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

Foreign Affairs and the race to the White House.

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

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

On Monday,

the last presidential debate of the 2012 campaign will center on foreign policy, with surprises cropping up in the world every day. The latest point of contention is the deadly attack on the

consulate in Benghazi. Republicans call President Obama a weak leader. Some Democrats say Mitt Romney's

view of America's role in the world is delusional.

But overall, are they really so different?

Does Obama look more like George W. Bush than he might concede?

Would Romney look a lot like Obama?

On reporter's notebook later on, same-sex marriage and the U.S. Supreme Court.

First, here's the news.

Music same-sex marriage and the U.S. Supreme Court. First, here's the news. Support for To the Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund.

Hello again, Mormon-A-Lany, with To the Point. Foreign and policy may not

decide the election, but it's now subject to vigorous public discussion, and it's the subject

of Monday's final debate. But do the candidates disagree as much as they'd like us to think?

Do American interests dictate continuity more than change? On reporter's notebook, after an appellate

court ruling yesterday, is the same-sex marriage

issue headed for the U.S. Supreme Court. First, this news update. What did the Obama administration

know and when did it know about the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi? Was it an opportunistic

terrorist attack rather than a protest against an anti-Muslim film that turned violent.

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