LEXINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney offered a sweeping critique of President Barack Obama's handling of threats in the Middle East on Monday in a foreign policy address in which he tried to present himself as a credible mainstream alternative. Romney departed from his focus on the U.S. economy to talk about how he would handle foreign policy if elected November 6. The speech allowed Romney to lay out his national security positions ahead of his October 16 debate with Obama, which will include discussion of foreign policy. …

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