators watches the start of the first 2012 U.S. presidential debate at Denver University in Denver, Colorado October 3, 2012. (Mark Leffingwell/Courtesy Reuters)
President Obama and GOP nominee Mitt Romney met last night for the first of three debates, which focused on domestic economic issues. Here’s what they had to say on job creation, entitlement spending, and taxation. Read more »
Photo of the Day: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at a campaign rally in Virginia Beach, September 8, 2012 (Brian Snyder/Courtesy Reuters).
In an appearance on Meet the Press, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney defended the absence of Afghanistan policy in his convention speech and criticized President Barack Obama for not being tougher with Iran. Read more »
Photo of the Day: President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive by bus in Dubuque, Iowa, August 15, 2012 (Larry Downing/Courtesy Reuters).
Candidates continue to make Medicare a campaign trail issue as voters worry about the future of the program (NYT) in an economy-focused race. Read more »
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his U.S. Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) in Ashland, Virginia August 11, 2012 (Shannon Stapleton/Courtesy Reuters).
Though the campaign insists presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and his running mate and chairman of the House Budget Committee, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, see eye-to-eye in a campaign largely focused on the U.S. economy and the future of government spending, some analysts and pundits are noting the differences in their budget plans. Read more »
Wind turbines in Desert Hot Springs, California July 11, 2011 (Mario Anzuoni/Courtesy Reuters).
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney recently said he would end a government tax credit that helps subsidize Iowa’s burgeoning wind industry.
Romney favors letting the wind energy production tax credit expire at the end of the year, saying such tax credits interfere with the free market economy (NPR) and if the wind industry is viable, it should be able to survive on its own without government help. Read more »
Photo of the Day: Supporters of President Barack Obama at a campaign rally at the Auraria Event Center in Denver, Colorado, August 8, 2012 (Jason Reed/Courtesy Reuters).
Former World Bank President Robert Zoellick has already begun work as the head of national security transition planning for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s potential administration (FP), though some inside the campaign’s foreign policy advisory team and the Republican party oppose the pick. Read more »
Photo of the Day: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney shakes hands with workers at Acme Industries in Elk Grove Village, Illinois August 7, 2012 (Jessica Rinald/Courtesy Reuters).
Potentially imperiling his reelection campaign, President Barack Obama will be required by law to detail how he would make the $1.2 trillion in federal budget cuts (Politico) that will happen automatically next year if a last-minute deal with Congress cannot be reached. Read more »
Workers build a scaffolding on the west side of the White House in Washington, July 27, 2012 (Larry Downing/Courtesy Reuters).
After a week of foreign travel, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s campaign is pushing his economic philosophies, touting a new tax plan they say will create 12 million jobs in the next four years (AP). Read more »
Photo of the Day: President Barack Obama shakes hands at the John S. Knight Center in Akron, Ohio, August 1, 2012 (Larry Downing/Courtesy Reuters).
President Barack Obama continued his economic appeal to middle-class voters (NPR) Wednesday while campaigning in Ohio, where the auto industry bailout is helping him hold a small lead over his opponent (TheHill). Read more »
Workers construct a home in Joplin, Missouri May 16, 2012 (Eric Thayer/Courtesy Reuters).
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney campaigned in Ohio this week (AP) stressing that he will have a more jobs and business friendly approach than his rival President Barack Obama, a message that may garner more attention following a report about the president’s jobs panel. Read more »
The Transition 2012 project examines the foreign policy dimensions of the presidential transition, offering insight on the top issues.
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President Obama has nominated John Brennan (Politico) to be head of the CIA, a post that has remained vacant since…
President Barack Obama has nominated Chuck Hagel (Politico) for secretary of Defense to replace outgoing secretary, Lean Panetta.
Congress was able to come to a last minute deal to stave off going over the so-called fiscal cliff, with…
These videos are from a series with CFR fellows on vital foreign policy and national security topics that will face President Barack…
These videos are from a series with CFR fellows on vital foreign policy and national security topics that will face President Barack…
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