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Happening now! U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain take to the stage in their first debate. DigitalJournal.com has live coverage of the historical event, so tune in, hear from the candidates and share your thoughts. This is live.
Happening now! U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain take to the stage in their first debate. DigitalJournal.com has live coverage of the historical event, so tune in, hear from the candidates and share your thoughts. Scroll to the bottom of this article for live coverage.
The topic of tonight's debate is Foreign policy and national security issues.
We will be live blogging the event and commentary will be updated below in the comment section. This will be updated continuously as questions are asked, answers and rebuttals are given by the candidates.
Jim Lehrer of PBS’s The NewsHour will moderate and the format will have each candidate receiving two minutes to respond to a question, followed by an open discussion for another five minutes.
Barack Obama's Foreign Policy stance can be found at his website here and you can see all of his issue stances here. John McCain's National Security stance can be found at his website here and you can see all of his issue stances here.
Enjoy the coverage!
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