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Massachusetts: Foreign Policy

Mon, 10/27/2008 - 17:49

Kerry and Beatty square off on social issues, foreign policy in second debate

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

BOSTON - U.S. Sen. John Kerry and his Republican challenger Jeff Beatty met for round two Monday in another feisty debate that ranged from social issues to the current financial crisis facing the country.

For the first time in the race, both candidates discussed social issues at length. With Monday's news of an 8-year-old's ccidental death while shooting an Uzi at a gun show in Westfield, both candidates were asked what they would do to make sure such an event never happened again.

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Mon, 10/27/2008 - 10:23

Allen and Frank differ significantly over Afghanistan

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

WELLESLEY - In a Sunday debate, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank and challengers Susan Allen and Earl Sholley offered significantly different views on the causes of Afghanistan's recent deterioration and how to reverse it.

Allen, a Democrat who is running as an independent, blamed the CIA for Afghanistan's downward spiral and presented a theory that links Afghanistan's drug production with the now-accepted conclusion that the 9/11 attacks originated in Afghanistan.

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