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• WHY IT MATTERS: Issues at stake in election
• Bayonets? US Still Has Quite a Few
• Vets say late pay from VA cripples their finances
• WHY IT MATTERS: Iran
• Union Bank and KCET Honor 2012 Local Heroes
• Editing Romney’s ‘Apology’ Defense
• Leak will send ex-CIA officer to prison
• Obama’s Inflated Jobs Claim
• WHY IT MATTERS: Debt
• Romney's Final Debate Message: I'll Be A Better Obama
• Syrian warplanes strike rebel-held town in north
• A recovery theme in Romney-Obama presidential debate
• Romney's Rope-a-Dope Foreign Policy
• WHY IT MATTERS: Defense Spending
• News Summary: Iraq, South Korea in pipeline deal
• U.N. expects to feed 1.5 million Syrians monthly till mid-2013
• BBC chief denies cover-up over sexual abuse
• Presidential debate 101: Did Obama make 'apology tour' in Middle East?
• N2K Presidential: With Debates Done, Race Is Still Tight
• Obama Presses Attack on 'Romnesia'
• Turkey seizes five tons of marijuana near Iran border
• With Debates Done, Race Is Still Tight
• Iraq: 9 killed in separate attacks in Baghdad
• Car bombs, mortars kill nine in Baghdad Shi'ite districts
• CGAP Announces Winner of 2012 Photography Contest
• Iraq, South Korea's KOGAS ink deal on pipelines
• Obama on attack in foreign policy debate, but Romney steady
• All About The Battlegrounds With 14 Days To Go
• Kuwait clears Gulf War Iraqi airline settlement
• Syrian warplanes strike strategic town as opposition leader voices doubt in proposed truce
• The Debates Are Over and It's Still a Coin Toss
• Five Takeaways: Obama Drives Debate, but Romney Clears Commander Bar
• Debate Fact Check: The Third Presidential Debate Between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney
• Obama Makes Closing Argument to Voters in New Ad
• Obama Wins Third Debate but Romney Wins Debate Season
• Mitt Romney's surprisingly calm debate performance: Brilliant or boneheaded?
• Over 100,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon now: UNHCR
• Opinion: Mitt Romney's Useless 4-Point Plan
• Iraq resumes oil shipments after port shutdown
• Obama, Romney: No Major Differences in Foreign-Policy Debate

WHY IT MATTERS: Issues at stake in election Posted: 23 Oct 2012 03:30 PM PDT A selection of issues at stake in the presidential election and their impact on Americans, in brief:

Bayonets? US Still Has Quite a Few Posted: 23 Oct 2012 03:13 PM PDT The most memorable line of Monday night's debate was President Obama's pointed "horses and bayonets" jab at Mitt Romney for questioning what Romney said was a shrinking U.S. Navy. Obama responded that Romney "hasn't spent enough time looking at how our military works. " He...

Vets say late pay from VA cripples their finances Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:56 PM PDT Exasperated veterans who work part-time for the Veterans Administration while attending college say their paychecks are sometimes weeks late, leaving them in trouble with bill collectors or having to borrow money to avoid eviction.

WHY IT MATTERS: Iran Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:51 PM PDT WHY IT MATTERS: Iran has become the most likely place for a new US military conflict

Union Bank and KCET Honor 2012 Local Heroes Posted: 23 Oct 2012 01:02 PM PDT Local Heroes Program culminates with 15th Annual Awards celebration.Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 23, 2012 As part of its ongoing commitment to cultural diversity and responsible banking, Union Bank, N.A., has partnered with KCET to honor 13 extraordinary individuals at the 15th Annual Local Heroes Awards. The honorees are announced as part of the 2012 Local Heroes Program, which recognizes and pays tribute to exemplary leaders who are making a difference and enriching the lives of others by improving their workplace, profession, community, region and the world. ...

