From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

Small business and job creation.

Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

The president and Mitt Romney are in dispute over whose programs will do the most to help small business create new jobs. But is small business really the employment engine they claim it is? It's not even clear exactly what small really means. And there's evidence that age is more important than size when it comes to

job creation. Are the candidates focused on real economics or pandering to the obsolete American

myth of mom and pop setting up shop on Main Street? On reporter's notebook later on, why does a

21st century audience still watch presidential debates?

First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Marmonaulay, back with To the Point. Small Business may be crucial to the

American ideal of small town independent entrepreneurship, but is it really the engine of job growth

claimed by the president and Mitt Romney? We'll hear some contrasting opinions today. On reporters'

notebook, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter may be fragmenting America, but presidential debates still

provide a common experience.

First, this news update. On the eve of tonight's debate, Hillary Clinton has taken personal

responsibility for a calamity that Republicans have been making the most of, the deaths of

Ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, and other American personnel.

I take responsibility. I'm in charge of the State Department,

60,000 plus people all over the world, 275 posts. The president and the vice president certainly

wouldn't be knowledgeable about specific decisions that are made by security professionals.

Secretary of State Clinton made that statement

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