Ayotte navigates foreign policy minefield on way to November

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), currently engaged in the political fight of her life, has spent much of the summer drilling down on issues of local concern to New Hampshire voters. But it's the first term Republican's work on international issues that may ultimately determine her fate. Ayotte, who must stave off a Republican primary challenge in September before facing New Hampshire's Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan later this fall, has spent her five years in the Senate crafting an

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), currently engaged in the political fight of her life, has spent much of the summer drilling down on issues of local concern to New Hampshire voters. But it's the first term Republican's work on international issues that may ultimately determine her fate. Ayotte, who must stave off a Republican primary challenge in September before facing New Hampshire's Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan later this fall, has spent her five years in the Senate crafting an…