Editing Romney’s ‘Apology’ Defense Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:59 PM PDT A new ad from Mitt Romney's campaign patches together pieces of Romney's debate defense of his claim that Barack Obama began his presidency on an "apology tour" in the Middle East — leaving out parts that are demonstrably untrue. But even with the benefit of careful editing, Romney's claim falls … More

Leak will send ex-CIA officer to prison Posted: 23 Oct 2012 12:52 PM PDT ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) - A former Central Intelligence Agency officer is expected to spend 2 1/2 years in prison for telling a journalist the name of a covert agent, marking the first time in 27 years that someone will go to prison for blowing the cover of a CIA agent. John Kiriakou, 48, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one count of disclosing the identity of a covert agent. ...

Obama’s Inflated Jobs Claim Posted: 23 Oct 2012 11:46 AM PDT In a new TV ad, President Obama makes an inflated claim to have added 5.2 million new jobs. The total added during his time in office is actually about 325,000. In the ad, the president says "over 5 million new jobs" while the figure "5.2 million" appears on screen. But … More

WHY IT MATTERS: Debt Posted: 23 Oct 2012 11:39 AM PDT The issue:

Romney's Final Debate Message: I'll Be A Better Obama Posted: 23 Oct 2012 11:21 AM PDT As quickly became apparent, President Obama and Mitt Romney walked onto the debate stage at Lynn University with two very different strategies. Romney's, to present himself as a steady moderate and not a return to the Bush era, and Obama's, to attack Romney relentlessly as an untested and dangerous alternative. TPM Slideshow: The Best Pictures From The Last Presidential Debate Conservative foreign policy leaders couldn't be more upset by Obama's foreign policy. Throughout the campaign, they've accused Obama of being weak, feckless, appeasing, ill-informed and downright dangerous. ...

Syrian warplanes strike rebel-held town in north Posted: 23 Oct 2012 11:06 AM PDT Syrian warplanes on Tuesday struck a strategic rebel-held town in the country's north in an attempt to reopen a key supply route, activists said, as a U.N.-proposed cease-fire meant to start this week appeared increasingly unlikely to take hold.

A recovery theme in Romney-Obama presidential debate Posted: 23 Oct 2012 11:02 AM PDT Other nations that rely on America or look up to it didn't get to ask a question at Tuesday's presidential debate on foreign policy. But if they had, it would probably have been this:

Romney's Rope-a-Dope Foreign Policy Posted: 23 Oct 2012 10:55 AM PDT President Obama and Mitt Romney entered the arena on Monday night for the rubber match, two fighters ready to rumble in what was billed as an epic clash in world views.

WHY IT MATTERS: Defense Spending Posted: 23 Oct 2012 10:27 AM PDT WHY IT MATTERS: Election focuses on whether defense budget should grow or be cut

News Summary: Iraq, South Korea in pipeline deal Posted: 23 Oct 2012 10:23 AM PDT PIPELINE DEAL: Iraq signed a $127.5 million deal with South Korea's KOGAS to build two key gas pipelines in northern Iraq as Baghdad takes steps to develop a modern infrastructure that meets growing energy needs.

U.N. expects to feed 1.5 million Syrians monthly till mid-2013 Posted: 23 Oct 2012 10:18 AM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday it plans to continue providing food for 1.5 million people in Syria until at least June next year, a sign it expects hunger to persist in a protracted civil war. The United Nations agency set the target of 1.5 million months ago and finally reached it in September, after managing to deliver food supplies to just 850,000 people in August. "It is a record amount," Daly Belgasmi, WFP regional director for the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and Eastern Europe, told Reuters in Geneva. ...

BBC chief denies cover-up over sexual abuse Posted: 23 Oct 2012 10:08 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - The head of the BBC denied on Tuesday helping to cover up sexual abuse by one of its former stars but accepted the broadcaster had been damaged by a scandal that has shaken public trust in a national institution. George Entwistle, who was announced as the 90-year-old media organisation's new boss in August, told hostile MPs that failures at the BBC had allowed Jimmy Savile, once one of Britain's top TV presenters, to prey on young girls for years. ...

Presidential debate 101: Did Obama make 'apology tour' in Middle East? Posted: 23 Oct 2012 09:53 AM PDT Has President Obama ever gone on an apology tour in the Middle East during which he criticized America while speaking publicly in various nations?

