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On Wednesday, eleven Republicans who are vying for the White House in 2016 will debate each other with the same candidates taking the stage as last month’s debate with one notable exception; Carly Fiorina will be added to the lineup.

Just like the Fox News debate, there will be two debates; the first one will be the candidates who did not make the prime-time time slot will participate in an earlier segment. These candidates will be Rick Santorum, Bobby Jindal, George Pataki, Lindsey Graham, but missing will be Rick Perry who was slated for this debate, but on Friday, he suspended his campaign.

The main debate will be held on Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Southern California, and will include; Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul, John Kasich, Chris Christie, and Carly Fiorina.
The debate will be moderated by CNN’s Jack Tapper, Dana Bash, and radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt.

The one thing that is the unknown aspect in this upcoming debate is what will Donald Trump do or say? Will he attack the moderator like he attacked Megan Kelly regarding her questioning on the various issues?

The real question will we get more specific answers on the various issues facing the country from Trump?

This is not an attack on a Trump candidacy, but since he announced his presidential run, he has only given simplistic and rhetorical responses to some of the weighty issues facing this country.

Early, this month Trump was on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show and was questioned on his knowledge of the various Islamic leaders in the Middle East, by asking Trump, I’m looking for the next commander in chief, to know who Hassan Nasrallah is, and Zawahiri, and al-Julani, and al-Baghdadi. Do you know the players without a scorecard, yet, Donald Trump?” These terror leaders belong to the various leaders of Hezbollah, Al Qaeda, Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State had Trump clueless who they were.

Trump’s response was also bizarre in nature when he stated that, “You know, I’ll tell you honestly, I think by the time we get to office, they’ll all be changed. They’ll be all gone,” Trump said. “I knew you were going to ask me things like this, and there’s no reason, because, No. 1, I’ll find, I will hopefully find Gen. Douglas MacArthur in the pack.”

The leaders of these terror groups such as Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah, has been leading this group since 1992, when Israel assassinated the previous leader Apache helicopters. The same are the case with the other terror leaders, who have been in power for a few years, and will still be in power when the next president takes office.

This follows a pattern with Trump, his lack of strategic depth when it comes to foreign policy. Let’s see how de does in this area on Wednesday.
The real concern for most Americans is how the candidates will address the economy!

The economy, is the number one concern for most voters, so far we haven’t gotten specific answers from candidates of both Democratic and Republican aspirants to the White House. This is what concerns most voters.

The other candidates will have to address the same issues as Trump, but they will also have to go beyond the economy and give specifics on a host of international challenges; especially the recent refugee migration from Syria to Europe.

Whoever becomes president will have to deal with a chaotic Middle East region, how will they deal with ISIS, a resurgent Iran, an aggressive Russia and China; what is there foreign policy vision?

The U.S. faces challenges here and abroad; let’s get specific with the candidates, and not have them degrade into rhetorical campaign talking points.