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The complete transcript of the debate is posted below. The Fix team has annotated it with context, analysis and other thoughts, using Genius. To see an annotation, click or tap the highlighted words. If you would like to leave your own annotations, make sure you have a Genius account. Post staff annotations will appear by default; others are in a menu that you can see in the upper right when you click or tap on an annotation.LESTER HOLT: Good evening from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. I'm Lester Holt, anchor of "NBC Nightly News." I want to welcome you...

Seven candidates participated in tonight's Fox News Republican primary debate in Des Moines, Iowa: Ben Carson, Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.), former Florida governor Jeb Bush, Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.), Ohio Gov. John Kasich, New Jersey governor Chris Christie and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). Donald Trump did not attend the debate. The complete transcript is posted below. Washington Post reporters and readers using Genius will be annotating it, and will continue to do so following the debate. To see an annotation, click or tap the highlighted part of the transcript; if you would like to leave your own annotations, make sure...

BOB SCHIEFFER: Good evening from the campus of Lynn University here in Boca Raton, Florida. This is the fourth and last debate of the 2012 campaign, brought to you by the Commission on Presidential Debates. This one's on foreign policy. I'm Bob Schieffer of CBS News. The questions are mine, and I have not shared them with the candidates or their aides. The audience has taken a vow of silence — no applause, no reaction of any kind except right now when we welcome President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney. (Sustained cheers, applause.) Gentlemen, your campaigns have agreed to...

CANDY CROWLEY: Good evening from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. I'm Candy Crowley from CNN's State of the Union. We are here for the second presidential debate, a town hall sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. The Gallup Organization chose 82 uncommitted voters from the New York area. Their questions will drive the night. My goal is to give the conversation direction and to ensure questions get answered. The questions are known to me and my team only. Neither the commission nor the candidates have seen them. I hope to get to as many questions as possible. And...

Hi to all, I did a search but couldn't find another listing. The transcript is already up, as is the transcript from the first debate between Senators McCain and Obama. You can also find transcripts of previous debates going all the way back to Reagan/Carter in 1980. Enjoy!

Transcript of the presidential debate held on September 26, 2008

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome to the Palace Theatre here in Myrtle Beach. We're here in South Carolina five days before the first Democratic primary in the South. And it's no coincidence that we're holding this debate on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, along with our partners, the Congressional Black Caucus Institute. This state will provide the first significant test of support within the African-American community in a historic Democratic contest that has confronted issues of race and transcended them. As...