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Senin, 22 Oktober 2012
Candidates seek foreign policy edge in 3rd debate
Actress Ashley Judd, center, gives a pep talk to volunteers for the Obama for President campaign at the Fredericksburg, Va. office on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/The Free Lance-Star, Robert A. Martin)
Actress Ashley Judd, center, gives a pep talk to volunteers for the Obama for President campaign at the Fredericksburg, Va. office on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/The Free Lance-Star, Robert A. Martin)
Republican vice presidential candidate, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., waves goodbye to hundreds of supporters at the Colorado Jet Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 during a campaign stop. (AP Photo/Bryan Oller)
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney looks at a menu as he orders dinner at BurgerFi on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 in Delray Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Still neck-and-neck after all these months, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney head into their third and final debate with each man eager to project an aura of personal strength and leadership while raising doubts about the steadiness and foreign policy credentials of the other guy.
Each is aiming for a commanding performance Monday to settle the seesaw dynamics of the first two debates: Romney gave Obama an old-fashioned shellacking in the first round, and the chastened president rebounded in their second encounter.
The 90-minute faceoff at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla., offers the candidates their last opportunity to stand one-on-one before tens of millions of Americans and command their undivided attention before next month's election. Both candidates largely dropped out of sight and devoted their weekends to debate preparations, a sure sign of the high importance they attach to the event.
While the principals warm up for their evening debate in the battleground state of Florida, their running mates will be busy Monday seeking votes in two of the eight other states whose up-for-grabs electoral votes will determine the next president ? Vice President Joe Biden in Ohio and Republican Rep. Paul Ryan in Colorado. Also still hotly contested: Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Virginia.
Deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter said Monday that "it really now comes down to that small segment of undecided voters."
Appearing on NBC's "Today" show, Cutter said, "The ground game is incredibly important at this point. We feel pretty good about where we are."
Hours before the debate was to begin, the Obama campaign announced it was running a new television ad in the debate state of Florida with a rare focus on foreign policy. Most other television spots have been on economic and other domestic issues. The ad talked about the costs of the past decade of war over an image of a soldier with a prosthetic leg. It pointed out that Obama ended the war in Iraq and said Romney would have kept forces in the country longer to help with the transition.
Campaign surrogates went on Sunday talk shows to frame the foreign policy matters that moderator Bob Schieffer will put before the candidates in a discussion sure to reflect "how dangerous the world is in which we live," as the CBS newsman put it. Iran's nuclear intentions, the bloody crackdown in Syria, security concerns in Afghanistan, China's growing power ? all that and more are on the agenda.
Biden told voters during a campaign stop in Canton, Ohio, that the debates are showing the profoundly different visions each ticket has for leading the country, including the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan.
"We will leave Afghanistan in 2014, period. They say it depends," Biden said. "Ladies and gentlemen, like everything with them, it depends. It depends on what day you find these guys."
On Iran, senior Romney campaign foreign policy adviser Dan Senor said on NBC Monday that Romney's approach is that "we've got to reach a diplomatic solution." He said the Obama administration's policy on Iran for the past four years has not discouraged Tehran from moving forward with its nuclear ambitions.
On Libya, Senor said "they didn't have the proper security" at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi where Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed on Sept. 11.
The series of interviews Sunday and Monday fed into the broader debate over which candidate offers the steady hand and sound judgment for a nation facing myriad challenges at home and abroad.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, arguing for the Republicans, faulted Obama for "his failure to outline broad goals, real goals, a real view of what America's role in the world should be." Romney, by contrast, would "use America's role in the world as a catalyst for peace, prosperity and freedom," he said.
Ryan, campaigning in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Sunday, faulted the president for potential defense cuts and said that when adversaries "see us projecting weakness, when they see us hollowing out our military ... they think we are a superpower in decline." It was a likely preview of one of Romney's arguments in the debate.
Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod said that when the president took office "we were isolated in our position on Iran and in the world. And today, the world is unified against Iran with us, all because of the leadership of this president."
The Obama campaign released a blistering memo from Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, D-Mass., accusing Romney of offering nothing but "endless bluster" on international issues.
"He is an extreme and expedient candidate who lacks the judgment and vision so vital for the Oval Office," said Kerry, who is considered a leading candidate to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state if Obama wins a second term.
When it comes to their foreign policy credentials, both candidates have reasons for optimism and concern: While foreign policy has been a strength of Obama throughout the campaign, some recent polls show his advantage narrowing. The Pew Research Center's October poll, for example, found that 47 percent of Americans favored Obama to make "wise decisions about foreign policy," while 43 percent preferred Romney.
American University professor Jordan Tama said the difficult trick for Romney in the debate will be to challenge Obama on foreign policy without looking like he's criticizing the commander in chief, which can be off-putting to voters. Obama, for his part, must make the case that his policies are sound and his leadership strong despite ongoing challenges around the world, including unrest in the Middle East and the chaotic situation in Libya.
