Who Said It: Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?

With Election Day fast approaching, how well do you know the candidates on foreign policy?

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING, URI FRIEDMAN | OCTOBER 24, 2012

Answer 5: Barack Obama 

6. "The United States will apply the full spectrum of hard and soft power to influence events before they erupt into conflict. Resort to force is always the least desirable and costliest option. We must therefore employ all the tools of statecraft to shape the outcome of threatening situations before they demand military action."

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Joshua E. Keating and Uri Friedman are associate editors at Foreign Policy.