1 - US presidential rivals Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama have attacked each other over foreign policy and the economy, in their first debate. 2 - Mr Obama said a $700bn (£380bn) plan to rescue the US economy was the "final verdict" on years of Republican rule. He said Mr McCain had been "wrong" on Iraq and tried to link him to President Bush. The Republican senator described his rival as inexperienced to lead. Neither landed a knockout blow but polls suggested Mr Obama did better. An immediate telephone poll by CNN and Opinion Research Corp found 51% said Mr Obama had won, to 38% for Mr McCain.
3 - A poll of uncommitted voters by CBS News found that 39% gave Mr Obama victory, 25% thought John McCain had won, and 36% thought it was a draw. Both campaigns claimed victory, with Mr McCain's team saying their candidate had shown a "mastery on national security issues" while Mr Obama's aides said he had passed the commander-in-chief test "with flying colours".
4 - Tens of millions of Americans were expected to watch the debate on TV, with only about five weeks to go before the 4 November elections. Senator McCain said he did not need "any on-the-job training". "I'm ready to go at it right now," he added. But Senator Obama said Mr McCain had been "wrong" about invading Iraq and that the war had led the US to take its eye off the ball in Afghanistan, where it should have been pursuing al-Qaeda.
5 - Mr McCain argued that as a result of the "surge" - which involved sending some 30,000 extra US troops to Iraq - US military strategy was succeeding. "We are winning in Iraq and we will come home with victory and with honour," he said.
The televised debate in Oxford, Mississippi, focused largely on foreign policy but began with discussion of the economic crisis gripping the US.
6 - Speaking about the financial bail-out plan under discussion by the US Congress, Mr Obama said: "We have to move swiftly and we have to move wisely." Mr McCain said he believed it would be a long time before the situation was resolved. "This isn't the beginning of the end of this crisis," he said. "This is the end of the beginning if we come out with a package that will keep these institutions stable and we've got a lot of work to do."
7 - Mr McCain attacked Mr Obama over his record on finance, saying he had asked for millions of dollars in so-called "earmarks" - money for pet projects - as an Illinois senator. The Republican also suggested a spending freeze in many areas apart from defence, but Mr Obama likened the proposal to using a hatchet when a scalpel was needed. Both candidates agreed that the bail-out plan would put massive pressure on the budget of the next president and mean cuts in government spending.
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Source: BBCNews
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