While foreign policy has been overshadowed during this campaign by concerns about the domestic economy and jobs at home, everything matters in a race this tight. A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released Sunday showed each candidate favored by 47 percent of likely voters, reflecting a boost of support for Romney following his strong performance in the first debate in early October.
With early voting under way in many states, there is precious little time for the candidates to break loose. More than 4 million Americans already have voted.
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Associated Press writers Nedra Pickler and Julie Pace in Washington and Matthew Daly in Canton, Ohio, contributed to this report.
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World sea piracy falls to lowest level since 2008
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ? Sea piracy worldwide fell to its lowest level since 2008 over the first nine months of this year as navies and shipping companies cracked down on attacks off the coast of Somalia, an international maritime watchdog said Monday.
The International Maritime Bureau said 233 attacks were recorded worldwide in the first nine months of this year, down from 352 in the same period last year. The bureau's piracy reporting arm, which is based in Kuala Lumpur, said 24 vessels were hijacked worldwide between January and September 2012, with 458 crew members taken hostage and six killed.
The numbers fell because attacks off Somalia's coast plummeted during that same period, from 199 last year to 70 this year. The bureau said only one Somali attack was reported in the entire third quarter of 2012.
Piracy soared in 2009 because of attacks off largely lawless Somalia, where pirates became more daring and desperate. Since then, pirates have been deterred by international navies, and by ships taking their own security measures, such as hiring armed guards.
A recent trip by Associated Press reporters to areas of the Somali coast once controlled by pirates found many of them hiding from creditors in unfurnished rooms. Rather than attacking cargo ships, they were playing cards, or catching lobsters.
"We welcome the successful robust targeting of pirate action groups by international navies in the high-risk waters off Somalia, ensuring these criminals are removed before they can threaten ships," said IMB director Pottengal Mukundan. But he added that the waters "are still extremely high-risk and the naval presence must be maintained."
The bureau said piracy in Africa's Gulf of Guinea, ranging from Benin to Togo, was becoming increasingly dangerous, with 34 cases in the first nine months. It said the attacks were often violent, planned and aimed at stealing refined oil products.
Mukundan said 21 attacks were recorded in Nigeria alone, but he praised the country's navy for helping to rescue vessels. He said many navies in the vast gulf don't have resources to fight piracy far out at sea, allowing gangs to shift their operations to other areas.
In Asia, the bureau said Indonesia reported 51 attacks in the first nine months this year, up from 46 for the whole of 2011. It also warned ships to be alert in Malacca Straits, South China Sea and around Malaysia; each of those areas has reported a hijacking this year.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/world-sea-piracy-falls-lowest-level-since-2008-064700265--finance.html
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Minggu, 21 Oktober 2012
Brooklyn Mother Mourned On What Was To Be Her Wedding Day ...
Vindalee Smith (credit: CBS 2)
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) ? On what was supposed to be 38-year-old Vindalee Smith?s wedding day, family and friends are instead preparing for her funeral.
Smith, who was pregnant, was found stabbed to death in her East Flatbush home Saturday morning.
A baby shower was planned for Saturday afternoon, just hours after Smith?s body was found.
Neighbors became worried when Smith did not show up to church Saturday. When her landlord checked on her in her basement apartment, he found her stabbed in the neck.
WCBS 880?s Alex Silverman reports
As police continue to search for the killer, family and friends said they are stunned by the killing.
?Satan is the instigator. He?s only the devil. Satan and his angels that would commit this thing,? one neighbor told CBS 2?s Amy Dardashtian.
Smith?s four older children, in their teens and 20s, were inconsolable over the loss of their mother, Dardashtian reported.
?We are praying for them. And there is power in prayer,? a neighbor said.
Smith?s family said she was due in two weeks. The unborn baby did not survive.
Police outside Vindalee Smith?s home Oct. 21, 2012 (credit: Alex Silverman/WCBS 880)
?There was significant trauma to the body. The medical examiner was still making a determination as to the cause of death,? deputy police commissioner Paul Browne told WCBS 880.
An autopsy has been planned for Sunday.
?She was a very joyful person with a big heart,? one of Smith?s friends told?WCBS 880?s Alex Silverman.
Smith reportedly told her pastor a former neighbor had threatened to kill her, Silverman reported.
Police said there was no sign of forced entry and no weapon was recovered at Smith?s apartment.
Stunned neighbors gathered outside?New Dimensions Seventh-day Adventist Church, where the wedding was to be held, to mourn Smith?s loss.
?I?m very sad for what happened in the community,? a neighbor told Dardashtian.
Smith?s fiance was questioned and released and he has not been named a suspect.
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