CNN announces first GOP debate focused on national security

National security will take center stage next month at a Republican presidential primary debate in the nation’s capital, The Heritage Foundation, the American Enterprise Institute and CNN announced Monday evening.

This will be the first debate of the 2012 presidential election to focus exclusively on the issues of national security and foreign policy.

CNN and the two conservative Washington-based think tanks said more details about the Nov. 15 debate will follow.

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