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Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, left, and Rick Perry spar during Monday night debate; photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images.It seems the old saying Don ;t mess with Texas doesn ;t apply to Republican presidential debates, as Texas Gov. Rick Perry spent much of Monday night CNN/Tea Party-sponsored event in Tampa, Fla., under withering attack from many of his rivals on the stage.As was the case in Wednesday deb stanley cup ate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., Perry and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney clashed repeatedly on issues such as Social Security stanley cup and who is best equipped to jump-start job creation in the country.P stanley cup erry softened his rhetoric on Social Security in Monday night forum, holding back his criticism of the program as a Ponzi scheme and monstrous lie. Instead he sought to reassure current beneficiaries and those nearing retirement that their plans would not be affected.The people who are on Social Security today need to understand something: Slam dunk guaranteed, that program is going to be there in place for those. Those individuals that are moving towards being on Social Security, that program going to be there for them when they arrive there, Perry said. But Romney refused to give Perry a pass, pushing him to explain his views on how the program should be structured. The real question is: Does Gov. Perry continue Rqpb Treasury Secretary Yellen says Republican-proposed IRS funding cut in exchange for Israel aid is irresponsible
BAGHDAD | One symbol of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein extravagances was a zoo the family kept in a palace. Though the palace grounds were badly damaged during the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, the three lions survived discovered by coalition forces in a neglected state. Now they and their offspring are thriving at the Baghdad zoo.Massive creatures, the nine adult lions weigh more than 700 pounds each. 82 adidas campus 20;They are my children, their handler tells us, and introduces some o nike dunk f them by name with the help of a translator:Not to be outdone, the camels in a different part of the zoo wander over and preen for the camera:During our blogging from Iraq, wejordan 8217;ve been marking the transformation of a few聽notable places聽from 2003 to聽now. See all of the reports from the trip. Go Deeper animals iraq iraq - august 2010 stories of the week By 鈥? Larisa Epatko Larisa Epatko Larisa Epatko produced multimedia web