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