Romney camp touts Legion speech, disputing claims he ignored wars
Though Romney did not mention the war in Afghanistan on Thursday night, he focused on that issue, as well as the veterans who are returning home, in his American Legion speech.www.foxnews.com
Obama Middle-Class Ad Attacks Mitt Romney Over Bush Tax Cuts
Mitt Romney did not mention the war in Afghanistan, where 79,000 US troops are fighting, in his speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday.www.huffingtonpost.com
Romney has no plan to end Afghanistan war, says Obama
Washington: US President Barack Obama has lashed out at rival Republican candidate Mitt Romney for not having any timetable withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, while his top aide said there would be American troops inside the war-torn country even ...www.firstpost.com
Biden says Romney ready for war in Syria and Iran
Vice President Joe Biden accused Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Sunday of being "ready to go to war in Syria and Iran" while hurting the middle class. Biden's statement came during a campaign stop designed to promote President ...www.latimes.com
Romney's foreign policy leads to unending war
Barack hasn't yet announced an end to combat operations in Afghanistan but he's getting close. ... Speaking in York, Pa.www.examiner.com
Obama, Romney on defensive over Afghanistan ... Ex-SEAL fires back at DOD ...
THE ACKNOWLEDGED WAR -- With Obama gloating over the fact that Mitt Romney didn't say the word Afghanistan in his convention speech, the president will almost certainly have to do the opposite this week as Democrats take the stage. And with the rise ...www.politico.com
Obama camp: Romney didn't mention war
"In an almost 45-minute speech, Mitt Romney didn't find a moment to mention Afghanistan," Obama campaign manager Jim Messina said in a statement sent to reporters just after midnight.www.cnn.com
Mitt Romney, the candidate William Kristol loves to tolerate
Sounding every bit as critical as some Democrats, Kristol first hammered Romney's failure, in his acceptance speech, to mention the war in Afghanistan and the brave work of the American military. "Leave aside the question of the political wisdom of ...www.latimes.com
Obama in Colorado: Romney has no plan for Afghanistan
2, 2012 - Campaigning in Boulder, Colorado on the eve of the Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama criticized rival Mitt Romney, saying he has no exit plan for the war in Afghanistan. (/Associated Press) Correction: Clarification: ...www.washingtonpost.com
As Afghanistan war drags on, Romney omits war from speech, a first for GOP ...
WASHINGTON - With America embroiled in its longest armed conflict, Mitt Romney became the first Republican since 1952 to accept his party's nomination without mentioning war. Three election cycles after the 2001 terrorist attacks, neither Romney nor ...www.washingtonpost.com
Fehrnstrom rebuts on lack of war mentions in Romney RNC speech
Looking to rebut criticisms that Mitt Romney did not mention the war in Afghanistan in his Thursday speech at the Republican National Convention, top Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom said on Sunday the candidate had already mentioned the war in a speech ...www.politico.com
Top Obama adviser says Romney campaign based on 'tripod of lies'
MOORESVILLE, N.C. - David Plouffe, a senior aide to President Obama, said Mitt Romney's campaign is built on a "tripod of lies," and he blasted the Republican presidential nominee for never mentioning the war in Afghanistan and U.S troops serving ...www.latimes.com
Mitt Romney campaign defends omission of war talk
WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney's campaign is defending the Republican presidential nominee's decision to make no mention of the politically unpopular 11-year-old war in Afghanistan in his speech last week at the GOP national convention. Romney was the ...news.bostonherald.com
Biden: Romney ready for war with Syria, Iran
Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday that Republican rival Mitt Romney is "ready to go to war in Syria and Iran" while hurting the middle class.www.dailytribune.com
Obama, Romney Campaigns Duck Future US Role In Afghanistan War
WASHINGTON -- Neither President Obama nor Mitt Romney will say it out loud, but the unpopular, 11-year war in Afghanistan is not drawing to a close. Instead, substantial numbers of U.S. troops likely will be committed there for years, no matter who ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Romney skirts mention of war in acceptance speech
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitt Romney did not mention the war in Afghanistan, where 79,000 US troops are fighting, in his speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday.www.google.com
Mitt Romney slams 'Obamacare'; Pres. Obama responds
Democrats have been critical of Romney for making no mention of the war in Afghanistan when he accepted the Republican nomination in Tampa, Fla.www.newsday.com
Romney leaves out war comments
"In an almost 45-minute speech Mitt Romney didn't find one moment to mention Afghanistan, Iraq or the men and women who are serving - though he did take the time to continue the winks and nods at a new war with Iran," Hurlburt said in her statement.politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com
President Obama visits Fort Bliss on the anniversary of end of Iraq combat
Over two thousand Americans have died in the more than ten years of that war, a war Mitt Romney has supported. Yet in his speech accepting his party's nomination to be commander in chief, Mitt Romney said not a word about the war in Afghanistan. Nor ...www.examiner.com
Fehrnstrom: Romney addressed troops, Afghanistan in American Legion speech
Eric Fehrnstrom, a senior adviser to Mitt Romney's campaign, side-stepped questions Sunday on whether the GOP presidential candidate should have mentioned the troops or Afghanistan when accepting his party's nomination last Thursday. ... President ...thehill.com
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