The horrifying attacks in Paris on Friday night will influence not only the tone of tonight’s Democratic debate, but the structure of the debate itself.
While originally moderators had included space for foreign policy questions, the focus on foreign policy will now have a greater prominence, and questions posed to candidates will be relevant to the events in Paris.
“Last night’s attacks are a tragic example of the kind of challenges American presidents face in today’s world and we intend to ask the candidates how they would confront the evolving threat of terrorism,” CBS News Washington bureau chief Christopher Isham said in a post on CBSNews.com.
At least one campaign was purportedly unhappy about the change in focus.
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