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How the candidates are handling Iran
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Assessing Romney, Obama's stances toward rogue nation
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- Date Aug 7, 2012
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-- to be -- believe Iran is one of the biggest threats to world peace and American national security.
We're looking at where the presidential candidates stand on the big issues tonight what they say about the Islamic republic that seems to be in the middle.
Of almost everything in the Middle East.
Here's senior White House foreign affairs correspondent when Google.
On his recent trip to Israel Mitt Romney -- to show he is more committed than President Obama to preventing a nuclear armed Iran.
No option should be excluded.
We recognize Israel's right to defend itself and that is right for America to stand with you -- Mr.
Obama has said essentially the same thing we will not.
Countenance Iran getting a nuclear weapon.
But some of his most senior advisors have visited Israel in recent weeks urging continued diplomacy and implying help but that doesn't work.
Both mr.
Obama and mr.
Romney say they're committed to sanctions and diplomacy.
With the threat of force as a last resort.
But with Israel's security and state and American Jewish and evangelical votes to be one Romney says the president's not tough enough.
-- Barack Obama gets reelected Iran -- -- nuclear weapon and the world will change if that's the case the Republican says he'd station carriers in the Persian gulf and the eastern Mediterranean at the same time.
And conduct more naval exercises official force.
Mr.
Obama condemns what he calls loose talk of war such talk is only benefited the -- -- government.
My driving up the price of oil which they depend on him.
To father nuclear program.
The president says -- -- economy has been crippled by the toughest sanctions in history but Israeli prime minister Netanyahu seems to shrug that off the road section.
-- Do you remember.
What I want to do.
Romney and Netanyahu who worked together in the 1970s.
Seemed to be on the same page regarding diplomacy works the administration's -- -- outreach to Iran.
Give the Ayatollah is exactly what they want -- most.
-- time the cool relationship between the president and prime minister he's equally apparent though Israel's defense minister defends the Obama administration.
-- musician I'm -- President Obama.
He's doing community go to our secure team more than -- -- that they can remember in the process.
Exit polls suggest the president got three quarters of the Jewish vote in 2008 he may still get a majority this year but part of Mitt Romney strategy is to make it a much smaller one.
-- when -- ball in the White House briefing room Wendell thank you.
