MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will stop telling the story of a former U.S. Navy SEAL killed in Libya after the man’s mother complained his death was being politicized.

Romney on the campaign trail on Tuesday began telling the story of Glen Doherty, who he met at a Christmas party a few years ago and learned last week that he had been killed in the assault on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11.

VAN METER, Iowa (Reuters) – A day after blasting President Barack Obama’s handling of the deadly assault by militants on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya last month, Mitt Romney revealed on Tuesday that he had met one of the four Americans killed in the attack.

The Republican presidential candidate departed from an otherwise upbeat campaign speech to recount a chance meeting with Glen Doherty, a former Navy SEAL who was among three Americans who died with U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens in the attack on September 11.

LEXINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivered a sweeping critique on Monday of President Barack Obama’s handling of threats in the Middle East, saying Obama’s lack of leadership had made the volatile region more dangerous.

In what his campaign called a major foreign policy address, Romney called for a more assertive use of American influence in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and Latin America.

, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Republican presidential
candidate Mitt Romney offered a sweeping critique of President
Barack Obama’s handling of threats in the Middle East on Monday
in a foreign policy address in which he tried to present himself
as a credible mainstream alternative.

Romney departed from his focus on the U.S. economy to talk
about how he would handle foreign policy if elected Nov. 6. The
speech allowed Romney to lay out his national security positions
ahead of his Oct. 16 debate with Obama, which will include
discussion of foreign policy.

LEXINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) – Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will vow to pursue a more aggressive policy toward the Middle East on Monday if elected in an attempt to draw a sharp distinction with how President Barack Obama has handled Libya, Iran, Syria and the Arab-Israeli dispute.

Romney, in remarks at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, will make a case that his policy views reflect what advisers called the mainstream “peace through strength” doctrine they said had been pursued by prior presidents from Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan to Bill Clinton.

, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Mitt Romney appeared
on Sunday to have halted his perilous slide in the polls and is
back to running a close race with President Barack Obama as he
prepares a new assault on the Democrat over foreign policy.

A solid performance against Obama at Wednesday’s first
presidential debate in Denver has helped the Republican
challenger regain ground in several swing states after three
weeks of campaign stumbles that had appeared to jeopardize his
chances of winning the Nov. 6 election.

, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Republican presidential
candidate Mitt Romney said on Thursday his comment on a secretly
taped video in which he disparaged 47 percent of voters as
dependent on government “was just completely wrong,” as he
attempted to repair the damage from the controversy.

Romney’s interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity was the first
time he completely disavowed remarks he made at a private
fundraiser in May and which have emerged as a major stumbling
block in his campaign against Democratic President Barack Obama.

HARRISONBURG, Virginia (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said on Thursday his comment on a secretly taped video in which he disparaged 47 percent of voters as dependent on government “was just completely wrong,” as he attempted to repair the damage from the controversy.

Romney’s interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity was the first time he completely disavowed remarks he made at a private fundraiser in May and which have emerged as a major stumbling block in his campaign against Democratic President Barack Obama.

DENVER, Oct 3 (Reuters) – An aggressive Mitt Romney took the
fight to President Barack Obama on Wednesday and the Republican
candidate appeared to breathe new life into his struggling
campaign with a solid performance at their first debate.

As polls showed Obama with a slight edge among voters,
Romney was on the offensive throughout the 90-minute encounter
between the two rivals at the University of Denver.

DENVER (Reuters) – Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of promoting “trickle-down government” policies that are burdening the U.S. economy, as the Republican candidate sought to use a high-stakes debate to right his struggling campaign before the November 6 presidential election.

As polls showed Obama with a slight edge among voters, Romney was the aggressor from the start of a 90-minute encounter between the two rivals at the University of Denver.