October 23, 2012

President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney squared off last night on foreign policy in the final of three presidential candidates’ debates.

Here’s a rundown of reactions from Heritage Foundation experts:

• “Although Osama bin Laden is dead, al-Qaeda clearly is very much alive.” –James Phillips
• “During the debate, President Obama asserted that his budget proposal maintains defense at about current levels. This is simply untrue.”–Baker Spring
• “The idea that better cyber capabilities can substitute for physical capabilities constitutes a fundamental misunderstanding of how military forces operate.”–Dean Cheng
• “The weakness of America’s economy is hurting America. The added self-inflicted wound of the cuts directed by the sequestration provision of the Budget Control Act will damage the readiness of the nation even further.”–Steven Bucci
• “Building up our roads and bridges won’t create new jobs. America’s workers need more than the same failed stimulus policies to grow the economy. Rather, the President needs to make sure Taxmageddon does not occur and get control of the budget.”–Alison Fraser
• Increases in federal education spending “have failed to move the needle on student achievement. The only beneficiaries of new federal programs and spending have been the education unions.”–Lindsey Burke
• “[B]oth men largely fought shy of presenting any larger vision of the U.S.’s role in the world, and sought to focus their remarks on domestic policy.”–Ted Bromund

Read more reactions in today’s Morning Bell.