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    Pays tribute to anniversary of 9/11

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John thank you some of the rank you're of the presidential campaign was muted on this the 9/11 anniversary.

At least to start the day most of the appearance is focused on patriotism and service.

Instead of more political -- chief political correspondent Carl Cameron takes a look.

It Reno -- 4000 members of the National Guard Association convention.

GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney commemorated the 9/11 attacks.

With less than two months ago.

Before Election Day.

I would normally speak to -- gathering like this about the differences between.

My and my opponent's plans for military and for our national security.

There is a time and place for that.

But this day it is not that.

It's running mate Paul Ryan visited with the Wisconsin Air National Guard.

2008 GOP nominee in Vietnam War hero John McCain urged Romney to go on offense against mr.

Obama.

Criticizing withdrawal instead of victory in Afghanistan.

Which McCain says in bold moves extremists this presence.

National security policy has been -- at this mobile abysmal failure I have not seen any more feckless foreign policy.

Since President Carter Romney has vigorously attacked the president for weeks for refusing to halt massive automatic defense cuts as part of a bipartisan deal to cut the deficit slated for next year.

The return of our troops.

Cannot and must not be used as an excuse.

To hollow out our military.

Through devastating defense budget cuts.

-- talk of an Obama convention bounce today a new Washington Post ABC news poll of likely voters says it's still an unchanged in virtually tied race Obama 49 Rummy 48.

The real clear politics average shows the president up three point six points but the president's job rating remains narrowly negative 50% disapproved of 48% to approve of the Washington Post poll.

Since may a staggering half a billion dollars in ads have been run by the campaigns partisan special interest in the top battleground states.

Florida's faced a 117 million dollars and -- Ohio's second with a 112 million.

Virginia 85 point seven million North Carolina and Colorado about 55 million -- Iowa 47 million.

In the last four months an average of four million dollars a day it's been spent thirteen battleground states.

In the final eight weeks those numbers are likely to double -- Okay Aaron a lot of one of those battlegrounds Florida Carl thank.

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