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| Rick Perry excluded from Republican debate | Rick Perry excluded from Republican debate |
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| Rick Perry, the former governor of Texas, is not among the 10 Republicans running for president who will take part in the first primetime TV debate. | Rick Perry, the former governor of Texas, is not among the 10 Republicans running for president who will take part in the first primetime TV debate. |
| Donald Trump, Jeb Bush and Scott Walker will take the stage in Cleveland on Thursday night with seven rivals. | Donald Trump, Jeb Bush and Scott Walker will take the stage in Cleveland on Thursday night with seven rivals. |
| Fox News selected the 10 most popular Republicans based on five national polls, excluding Mr Perry and South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham. | Fox News selected the 10 most popular Republicans based on five national polls, excluding Mr Perry and South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham. |
| Those two and five other candidates will take part in an earlier debate. | Those two and five other candidates will take part in an earlier debate. |
| Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum reacted angrily to his omission. | Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum reacted angrily to his omission. |
| "The idea that they have left out the runner-up for the 2012 nomination [Santorum], the former four-term governor of Texas [Perry], the governor of Louisiana [Bobby Jindal], the first female Fortune 50 CEO [Carly Fiorina], and the 3-term Senator from South Carolina [Graham] due to polling seven months before a single vote is cast is preposterous," his spokesman said. | "The idea that they have left out the runner-up for the 2012 nomination [Santorum], the former four-term governor of Texas [Perry], the governor of Louisiana [Bobby Jindal], the first female Fortune 50 CEO [Carly Fiorina], and the 3-term Senator from South Carolina [Graham] due to polling seven months before a single vote is cast is preposterous," his spokesman said. |
| In contrast, Mr Perry tweeted that he was looking forward to being on Fox at 5pm for "a serious exchange of ideas and positive solutions to get America back on track". | In contrast, Mr Perry tweeted that he was looking forward to being on Fox at 5pm for "a serious exchange of ideas and positive solutions to get America back on track". |
| The main debate takes place four hours later at 9pm local time (01:00 GMT). | The main debate takes place four hours later at 9pm local time (01:00 GMT). |
| All eyes will be on hotel tycoon Mr Trump, who leads the polls and has made headlines with outspoken remarks about many of his rivals. | All eyes will be on hotel tycoon Mr Trump, who leads the polls and has made headlines with outspoken remarks about many of his rivals. |
| The Republican top 10 | The Republican top 10 |
| A fun guide to the 10 Republican debaters | A fun guide to the 10 Republican debaters |
| One of the Republican frontrunners, Jeb Bush, became embroiled in a row with leading Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton over women's health funding on Tuesday. | |
| The former Florida governor was attacked by Mrs Clinton after he told a conservative Christian audience he wasn't sure "we need half a billion dollars for women's health issues". | |
| But he later said he "misspoke" after criticism of his remarks. |