October 22, 2012 4:55PM 

# Live Blog of the Third Presidential Debate 

By Zach Graves 

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Join us **Monday, October 22nd at 8:45 PM** **ET** for live commentary during the third and final presidential debate between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. The debate this time will focus on foreign policy, covering [these topics](http://www.debates.org/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=45&cntnt01origid=27&cntnt01detailtemplate=newspage&cntnt01returnid=80):

- America’s role in the world
- Our longest war — Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Red Lines — Israel and Iran
- The Changing Middle East and the New Face of Terrorism — I
- The Changing Middle East and the New Face of Terrorism — II
- The Rise of China and Tomorrow’s World

Tweet questions during the debate to the live blog participants below:

- [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david_boaz), Executive Vice President ([@David\_Boaz](http://twitter.com/david_boaz))
- [Gene Healy](https://www.cato.org/people/gene-healy), Vice President ([@GeneHealy](twitter.com/genehealy))
- [Christopher A. Preble](https://www.cato.org/people/christopher-preble), Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies ([@CAPreble](http://twitter.com/capreble))
- [Simon Lester](https://www.cato.org/people/simon-lester), Trade Policy Analyst ([@SNLester](https://twitter.com/snlester))
- [Bill Watson](https://www.cato.org/people/k-william-watson), Trade Policy Analyst ([@KW\_Watson](https://twitter.com/kw_watson))

UPDATE: Due to technical difficulties, please follow the live blog directly on Twitter [here](https://twitter.com/CatoInstitute/pres-debate-2012-pt-3). You can also join the conversation with the hashtag **\#Debate** and by following [@CatoInstitute](https://twitter.com/#!/CatoInstitute) and [@CatoFP](http://twitter.com/catofp).

##### Related Tags 

[Defense and Foreign Policy](https://www.cato.org/defense-foreign-policy), [General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics) 

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