Archive
Related Stories
Sneak Preview: The First 10 Minutes of "The Choice 2012"
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have spent years crafting their campaign narratives. Tonight, FRONTLINE takes you behind the slogans and behind the spin to present definitive portraits of the two men competing to lead this country.
October 9, 2012
Paths to Power: Obama/Romney Artifacts Discussion Week 3
We released six more "Artifacts of Character" this week, looking back at Mitt Romney and Barack Obama's paths to power and public identities. Now, a small group of the country's leading journalists covering the candidates weigh in on this week's artifacts.
October 5, 2012
Artifact 14: A Governor's Legacy
Mitt Romney's official gubernatorial portrait depicts him casually perched on a desk next to two objects: a photo of his beloved wife Ann and a bound copy of the 2006 health care reform law that was his crown policy achievement while in office.
October 4, 2012
Artifact 13: Portrait of a Future President
As a state senator, Obama hung two pictures in his Springfield office that said a lot about the man he was, and who he wanted to become.
October 4, 2012
Senate Report: Massive Post-9/11 Surveillance Apparatus A "Waste"
Today a Senate committee published the searing results of a two-year investigation concluding that fusion centers have "not produced useful intelligence to support Federal counterterrorism efforts" and have "too often wasted money and stepped on Americans’ civil liberties."
October 3, 2012
Artifact 12: Letters From Romney's Mission to France
At age 19, Mitt Romney set out for France to begin 30 months of missionary work for the Mormon church. Each day, he would wake at 6 a.m., eat breakfast, study his bible, and then go door-to-door looking to win over converts.
October 3, 2012
Artifact 11: Obama's Early Impressions of Chicago
In this rarely seen letter, written while he was a community organizer in Chicago, Obama is still very much the writer, scribbling eloquent descriptions of his new hometown on yellow legal paper.
October 3, 2012
Controversial Teenage Guantanamo Detainee Transferred to Canada
A juvenile when he was arrested, Omar Khadr's case has been a lightning rod in the debate over post-9/11 detention policies. His treatment in detention and his family's connections to Al Qaeda have only added to the controversy.
October 2, 2012
New Mortgage Task Force Charges JPMorgan With "Systemic Fraud"
The lawsuit is the first filed by a federal mortgage task force established by the Obama administration to investigate alleged fraud involving home loans.
October 2, 2012