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AP NATIONAL COVERAGE: Biden, Ryan give fiery debate performances, draw stark differences between their tickets’ platforms

Published 12:01 am Thursday, October 11, 2012

Paul Ryan and Joe Biden at the end of tonight's debate The Associated Press
Paul Ryan and Joe Biden at the end of tonight's debate The Associated Press

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So far:

DANVILLE, Ky. (AP) — At odds early and often, Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan squabbled over the economy, taxes, Medicare and more Thursday night in a contentious, interruption-filled debate. “That is a bunch of malarkey,” the vice president retorted after a particularly tough Ryan attack on the administration’s foreign policy.

FACT CHECK: Slips made in the debate.