Well. San francisco was the sight of the signing of the it is an appropriate place to hold this debate, the subject of which is foreign and defense issues. The questioners tonight are max trewhitt, and richard valeriani, Diplomatic Correspondent of and be seen news. News. The ground roles are the same questions will be alternated between candidates. Governor carter will take the first question. Each question sequence will be as follows. The question will be asked and the candidate will have three minutes to answer. His opponent will have two minutes to respond. Prior to the response the questioner may ask a followup question to quote clarify with up to two minutes to reply. Each candidate will have three minutes for a closing statement at the end. Resident ford and governor carter do not have it prepared remarks with them this evening but they may take notes during the debate and refer to them. Mr. Frankel, you have the first question for governor carter. Democrats last ran our Foreign
Majorwhere the two candidates for president of the United States are about to engage in their fourth Radio Television discussion of the present campaign. Tonight, these men will confined that discussion to foreign policy. Good evening, Vice President nixon. As they did in their first meeting, both men will make Opening Statements of about eight minute each and closing statements of equal time running three to five minutes each. During the half hour between the opening and closing statements, the candidates will answer and comment on questions from a panel of four correspondence, chosen by the nationwide networks that carry the program. Each candidate will be questioned in turn with opportunity for comment by the other. Each answer will be limited to comment one toch 1. 5 minutes. They are free to ask any questions they choose. Neither candidate knows what questions will be asked. Time alone will determine the final question. Reversing the order in their first meeting, senator kennedy w
Judy woodruff on behalf of the commission on president ial debates, i am pleased to welcome you to this Vice President ial debate. Im Judy Woodruff of pbs macneillehrer news hour and frontline. My colleagues on the panel are John Margolis of the chicago tribune, tom brokaw of nbc news, and brit hume of abc news. The importance of tonights debate is underscored by two facts. Both george bush and Michael Dukakis said their selections of a running mate would reveal a lot about themselves. And based on the history since world war ii, there is almost a 5050 chance that one of the two men here tonight will become president of the United States. The candidates are senator dan quayle, the republican nominee, and senator Lloyd Bentsen, the democratic nominee. [applause] Judy Woodruff for the next 90 minutes, we will be questioning the candidates following a format designed and agreed to by representatives of the two campaigns. However, there are no restrictions on the questions that my colleagu
36 members of the u. S. House has said they are not seeking reelection, nine democrats, 26 republicans and one libertarian. Representative susan brooks of indianas congressional announced plans to retire, a debate between the candidates buying to fill the seats, democrat christina and republican victoria sparks the Fifth District congressional town hall is made possible through the support of Central Indiana community foundation, and aarp indiana good evening and welcome, this is a congressional town hall meeting featuring candidates for the United States house of representatives in the Fifth District of indiana, they are democrat Christina Hale and republican victoria sparks, this town hall is presented with t te help of w fyi by indiana town hall, nonpartisan, Nonprofit Organization, please check out our website at indiana town halls. Org. We begin with an Opening Statement from Christina Hale. Jim, victoria its good to be here with you tonight, indiana town hall, thank you for havin
Howe. Mr. Howe and good evening, senator kennedy. Mr. Kennedy good evening, mr. Howe. Mr. Howe now let me read the rules and conditions under which the candidates themselves have agreed to proceed. As they did in their first meeting, both men will make Opening Statements of about eight minutes each and closing statements of equal time running three to five minutes each. During the half hour between the opening and closing statements, the candidates will answer and comment upon questions from a panel of four correspondents chosen by the nationwide networks that carry the program. Each candidate will be questioned in turn with opportunity for comment by the other. Each answer will be limited to two and onehalf minutes, each comment to one and onehalf minutes. The correspondents are free to ask any questions they choose in the field of Foreign Affairs. Neither candidate knows what questions will be asked. Time alone will determine the final question. Reversing the order in their first mee