Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Presidential debate 101: Is Romney right that Navy is smallest since 1917?

Is the US Navy now smaller than at any time since 1917? That's what Mitt Romney charged during the final presidential debate on Monday night. The former Massachusetts governor vowed that if elected president he'd rebuild America's declining maritimeCommentary's Jonathan Tobin has responded to my earlier post in which I suggested that there was a possible alternative way of understanding President Obama's insistence during the debate that the Iranians must “end their nuclear program.” Tobin hadIs the US Navy now smaller than at any time since 1917? That's what Mitt Romney charged during the final presidential debate on Monday night. The former Massachusetts governor vowed that if elected president he'd rebuild America's declining maritimeA couple of days later, Romney was asked at a Republican debate in Iowa what he would do if the CIA came to him and said it had Osama bin Laden in its sights but Musharraf said the U.S. could not enter Pakistan. RomneyAveraging the results of instant-reaction polls puts President Obama's margin of victory at 16 percentage points, which could give him a small but significant bump.
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