Obama to Romney: Cold War is Over - Third Presidential Debate - Elections 2012

Mitt Romney charged that America’s strength abroad has been undermined by weakness at home, while President Obama argued that the nation is “stronger now than when I came into office,” as a debate intended to focus on foreign policy veered back to the issue that has dominated the campaign: the economy. The pivot from foreign to domestic issues came roughly a third of the way through the third and final debate as the candidates were asked how they viewed America’s position in the world.Bob Schieffer, the moderator for the third and final presidential debate between President Obama and GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, set the stage for the night’s contest by noting the anniversary of one of the country’s most harrowing foreign policy challenges. Monday, Schieffer reminded viewers, is the 50th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis. It was, said Schieffer, “perhaps the closest we've ever come to nuclear war. And it is a sobering reminder that every president faces at some point an unexpected threat to our national security from abroad.” A two-hour debate about foreign policy encompassing a number of grim talking points isn't exactly breeding ground for quips, humor and turns of phrase that are rife with viral potential. But Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama did their best tonight as they traded jabs at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla., during the last of the presidential debates, the final time these two are scheduled to meet before the Nov. 6 election. Here are some of the most memorable moments from the third debate, from Romney sort-of congratulating Obama on getting Osama bin Laden to Obama regaling Romney with tales of horses and bayonets: