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WHERE: Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C.
WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 11, 9 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
MODERATOR: Jim Lehrer of PBS
COVERAGE: ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, C-SPAN, PBS
SPONSOR: Presidential Commission on Debates
FORMAT: Candidates will be seated at a table with moderator. Moderator asks a question. Candidates each have two minutes to respond. Moderator has discretion to either continue discussion of that subject or move to a new issue. Each candidate will have a two-minute closing statement.
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Bush, Gore spar
over foreign policy
In a mostly low-key presidential debate that focused heavily on foreign policy, Vice President Al Gore and Governor George W. Bush laid out their positions on world policy, hate crime laws, and gun control with far less of the friction and biting rhetoric that dominated last week's face-off in Boston.
Al Gore, right, shakes hands with George W. Bush before they debate Wednesday at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. Behind is moderator Jim Lehrer. (AP) |
Read the full report:
 Transcript of the debate
DAVID SHRIBMAN
On personal level, changes are minimal
Be yourself. For a week their wives, their friends, the supporters told them that simple message. No preaching. No flinching. And until the very last exchange, when the tensions they tried to suppress all evening finally could no longer be contained, they were successful.
THE MOOD
The glove stayed on -- kid gloves, that is
For all but the waning moments of last night's debate, Al Gore and George W. Bush couldn't have stepped more lightly if the stage had been blanketed with eggshells.
Bush, Gore play nicer than ever, and pundits complain
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Oct. 3: John F. Kennedy Library and UMass-Boston, Boston [ Coverage ]
Oct. 11: Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C. [ Coverage ]
Oct. 17: Washington University, St. Louis [ Coverage ]
Oct. 5: Centre College, Danville, Ky. [ Coverage ]
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CHECKING FACTS
Mostly, they covered their bases
A week ago, Al Gore and George W. Bush learned the perils of using numbers to challenge each other's proposals. Last night, both men avoided numbers. And Gore, stung by charges that he embroidered some facts in their first debate, seemed especially careful.
Complete coverage of primary debates
On debate circuit, Wake Forest comes up short on its delivery, By the Globe Staff, 10/15/2000 -NEW
The Bush-Gore debates have little to do with the job, By Scot Lehigh, Globe Staff, 10/15/2000 -NEW
Intelligence vs integrity, By Joan Vennochi, Globe Columnist, 10/13/2000 -OPINION
No Bush gaffes, but plenty of holes, By Derrick Z. Jackson, Globe Columnist, 10/13/2000 -OPINION
Bush scored as Gore made nice, By David Nyhan, Globe Columnist, 10/13/2000 -OPINION
Bush gets key Texas detail wrong; Gore fudges on education plan, By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press, 10/12/2000
For one night, candidates' camps relent from familiar attacks, By Susan Milligan and Glen Johnson, Globe Staff, 10/12/2000
Voters hear little to change minds, By Lynda Gorov, Globe Staff, 10/12/2000
Bored, bemused, still looking for a reason to choose, By Mary Leonard, Globe Staff, 10/12/2000
They covered their bases, for the most part, By Raja Mishra and Patrick Healy, Globe Staff, 10/12/2000
The gloves stayed on -- kids gloves, that is, By Yvonne Abraham, Globe Staff, 10/12/2000
On the personal level, changes are minimal, By David M. Shribman, Globe Staff, 10/12/2000
Round Two: Bush, Gore spar over foreign policy, By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff, and Curtis Wilkie, Globe Correspondent, 10/12/2000
Bush seen as better in two post-debate polls, two other rate it a toss-up, By Will Lester, Associated Press, 10/12/2000
Gore, Bush aides spar over debate miscues, By Tom Raum, Associated Press, 10/12/2000
Bush plans new defense of tax cut, By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff, 10/11/2000
Round two, Globe editorial, 10/11/2000 -OPINION
Advice for Al Gore: Mind your manners, By Derrick Z. Jackson, Globe Columnist, 10/11/2000 -OPINION
Say goodbye to those sighs, By Sandra Sobieraj, Associated Press, 10/11/2000
Transcript of Bush-Gore second debate, Associated Press, 10/11/2000
Bush and Gore play nicer than ever, and pundits complain, By Frazier Moore, Associated Press, 10/11/2000
Body language spoke volumes in second debate, By Sandra Sobieraj, Associated Press, 10/11/2000
Polite but pointed disagreements in spirited debate, By Ron Fournier, Associated Press, 10/11/2000
Both presidential camps see gentler debate, By Mike Glover, Associated Press, 10/11/2000
Gore-Bush II: Look for a couple of nice guys talking issues, By Ron Fournier, Associated Press, 10/10/2000
Campaign Notebook: Campaigns slow as debate nears, By Anne E. Kornblut and Glen Johnson, Globe Staff, 10/10/2000
Airwave sniping sets stage for second presidential debate, By Glen Johnson, Globe Staff, 10/9/2000
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