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5 things to look for: Obama vs. Romney, Round 3

David Jackson
Mitt Romney and Barack Obama shake hands prior to the start of a town hall style debate at Hofstra University Oct. 16 in Hempstead, New York

It's the third and final round.

President Obama and Mitt Romney will meet for their last debate Monday night, a 90-minute session devoted to foreign policy. It will take place in the swing state of Florida at Lynn University in Boca Raton. The moderator is Bob Schieffer of CBS News.

USA TODAY will have full coverage across all of its platforms. Check local listings for telecasts of the debate, which will start at 9 p.m. ET.

Here are five things to look for in this final Obama-Romney clash:

Obama will tout his record. Expect to hear the president talk about winding down wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the multinational operation that toppled Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi. How many times will Obama cite the raid in 2011 that killed Osama bin Laden? The president is likely to emphasize Romney's lack of foreign policy experience.

Romney will dispute Obama's record. Like running mate Paul Ryan at the vice presidential debate Oct. 11, Romney may well cite anti-U.S. protests in a string of Middle East nations. Look for Romney to question the Obama administration's handling of the recent attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya, the rebellion in Syria and the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran.

Discussion of Libya. The shifting stories about the cause of the attack Sept. 11 that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans came up during the second debate last week. Obama officials first attributed the violence to the protest of an anti-Islam film, then days later called it a preplanned terrorist attack. Romney also flubbed the issue in that last debate, forgetting that Obama had used the term "acts of terror" the day after the killings.

Talk of Iran. The last Obama-Romney battle takes place amid reports that the Obama administration may soon enter into one-on-one talks with Iran, seeking to dissuade it from pursuing the means to make nuclear weapons. Obama says economic sanctions have pressured Iran to reconsider its nuclear ambitions. Romney says Obama has done little to slow Iran's drive toward nuclear weapons and has left longtime ally Israel in the lurch over the Iranian threat.

How much talk about the economy? Yes, it's a debate about foreign affairs, but don't be surprised if the U.S. economy pops up -- either candidate can argue that it has a direct effect on global affairs. Romney has criticized Obama over the $16 trillion-plus national debt and will probably challenge the president over the prospect of major Pentagon cuts. Obama says that Republicans have not cooperated on a debt reduction plan and that the United States is recovering from the severe recession he inherited from predecessor George W. Bush.

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