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

U.S. foreign policy seen from foreign shores.

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

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

For tonight's debate, President Obama and Governor Romney will be seated at a small table with Bob Schiefer of CBS News.

It's a lax format, and Schiefer just might let them pivot to the economy, women's issues, or unemployment, but the major topic is foreign affairs.

Does China care about economic threats?

As Israel's Netanyahu tried to swing the election?

Is Iran anxious about an attack?

What about Syria and the Arab Spring?

We'll hear voices from around the world.

On reporters' notebook later on, remembering George McGovern.

First, here's the news.

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Program Fund. Hello again, Warren Alney, back with To the Point. Presidential elections are not

won on issues of foreign policy. That's a political cliche. But foreign policy is the issue of

tonight's final debate in a campaign now widely believed to be dead even. In the places likely to

be in dispute, do people see real differences between Obama and Romney? We'll hear some voices

from overseas.

On reporter's notebook, George McGovern has died at the age of 90, a famous loser in presidential

politics, but a war hero, and a winner as a humanitarian. We'll look at his legacy. First, this

news update. This is a landmark day for cycling. Those the words today of Pat McQuaid, president of the International Cycling Union, as the

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