Romney stirs controversy on bumpy foreign trip

Gaffe-prone, wannabe or savvy statesman, Western media has slammed Mitt Romney's tour of American allies, but US opinion polls tell a different story. Laura Baines and her panel discuss the Republican candidate's choice of destinations and what they mean.

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Christopher DICKEY, Newsweek Paris Bureau Chief / Mideast Editor;
Erik SVANE, Member Republicans Abroad France, Author of "La Bannière étalée";
Aaron David MILLER, Distinguished Scholar at The Wilson Centre and advisor to Republican & Democratic Secretaries of State for over 20 years;
Mordechai KEDAR, Researcher at the Begin-Sadat Centre for Strategic Studies Bar Ilan University;
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Programme prepared and produced by Wassim Nasr, Sara Bertilsson and Mary Colombel

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François Picard

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Can the left fix it?

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