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UPDATE – The full debate:

Ready for another presidential debate tonight? Weary GOP presidential hopefuls may be rejoicing that there is just one more day until Thanksgiving, but this one may prove to be a doozy…

Tonight’s event marks the first time Republican-leaning think tanks The Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) have sponsored a presidential debate. CNN is also hosting, hence, moderator Wolf Blitzer.

Airing live, just down the street from the address each candidate hopes to occupy (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue) at the historic Daughters of the Revolution Constitution Hall, the excitement begins tonight at 8 p.m.-10 p.m. ET.

The format will zero in on national security and foreign policy issues. Expect to hear some on the economy, especially the Super Committee’s failure to come to an agreement to cut $1.2 trillion from our long-term debt. (As a result, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s are threatening another downgrade to our credit rating…)

From AEI:

The Republicans vying to challenge Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election have revealed precious little of their vision for American national security. Do they appreciate the implications of China’s rise? Do they understand the principles behind America’s alliance with Israel? What will their answer be to the challenge from Iran? How will they respond to the collapse of the Eurozone? Will they keep troops in Afghanistan? Can they articulate a clear vision for America’s role in the world?

Viewing/listening options:

TV - Airing nationally at 8 p.m. ET on CNN, CNN en Español, and worldwide on CNN International

Radio – CNN Radio

Livestream – CNN.com

► Jayde Wyatt

Remember September 6th…

Neil Cavuto, host of ‘Your World With Neil Cavuto’ (FOX News), invited Mitt Romney to share the virtual desk with him today to share his views on a range of topics. Governor Romney spoke about the latest developments in Libya and Abdelbaset al-Megrahi (the Lockerbie bomber),corporations, Ben Bernanke, Rick Perry, the Iowa Straw Poll results, and more.

It’s happening in Nevada on September 6th! Romney told Cavuto he will be in The Silver State on that day (the state with the highest unemployment) and will release his JOBS plan. The Gov told Cavuto that he and Obama “could not be farther apart” on the issues —that his experience in the private sector sets him apart from the president.

Obama said that he would unveil a jobs plan when vacationing politicians return to DC in September – after Labor Day (about time!). Congress returns to Capitol Hill on September 6th. How far into September will we be before we get the president’s plan? (Looks like Mitt beat him to the punch…)

The Hill

The GOP presidential candidate said on Fox News that he would roll out his plan the day after Labor Day, in a state he had previously visited to highlight the effects of the nation’s poor economy, particularly in the housing market.

The plan is one of a series of proposals Romney is set to begin detailing in the post-Labor Day period, when his campaign has been scheduled to kick into high gear. The tentative front-runner for the 2012 Republican nomination, Romney gave no hints as to what his jobs plan would look like.

He did, however, highlight his record on jobs and the economy, saying he was “proud” of his stewardship at Bain Capital, the private equity firm he helped found.

He also doubled down on his controversial remarks at the Iowa State Fair that “corporations are people” — a comment for which Democrats have seized to cast Romney as out-of-touch, and in favor of wealthy interests.

“If you talk about raising taxes on corporations, recognize that you’re raising taxes on people,” he said. “People pay taxes, and corporations are like people.”

(emphasis added) Read more here.

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Libyans celebrate taking control of their capital city, Tripoli, and the teetering regime of dictator Muammar al-Qaddafi. Aug 21, 2011 AP Photo/Alexandre Meheghini (click on image to enlarge)

Governor Mitt Romney released this statement today:

“The world is about to be rid of Muammar el-Qaddafi, the brutal tyrant who terrorized the Libyan people. It is my hope that Libya will now move toward a representative form of government that supports freedom, human rights, and the rule of law. As a first step, I call on this new government to arrest and extradite the mastermind behind the bombing of Pan Am 103, Abdelbaset Mohmed Ali al-Megrahi, so justice can finally be done.”

The latest:

Libya’s bizarre leader Gadhafi remains defiant as regime nears end

[…]
As rebels swarmed into Tripoli late Sunday and his son and one-time heir apparent Seif al-Islam was arrested, Gadhafi’s rule was all but over, even though some loyalists continued to resist.

More than any of the region’s autocratic leaders, perhaps, Gadhafi was a man of contrasts.

He was a sponsor of terrorism who condemned the Sept. 11 attacks. He was a brutal dictator who bulldozed a jail wall to free political prisoners. He was an Arab nationalist who derided the Arab League. And in the crowning paradox, he preached people power, only to have his people take to the streets and take up arms in rebellion.

For much of a life marked by tumult, eccentricities and spasms of violence, the only constants were his grip on power — never openly challenged until the last months of his rule — and the hostility of the West, which branded him a terrorist long before Osama bin Laden emerged.

The secret of his success and longevity lay in the vast oil reserves under his North African desert republic, and in his capacity for drastic changes of course when necessary.

One spectacular series of U-turns came in late 2003. After years of denial, Gadhafi’s Libya acknowledged responsibility for the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jumbo jet over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270 people. Libya agreed to pay up to $10 million to relatives of each of the victims, and declared it would dismantle all of its weapons of mass destruction.
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(emphasis added) Read entire article here.

There is no evidence that Qaddafi has escaped Tripoli.

Visitors linger in the Garden of Remembrance for victims of Pan Am Flight 103 in Dryfesdale Cemetery, Lockerbie Scotland. (click on image to enlarge)

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