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A look at the candidates’ approaches to Tuesday’s debate

A look at the candidates’ approaches to Tuesday’s debate

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nine Republicans hopefuls meet Tuesday in the next prime-time presidential debate, with a familiar slate of candidates looking to wrangle over what to do about the threat of extremist groups and who has the right temperament and judgment to lead the nation.

At center stage will be front-runner Donald Trump, fending off a challenge from Ted Cruz. The Texas senator has surged ahead in Iowa seven weeks before the state's 2016 caucuses. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie returns to the main stage after a downgrade to the undercard event in November. And Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who debate host CNN said was "on the bubble" of qualifying just days ago, gets to stay in prime time. Also appearing in the main debate will be Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, former neurosurgeon Ben Carson and Ohio Gov. John Kasich.

Millennials ambivalent on fighting Islamic State, Harvard poll shows
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Millennials ambivalent on fighting Islamic State, Harvard poll shows

Kara Bettis

CAMBRIDGE – A Harvard University poll shows that most American millennials believe the U.S. should intensify the fight against Islamic State terrorists in the Middle East with more ground troops – but few said they would willingly join the service to help.

While 60 percent of those surveyed said they would back sending in more troops to fight Islamic State forces, which have occupied parts of Iraq and Syria, 85 percent indicated they probably or definitely would not join the effort, even if military commanders called for reinforcements. The numbers for both questions rose following the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris.

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