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Iran: Romney's Foreign Policy Ace?

New polls suggest Obama would win the national security debate against presidential hopeful Mitt Romney if elections were held today. While Afghanistan and Iraq are likely winners for the president and losers for Romney, Iran is still a toss up—and may prove to be the international issue that provokes the most consequential debate of the presidential campaign.
U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney greets audience members during a campaign stop in Warwick, Rhode Island April 11, 2012. REUTERS/Brian Snyder    (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)

If the election between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney were held today, purely on national security issues, the result would be a likely landslide for Obama.

In a Washington Post-ABC News poll conducted last week, Americans said they trusted Obama over Romney, the likely Republican presidential nominee, to do a better job handling international affairs by a margin of 53 percent to 36 percent. 

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