>>> and now to what happened last night, that third and final debate, where the tone shifted yet again, as we said, so did some of the positions. we have two reports beginning with our political director chuck todd . good evening.
>> reporter: good evening, brian . it was a contrast in debate strategy. not necessarily a contrast between the two candidates. the president and mitt romney seemed to reverse rolls from the very first debate. as president obama seemed like the candidate that needed to change the contour of this race. and mitt romney deciding the best strategy was to play it safe. in the third and final debate, the president wasted little time touting his foreign policy achievements.
>> we ended the war in iraq , refocused our attention on those who actually killed us on 911. as a consequence al qaeda 's core leadership has been december matesed.
>> reporter: mitt romney tried to poke holes in obama's position.
>> i see iran four years closer to a bomb. i see the middle east with a rising tide of violence, chaos, tumult. i see jihadists continuing to spread.
>> reporter: for most of the debate, the president tried to belittle his republican foe's lack of foreign policy experience.
>> i know you haven't had a chance to execute foreign policy , but every time you've offered an opinion, you've been wrong.
>> reporter: the president mocked mr. romney 's repeated attempts to agree with many policies.
>> i congratulate him on taking out osama bin ladin and going after the leadership in al qaeda .
>> i'm glad you agree we've been successful in going after al qaeda , but i have to tell you, your strategy previously has been one that's been all over the map.
>> reporter: both men did echo the other on an array of foreign policy declarations.
>> as long as i'm president of the united states , iran will not get a nuclear weapon .
>> a nuclear iran and nuclear capable iran is unacceptable to america.
>> i will stand with israel if they are attacked.
>> we will stand with israel . if israel is attacked, we have their back.
>> reporter: one of the few times mr. romney went hard at the president referred to this private remark caught on tape earlier this year between president obama and dmitri med medved medvedev.
>> i'm not going to wear rose colored glasses when it comes to russia or mr. putin. i'm not going to say to him, i'll give you more flexibility after the election.
>> the president got traction responding to this frequent attack line from mr. romney .
>> the president began an apology tour of going to various nations in the middle east and criticizing america. and by the way, you skipped israel our closest friend in the region. you went to the other nations.
>> when i went to israel as a candidate, i didn't take donors. i didn't attend fund-raisers.
>> reporter: perhaps the most memorable push back on the night this one.
>> our navy is smaller now than any time since 1917 . the navy said they needed 313 ships to carry out their mission we're now down to 285.
>> we also have fewer horses and bayonets, because the nature of our military has changed.
>> reporter: well, it is crunch time , brian , two weeks to go. here's the new battleground map. we have it down to seven states nevada, both campaigns seem to agree, leaning obama. so we're looking at that midwestern part of the country, ohio, iowa and wisconsin. and, of course, florida , florida , florida , brian , may be coming back from 2000 .
>> thanks, chuck.
Source: http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/49526830/
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