Two Republican presidential candidates are scheduled to give major foreign policy speeches during the coming week.
On Friday former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will speak at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. Romney announced his speech during an interview on Sean Hannity’s radio show. He was vague on details, but said his vision is very different from President Barack Obama’s.
“I think our president has pursued a series of strategies that have lead to our decline economically and militarily, and so in that context I’m going to be talking about a very different vision,” Romney said during the interview.
The other speech, from former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, will take place at Southern New Hampshire University on October 10.
“At a turbulent time on the world stage, Governor Huntsman is the only candidate in the race with hands-on foreign policy experience,” Huntsman spokesperson Michael Levoff said in statement. “He will offer a visionary, modern and nimble foreign policy that will both make us safer and expand our economic interests, creating jobs here at home.”
Huntsman will likely double down on one of his central campaign strategies, highlighting his foreign policy credentials and experience representing the United States abroad. Most recently, Huntsman served the Obama administration as U.S. Ambassador to China.
These days Huntsman is focusing almost solely on campaigning in New Hampshire, trying to chip away at Romney’s built-in support in the Granite State. While Huntsman has been slowly climbing in the polls, Romney remains the clear front-runner there.