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Romney takes on Obama's foreign policy record

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The campaign tries to detect Mitt Romney -- a foreign policy lightweight.

The governor is counter attacking with his first overseas tour as the likely GOP candidate and plenty of criticism from the current commander in chief.

Chief political correspondent Carl Cameron is in London tonight.

Mitt Romney's overseas trip includes the Olympics in London but is mostly meant to reassure allies who worry every four years what a new American president might mean for them.

Romney will reaffirm the so called special relationship the US has with Great Britain.

He chastised the president yesterday in a speech to veterans for what critics call mr.

Obama's 2009 European apology tour.

I am not ashamed of American power.

I believe in our country is the greatest force for good the world has ever known and better influences they did today as ever before.

It's a three nation swing including Israel in Poland the Jewish State's next.

Romney is personally friendly with prime minister Bibi Netanyahu to -- -- 1974 when both were recruited by the Boston Consulting Group.

The relationship stands in stark contrast to President Obama who's not -- -- promise to visit Israel in his first term.

And -- had to downplay reports about how bad -- relationship is with Netanyahu.

Who refuse to play favorites on FOX News Sunday.

I will receive Mitt Romney would have.

The same openness that I received.

Another presidential candidate to -- -- senator then senator Barack Obama when he came almost four years ago almost the same time and you.

-- -- -- Netanyahu advocates military action to rein in Iran and its nuclear ambitions among other things.

Romney has criticized President Obama for not backing strongly enough Israel's right to defend itself I get on the phone and my friend -- nothing yet.

And -- would it help -- -- -- this what would you like to do Democrats say Romney would outsource US Middle Eastern policy to Israel.

Romney accuses the president of disrespecting a crucial ally and President Obama is fond of lecturing Israel's leaders.

He's he would cut he was even caught by a microphone deriding them and even at the United Nations.

To the enthusiastic applause -- Israel's enemies.

He spoke as if our closest ally in the Middle East.

Was the problem.

From his last stop is Poland a staunch American -- willing to accept US designed to NATO approved missile defense systems which Russia opposes.

Romney's called Russia America's number one geopolitical flow.

By visiting Israel Romney hopes to court Jewish voters back home particularly in key battleground states like Florida.

By visiting Poland a particularly Catholic country.

Romney hopes to court Catholics as well as polish American voters and they hold sway in key battleground states like Pennsylvania Michigan and Ohio -- Carl Cameron live in London tonight Karl thank you.