GOP nominee Mitt Romney and other Republicans continued to criticize President Obama’s handling of the Benghazi consulate attack ahead of today’s first congressional hearing (Politico) on the matter. Romney has accused Obama of mischaracterizing the attack and taking too long to acknowledge that it was an act of terror (WashPost). Read more »

GOP nominee Mitt Romney has accused President Obama of not being honest with the public about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya and for not referring to it as a terrorist attack (WSJ) even though the director of the National Counterterrorism Center and the White House press secretary have. Read more »

Most of the 2012 campaign has focused on domestic policy, particularly the economy. But President Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at the close of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., made room for foreign policy concerns as well, tying them with his plans for the U.S. economy: Read more »

Democrats kicked off their convention in Charlotte, N.C. Tuesday, highlighting Obama administration accomplishments on defense and foreign policy as well as domestic issues such as healthcare, education, and economic policy.

Former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine outlined the policy promises he says President Barack Obama has kept in his first term (Fox), especially national security. Read more »

At a New Hampshire town hall Monday, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan answered several questions about foreign policy, including making several remarks critical about U.S. plans for leaving Afghanistan (ABC). Read more »

In a campaign speech today in Toledo as he begins the “Betting On America Bus Tour,” President Barack Obama is expected to tout the filing of an unfair trade complaint (ToledoBlade) with the World Trade Organization against China’s new duties on some U.S.-made cars and sport utility vehicles, including the Toledo-made Jeep Wrangler. Read more »

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, a Republican who has sought to limit collective bargaining, faces a tough recall challenge today from Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett that has implications for unions and the results of the presidential election (NYT) at a time when the economy is a top concern for U.S. voters. Read more »

In this week’s Views, we head to Australia, where ABC’s John Barron discusses what is now a two-man presidential race between Democratic incumbent Barack Obama and the GOP’s Mitt Romney, who this week finally garnered enough delegates to clinch the nomination. Read more »

Presidential candidates from both parties spent Tuesday making special visits to observe the first anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death, with President Obama making a surprise appearance in Afghanistan (WashPost) and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney joining former mayor Rudy Giuliani in New York City (Politico) at a fire station hit hard with losses on 9/11. Read more »

On the anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, analysts examine how the controversial raid in Pakistan by U.S. forces is playing out on the campaign trail.

In his 2008 presidential bid, current GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney, criticized then-Democratic candidate Barack Obama’s pledge to take on al-Qaeda even in Pakistan. Though Romney now says (WashPost) he would have made the same call as Obama on the May 2011 raid that led to bin Laden’s death, the Obama campaign is using Romney’s former comments in a controversial new ad that has the GOP is crying foul. Read more »