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Then-Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D) of Illinois and Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R) of Arizona are pictured with moderator Bob Schieffer during a presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, Oct. 15, 2008. President Obama will soon go one-on-one with Republican Mitt Romney in three prime-time debates. Ron Edmonds/AP
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Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D) of Illinois speaks with Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R) of Arizona at the conclusion of the presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, Oct. 15, 2008. Jim Bourg/Reuters
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President George W. Bush and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (D) of Massachusetts wave as they enter the stage before the third and final presidential debate in Tempe, Ariz., Oct. 13, 2004. Matt York/AP
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Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry and President Bush listen to a question from the audience during the town hall format debate at Washington University in St. Louis on Oct. 8, 2004. Rick Wilking/AP
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Republican presidential candidate, Texas Gov. George W. Bush, speaks as Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Al Gore watches during their third and final debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Oct. 17, 2000. Ed Reinke/AP
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Vice President Al Gore hugs wife Tipper, while Texas Gov. George W. Bush gets a kiss from wife Laura at the conclusion of their third and final presidential candidate debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Oct. 17, 2000. Andy Nelson/The Christian Science Monitor
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President Clinton and Bob Dole greet moderator Jim Lehrer after the conclusion of the presidential debate at the Bushnell Theater in Hartford, Conn., Oct. 6, 1996. Charles Krupa/AP
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From left Hillary Rodham Clinton, daughter Chelsea Clinton, President Clinton, Bob Dole, Elizabeth Dole and daughter Robin Dole pose for photographers after the presidential debate at the Bushnell Theater in Hartford, Conn., Oct. 6, 1996. Eric Draper/AP
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President Bush talks with independent candidate Ross Perot as Democratic candidate Bill Clinton stands aside at the end of their second presidential debate in Richmond, Va., Oct. 15, 1992. Marcy Nighswander/AP
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Vice President George Bush and Mass. Gov. Michael Dukakis gesture during their first presidential debate at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., Sept. 25, 1988. The panel and moderator are seated in foreground. Dennis Cook/AP
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President Ronald Reagan and Democratic candidate Walter Mondale shake hands at the start of the second round of the 1984 Presidential debate in Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 21, 1984. Ron Edmonds/AP
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Walter Mondale looks towards President Ronald Reagan as the president speaks during the debates on Oct. 22, 1984 in Kansas City. In the center is debate moderator, Edwin Newman with back to camera. David Longstreath/AP
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President Jimmy Carter and Republican Presidential candidate Ronald Reagan, shake hands on Oct. 28, 1980, in Cleveland, Ohio, before debating before a nationwide television audience. AP
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With his wife Rosalynn Carter looking on at center, Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter, shakes hands with President Gerald Ford, at the conclusion of their debate at the Palace of Fine Arts Theater, Oct. 6, 1976 in San Francisco, Calif. AP
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Republican Vice President Richard M. Nixon, debates Sen. John F. Kennedy, the Democratic presidential nominee, during a live broadcast from a New York television studio on Oct. 21, 1960. AP
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Sen. John F. Kennedy (seated, 2nd from left) (D) of Massachusetts, and Vice President Richard M. Nixon (far right), listen to Don Hewitt of CBS (gesturing) as he speaks during a rehearsal before the first televised presidential debate on Sept. 25, 1960. CBS Photo Archive/AP
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Candy Crowley was the first woman to moderate a presidential debate in 20 years. She stepped into the debate to correct a Mitt Romney statement about Libya. Democrats hailed Candy Crowley's intercession, while many Republicans called it out of line.
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David Bauder, Associated Press /
October 17, 2012
REUTERS/Jason Reed
Candy Crowley's signature moment as moderator of Tuesday's rough-and-tumble presidential debate came when she was called upon to referee a dispute over President Barack Obama's description of the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya as an act of terror.