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Bush have each claimed to be the best president to meet the needs of Americans and extend U-S leadership abroad.Locked in a close race for the White House, the...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eEnglish/Nat\u003cbr/\u003eThree weeks from judgement day at the polls, Al Gore and George W. Bush have each claimed to be the best president to meet the needs of Americans and extend U-S leadership abroad.\u003cbr/\u003eLocked in a close race for the White House, the candidates argued domestic and foreign policy issues for 90 minutes in a town hall-style format in St Louis on Tuesday.\u003cbr/\u003eBoth candidates stuck to script, satisfied to leave the presidential debates behind and gear up their campaigns to sway America's stubborn bloc of undecided voters. \u003cbr/\u003eHealth issues dominated the first part of the meeting as both candidates outlined their versions of a patients' bill of rights, as well as their prescription drug plans.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile international issues were the dominant focus of the second debate, they did not appear until 40 minutes into the third, when an audience member asked the Texas governor about the Middle East.\u003cbr/\u003eUPSOUND: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"What would make you the best candidate in office during the Middle East crisis?\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Audience Member\u003cbr/\u003eBoth candidates steered away from partisanship on the Middle East, as President Bill Clinton returned from an emergency summit that brought a promise by Israelis and Palestinians to seek an end to recent violence.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"Our nation needs to be credible, be strong. When we say we're somebody's friend, everybody's got to believe it. Israel's our friend and we'll stand by Israel. We need to reach out to modern Arab nations as well, to build coalitions to keep the peace.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Texas Governor George W. Bush, Republican Presidential Candidate\u003cbr/\u003eBut the rivals for the world's most powerful office gave their often-repeated differing view of America's global role.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"I see a future when the world is at peace with the United States of America, promoting the values of democracy and human rights and freedom all around the world. Even in Iran they have had an election that began to bring about some change. We stand for those values and we have to be willing to assert them. Right now our military is the strongest in the entire history of the world. I pledge to you I will do whatever I can to make sure it stays that way. \"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Vice President Al Gore, Democratic Presidential Candidate\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"See, I think the mission has somewhat become fuzzy. Should I be fortunate enough to earn your confidence, the mission of the United States military will be to be prepared and ready to fight and win war and therefore able to prevent war from happening in the first place. There may be some moments when we use our troops as peace keepers, but not often.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Texas Governor George W. Bush, Republican Presidential Candidate\u003cbr/\u003eGore said the U-S military was stronger than it's ever been and promised to \"make sure that it stays that way\" by improving readiness, developing modern weapons and raising military pay.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"The United States has to be strong in order to make sure that we can help promote peace and security and stability and that means keeping our military strong. Now I said earlier that we are the strongest military, but we need to continue improving readiness and making sure that are military personnel are adequately paid and that the combination of their pay and their benefits and their retirement as veterans is comparable to the stiff competition that's coming from this strong economy from the private sector.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Vice President Al Gore, Democratic Presidential Candidate\u003cbr/\u003eOn gun control, Bush said he was for some controls, such as instant background checks and trigger locks, but he went on to say that law-abiding citizens should be able to protect their families.\u003cbr/\u003eAl Gore said he supported a three-day waiting period for gun purchases.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"I believe law abiding citizens ought to be able to protect themselves and their families. I believe that we ought to keep guns out of the hands of people that shouldn't have them. That's why I'm for instant background checks at gun shows. I'm for trigger locks; I think that makes sense. As a matter of fact we distributed free trigger locks in the state of Texas so that people can put them on their guns and make them more safe. I think we ought to raise the  age at which juveniles can have a gun.\" \u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Texas Governor George W. Bush, Republican Presidential Candidate\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"I think that some common sense gun safety measures are certainly needed with the flood of cheap handguns that have sometimes been working their way into the hands of the wrong people. But all of my proposals are focused on that problem: gun safety. None of my proposals will have any affect on hunters, or sportsmen, or people who use rifles.They are aimed at the real problem. Let's make our schools safe. Let's make our neighbourhoods safe.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Vice President Al Gore, Democratic Presidential Candidate\u003cbr/\u003eIn a debate that ranged broadly over campaign topics, a question about the death penalty provided an emotional moment.\u003cbr/\u003eBush was told by one questioner, a black man, that in an earlier debate he had seemed proud of the fact that Texas had executed more criminals than any other state. \u003cbr/\u003eUPSOUND: (English)\u003cbr/\u003eQ: \"Are you really, really proud of the fact that Texas is number one in executions?\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Audience member\u003cbr/\u003eIn a soft-spoken reply, Bush stressed he wasn't proud of the fact, but was merely carrying out his responsibilities as governor. \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"No, I'm not proud of that. The death penalty is a very serious business. It's an issue that people disagree on.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Texas Governor George W. Bush, Republican Presidential Candidate\u003cbr/\u003eIn all, Texas has executed 145 inmates since Bush took office in 1995.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"I believe it (the death penalty) saves lifes. I think if it is administered swiftly, justly and fairly, it saves lives.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Texas Governor George W. Bush, Republican Presidential Candidate\u003cbr/\u003eGore said he supported the death penalty - as long as it was administered justly.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"I support the death penalty. I think that it has to be administered not only fairly with attention to things like DNA evidence, which I think should be used in all capital cases.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Vice President Al Gore, Democratic Presidential Candidate\u003cbr/\u003eThe debate was the candidates third encounter in two weeks and their last before they face the verdict of the voters on November 7.\u003cbr/\u003eMost polls show Bush ahead of the vice president by a scant point or two.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd Tuesday's debate at the field house at Washington University represented the last, best chance for one man or the other to gain the support of a large critical bloc of undecided voters.\u003cbr/\u003eSt. Louis, Missouri, USA - October 17, 2000 \u003cbr/\u003e1. Various of candidates entering, shaking hands with moderator Jim Lehrer \u003cbr/\u003e2. Tipper Gore \u003cbr/\u003e3. Laura Bush\u003cbr/\u003e4. Al Gore\u003cbr/\u003e5. Candidates\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (English) Audience member\u003cbr/\u003e7. Cutaway\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Texas Governor George W. Bush, Republican Presidential Candidate\u003cbr/\u003e9. Cut away of Gore walking to podium\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (English) Vice President Al Gore, Democratic Presidential Candidate\u003cbr/\u003e11. Cut away of Bush standing up\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE (English) Texas Governor George W. Bush, Republican Presidential Candidate\u003cbr/\u003e13. Various cut aways\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE (English) Vice President Al Gore, Democratic Presidential Candidate\u003cbr/\u003e15. Cut away of Bush standing up listening to question\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE (English) Texas Governor George W. Bush, Republican Presidential Candidate\u003cbr/\u003e17. Various cut aways of audience and candidates \u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (English) Vice President Al Gore, Democratic Presidential Candidate\u003cbr/\u003e19. 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