Foreign policy has made few appearances in the campaign, but the final debate is supposed to be devoted to the subject, thereby giving voters a sustained view of how the candidates view the world. Obama has spoken periodically over the course of his presidency about foreign policy (albeit before the current campaign), whereas Romney has said far less.
外交政策在这次大选中还很少露脸，但据估计最后一次辩论将以此为主题，从而向选民们展示两位候选人是如何看待世界的。在总统任期内，奥巴马反复阐述了他的外交政策（当然都是在此次大选之前），而罗姆尼的话要少得多。他急于和前任共和党政府划清界限，从来不提前总统小布什，对过去十年中的两场战争也从来是无可奉告。