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Chris Christie, from left, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy and Senator Tim Scott, arrive to participate in the Republican primary presidential debate hosted by NBC News in Miami.
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By Laura Davison and Kathleen Hunter

November 9, 2023 at 3:43 AM UTC

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November 9, 2023 at 6:19 PM UTC

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Wars in the Mideast and Ukraine, along with demands to ban the TikTok video-sharing app, dominated the third Republican presidential debate on Wednesday, with candidates mostly stressing substance over personal attacks.

Each of the 2024 hopefuls — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, South Carolina Senator Tim Scott and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie — was more willing to take on former President Donald Trump than in previous forums. The moderators focused their first questions on the absent GOP frontrunner, who held his own rally 11 miles away.