reagan and george h.w. bush defeated one for multiple walter mondale. this debate from kansas city is just under an hour and a half. [applause] ms. ridings: good evening. 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
this is an hour and a half. [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. he ll have 2.5 minutes to reply. then the panel member who put the question will ask a followup. the answer to t
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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. he ll have 2.5 minutes to reply. then the panel member who put the question will ask a followup. 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 followup. 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. at the
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. he will have two and a half minutes to reply. then the panel member who put the question will ask a followup. 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 followup. then each man will have one minute for rebuttal. the