N2K Presidential: With Debates Done, Race Is Still Tight Posted: 23 Oct 2012 09:27 AM PDT Over the course of three presidential debates, Republican nominee Mitt Romney succeeded in defying Democratic attacks—and overcoming his own past missteps—that had threatened to disqualify him as a reasonable choice for voters weary of President Obama.Portrayed for weeks as a warmonger, Romney in the debates showed stronger interest in diplomacy and using military action only as a last resort. He was fluent and gaffe-free.Yet in Monday night's face-off on foreign policy, Obama was the more frequent and strident aggressor, racking up twice as many points as his opponent. ...

Obama Presses Attack on 'Romnesia' Posted: 23 Oct 2012 09:14 AM PDT DELRAY, Fla. –  Emboldened by a strong final debate performance, President Obama began a feisty sprint to Election Day with a scathing rhetorical assault on Republican rival Mitt Romney as a shifty, untrustworthy candidate who will "say anything to get elected." Obama wasted little time...

Turkey seizes five tons of marijuana near Iran border Posted: 23 Oct 2012 08:56 AM PDT ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police seized five tons of marijuana with a street value of at least $2 million near the border with Iran on Tuesday and officials said they were investigating the involvement of Kurdish militants. Turkish security sources say drug trafficking is a major source of income for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which took up arms 28 years ago with the aim of carving out a Kurdish state in the southeastern border region with Iran and Iraq. ...

With Debates Done, Race Is Still Tight Posted: 23 Oct 2012 08:33 AM PDT Over the course of three presidential debates, Republican nominee Mitt Romney succeeded in defying Democratic attacks—and overcoming his own past missteps—that had threatened to disqualify him as a reasonable choice for voters weary of President Obama.

Iraq: 9 killed in separate attacks in Baghdad Posted: 23 Oct 2012 08:05 AM PDT A series of attacks struck Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad early on Tuesday, killing nine people and wounding 26, according to Iraqi officials.

Car bombs, mortars kill nine in Baghdad Shi'ite districts Posted: 23 Oct 2012 08:01 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bomb blasts and mortars killed at least nine people and wounded 28 more in Shi'ite districts in Baghdad on Tuesday, just days before Iraqis started celebrating the Islamic Eid al-Adha religious festival. Car bombs exploded and mortars landed around the Shi'ite neighborhood of Shula, northwestern Baghdad, killing 8 people and wounded 28, and another person was killed by a mortar round in Kadhimiya area, police and hospital sources said. ...

CGAP Announces Winner of 2012 Photography Contest Posted: 23 Oct 2012 08:00 AM PDT WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The winner of the 2012 CGAP Photo Contest is Yavuz Sariyildiz of Turkey. His photo won out over a record number of 2,500 entries from professional and non-professional photographers from over 80 countries around the world. The photo, "Smoke of Charcoal," depicts men separating charcoal to scale in order to sell at a local market.To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/56882-cgap-announces-winner-of-2012-photography-contest(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire. ...

Iraq, South Korea's KOGAS ink deal on pipelines Posted: 23 Oct 2012 07:26 AM PDT Iraq on Tuesday inked a multi-million dollar deal with South Korea's KOGAS that will set in motion the building of two key gas pipelines in the country's north — the latest step by Baghdad to develop dilapidated infrastructure to meet growing energy needs.

Obama on attack in foreign policy debate, but Romney steady Posted: 23 Oct 2012 07:25 AM PDT BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama scolded challenger Mitt Romney for being "all over the map" on foreign policy in their final presidential debate on Monday, but the Republican appeared to have passed the "commander-in-chief" test of looking authoritative on national security issues. With two weeks left until Election Day, the high-stakes debate strayed frequently into domestic policy, with Romney seeking to bolster his argument that Obama had bungled the U.S. economic recovery. ...

All About The Battlegrounds With 14 Days To Go Posted: 23 Oct 2012 06:11 AM PDT By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) and AMY WALTER (@amyewalter) NOTABLES: BIDEN: ROMNEY NOT READY TO BE PRESIDENT: "He clearly has made up for that," Vice President Joe Biden told ABC's George Stephanopoulos in an interview on "Good Morning America," arguing that the president has rebounded from...

