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Article: Gore Asserts Tough Tone on Foreign Affairs;5 Rivals in Debate Depicted as Irresolute
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- The Washington Post
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- October 6, 1987
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From the Persian Gulf to Grenada to Nicaragua, Tennessee Sen.
Albert Gore Jr. said he found his five rivals for the Democratic
presidential nomination lacking the resolve to project U.S. strength
into hot spots abroad. Gore made the remark during a televised
foreign policy debate here tonight.
For the second time in two weeks, Gore seized the initiative in
the debate and etched the most distinctive profile of anyone in the
field. Afterward, encircled by a throng of reporters, he placed his
competitors "on the edge of the mainstream" in foreign policy and
portrayed himself squarely in the middle of the Democratic
internationalist tradition of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Harry S
Truman.
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