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Our panelists for tonights debate on defense and Foreign Policy issues are goergie an dwyer, norman cal, norton konracki of new republic magazine, and henry truitt, Diplomatic Correspondent of the baltimore sun. And ed is our moderator. Ed . Thank you. A brief word about our procedure tonight. The first question will go to mr. Mondale. Hell have two and a half minutes to reply. Then the panel who asked the question will have a followup. They will be limited to one minute. After that the same question will be put to president reagan, there will be a followup and each man will have one minute for rebuttal. The second question will go to president reagan first. After that the alternating will continue. At the end there will be fourminute summations with president reagan going last. We have asked the questioners to be brief. Lets begin. Your question to mr. Mondale. Mr. Mondale, two related questions on the crucial issue of Central America. You and the Democratic Party have said that the o
Good evening from the Municipal Auditorium in kansas city. Im dorothy rattings, the president of the league of women voters, the sponsor of this final president ial debate of the 1984 campaign between republican Ronald Reagan and democrat walter mondale. Our panelists for tonights debate on defense and Foreign Policy issues are georgie anne geyer, norman kalb, Morton Kondracke of new republic magazine, and henry trewhitt, Diplomatic Correspondent of the baltimore sun. And ed newman is our moderator. Ed . Thank you. A brief word about our procedure tonight. The first question will go to mr. Mondale. Hell have two and a half minutes to reply. Then the panel who asked the question will have a followup. They will be limited to one minute. After that the same question will be put to president reagan, there will be a followup and each man will have one minute for rebuttal. The second question will go to president reagan first. After that the alternating will continue. At the end there will b
There will be twominute opening and closing statements. In between, a series of questions, each having three parts. A 90second answer, a 60second rebuttal, and a 30second response. I will assist the candidates in adhering to those time limits with the help of a series of lights visible to both. Under their rules, the candidates are not allowed to question each other directly. I will ask the questions. There are no limitations on the subjects. The order for everything tonight was determined by coin toss. Now, to the Opening Statements and to president clinton. Mr. President. Pres. Clinton thank you, jim. And thank you to the people of hartford, our hosts. I want to begin by saying again how much i respect senator dole and his record of Public Service and how hard i will try to make this campaign and this debate one of ideas, not insults. Four years ago i ran for president at a time of high unemployment and rising frustration. I wanted to turn this country around with a program of opport