Ryan accuses President Obama of treating Israel in a manner "bordering on contempt"

NEW YORK — The Republican presidential ticket sharpened and broadened its attacks on President Barack Obama’s foreign policy record Friday, with Mitt Romney blasting Obama for declining to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Romney’s running mate accusing the president of failing to lead in a time of global crisis.

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Romney has struggled to make the case against the sitting commander in chief as angry anti-American protests in the Arab world turned violent this week. After an initial statement mischaracterized the tumultuous events, Romney has taken a mournful tone about the loss of a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Libya and instead is making a broader argument that Obama has a pattern of sending the wrong message to the world.

His running mate was even more pointed in speech excerpts released by the campaign.

“Look across that region today, and what do we see?” Ryan asked. “The slaughter of brave dissidents in Syria. Mobs storming American embassies and consulates. Iran four years closer to gaining a nuclear weapon. Israel, our best ally in the region, treated with indifference bordering on contempt by the Obama administration.”

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