REPUBLICAN DEBATE Here are the particulars of today's Republican presidential candidates debate. WHO: Gary Bauer, George W. Bush, Steve Forbes, Orrin Hatch, Alan Keyes, John McCain. WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m. EST. WHERE: Iowa Public Television, Johnston, Iowa. SPONSORS: Des Moines Register. MODERATOR: Des Moines Register's Dennis Ryerson. COVERAGE: Live on CNN, FOX News Channel, C-SPAN. MORE COVERAGE Bush, McCain, Forbes trade charges over tax-cut plans GOP candidates asked positions on posting Ten Commandments Truth Squad: Missing the mark on what a president can, can't, do Bush disavowing S.C. senator's racial remark Excerpt from debate

The Republican presidential candidates, asked their positions on posting the Ten Commandments in schools during Saturday's debate in Johnston, Iowa:

FORBES: ''There is nothing wrong with posting the Ten Commandments in our schools today because they are the basis of Western civilization.''

HATCH: ''My gosh, I believe that almost anybody would say if you read the Ten Commandments that that applies universally. You don't have to be a Christian to have it apply.''

McCAIN: ''You know it's interesting that we begin our proceedings every day in the United States Senate with a prayer. Now, it doesn't have the beneficial effect that some desire, but it seems to be ... acceptable for the United States Senate to do that.''

KEYES: ''The Ten Commandments are etched into the walls of the Supreme Court. I find it rather hard to believe that it could be inappropriate to fit them on the walls of our schools.''

BUSH: ''It seems like to me 'Thou shalt not kill' is pretty universal. I think districts ought to be allowed to post the Ten Commandments. No matter what a person's religion is there's some inherent values in those great commandments.''

BAUER: ''When I'm president, there will be no more Nazi salutes in the schools, and it will be OK to hang the Ten Commandments up again not only there but in the Oval Office.''