Kuwait clears Gulf War Iraqi airline settlement Posted: 23 Oct 2012 05:44 AM PDT (Reuters) - Kuwait's government has given final approval to settlement with Iraq to end a standoff over Gulf-War-era debts and lift restrictions on Iraqi Airways flying to destinations in the West, Iraq's government said on Tuesday. The airline row was part of a broader dispute over billions of dollars in reparations dating back to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait in 1990-1991 when his forces seized aircraft and parts. ...

Syrian warplanes strike strategic town as opposition leader voices doubt in proposed truce Posted: 23 Oct 2012 05:13 AM PDT BEIRUT - Syrian warplanes struck a strategic rebel-held town in the country's north in an attempt to reopen a key supply route Tuesday, three days before the U.N.-proposed start of a truce that appears increasingly unlikely to take hold.

The Debates Are Over and It's Still a Coin Toss Posted: 23 Oct 2012 04:24 AM PDT Over the course of three presidential debates, Republican Mitt Romney succeeded in defying Democratic attacks—and overcoming his own past missteps—that had threatened to disqualify him as a reasonable choice for voters weary of President Obama.

Five Takeaways: Obama Drives Debate, but Romney Clears Commander Bar Posted: 23 Oct 2012 04:23 AM PDT Foreign-policy debates between the presidential contenders follow a more predictable pattern than encounters over domestic policy. Inevitably, the challenger accuses the incumbent of indecision and drift and explains how he will bend the world more to his will by showing strength and leadership; the incumbent, with more gray hair than four years earlier—some of which was acquired in long, frustrating negotiations with other nations—tries to explain, without appearing defeatist, that the world isn't always so easy to command.

Debate Fact Check: The Third Presidential Debate Between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney Posted: 23 Oct 2012 04:22 AM PDT President Obama and Mitt Romney focused on foreign policy in their third and final presidential debate, held Monday at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. Here is a look at some of their statements and how firmly they are grounded in fact.

Obama Makes Closing Argument to Voters in New Ad Posted: 23 Oct 2012 03:47 AM PDT Obama makes closing argument to voters in new ad, outlines second-term agenda

Obama Wins Third Debate but Romney Wins Debate Season Posted: 23 Oct 2012 03:42 AM PDT Mitt Romney wins. That's not to say he won Monday night's debate or the presidential campaign, but it's safe to say he won an important chapter: the debate season.

Mitt Romney's surprisingly calm debate performance: Brilliant or boneheaded? Posted: 23 Oct 2012 03:30 AM PDT The GOP nominee politely echoes Obama on Syria, Israel, and Iran — and may have come off looking presidential as a result

Over 100,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon now: UNHCR Posted: 23 Oct 2012 03:26 AM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) - Lebanon has become the third of Syria's neighbors after Turkey and Jordan to register more than 100,000 refugees from Syria's civil war, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday. In all, more than 358,000 Syrians fleeing the 19-month-old conflict have registered in four neighboring states, including Iraq, and tens of thousands more have fled but not sought international assistance, it said. ...

Opinion: Mitt Romney's Useless 4-Point Plan Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:50 AM PDT President Obama charged on Monday night that his opponent's Middle East strategy has been inconsistent and inadequate. How did Mitt Romney respond? With one of his stranger monologues. "Well, my strategy's pretty straightforward, which is to go after the bad guys, to make sure we do our very best to interrupt them, to kill them, to take them out of the picture," he began. That made sense. He'll continue policies like drone strikes and covert special-forces raids.

Iraq resumes oil shipments after port shutdown Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:39 AM PDT A senior Iraqi oil official says shipments from the country's main oil export terminals on the Persian Gulf have restarted after being halted earlier in the week due to bad weather.

Obama, Romney: No Major Differences in Foreign-Policy Debate Posted: 23 Oct 2012 02:02 AM PDT More than anything else, Mitt Romney needed to reassure Americans in the final presidential debate on Monday night that he was not a reckless warmonger. At that the Republican nominee largely succeeded, mentioning his desire for "peace" so many times that he might have been the late George McGovern.

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