good evening from the municipal auditorium in kansas city. i am dorothy rady, the president of league of women voters, the sponsor of this final presidential debate of the 1984 campaign between republican ronald reagan and democrat walter mondale. our panelists for tonight s debate on defense and foreign policy issues are georgie ann geier, indicated columnist for universal press syndicate, marvin kalb, chief diplomatic correspondent for nbc news, morton kondracke, executive editor of the new republic magazine, and henry trewhitt, diplomatic correspondent for the baltimore sun. edwin newman, formerly of nbc news and now a syndicated columnist for king features, is our moderator. ed? dorothy ridings, thank you. a brief word about our procedure tonight. the first question will go to mr. mondale. he ll have 2 1/2 minutes to reply. then the panel member who put the question will ask a follow-up. the answer to that will be limited to one minute. after that, the same question
walter mondale. our panelists for tonight s debate on defense and foreign policy issues are georgie anne geyer, syndicated columnist for universal press syndicate, marvin kalb, chief diplomatic correspondent for nbc news, morton kondracke, executive editor of the new republic magazine, and henry trewhitt, diplomatic correspondent for the baltimore sun. edwin newman, formerly of nbc news and now a syndicated columnist for king features, is our moderator. ed? edwin: dorothy ridings, thank you. a brief word about our procedure tonight. the first question will go to mr. mondale. he ll have two and a half minutes to reply. then the panel member who put the question will ask a follow-up. the answer to that will be limited to one minute. after that, the same question will be put to president reagan. again, there will be a follow-up. and then each man will have one minute for rebuttal. the second question will go to president reagan first. after that, the alternating will continue. a
order. the tax cuts and jobs back change the trajectory of our economy for the better. since president trump was an economic and historic records setting this is not real change for real people with nearly 1.7 million new jobs created since the beginning of the year in wages rising at their fastest rate in almost a decade. so many more americans are hopeful again about their financial future. i saw this on the courthouse when the two owners of local walker s restaurant on the square who bought it and renovated, told me two weeks ago they came out to give me a hug and higher tumor people this week because the economy is so much better in the small town. i think because of tax cuts the 160 workers. because of the new tax code, they gave a million dollars out in bonuses. they raised all their workers, gave them a 10% raise. they bought $5 million of new equipment and when you ask they greenlighted a new headquarters for their pretty worn-out building. and if you asked them what
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[applause] ms. ridings: good evening from the municipal auditorium in kansas city. i am dorothy ridings, the president of the league of women voters, the sponsor of this final presidential debate of the 1984 campaign between republican ronald reagan and democrat walter mondale. our panelists for tonight s debate on defense and foreign policy issues are georgie anne geyer, syndicated columnist for universal press syndicate; marvin kalb, chief diplomatic correspondent for nbc news; morton kondracke, executive editor of the new republic magazine; and henry trewhitt, diplomatic correspondent for the baltimore sun. edwin newman, formerly of nbc news and now a syndicated columnist for king features, is our moderator. ed. mr. newman: dorothy ridings, thank you. a brief word about our procedure tonight. the first question will go to mr. mondale. to have minutes to reply. then the panel member who put the question will ask a followup. the answer to that will be limited to 1 minute. af