WASHINGTON (AP) — The leading Republican presidential candidates took hardline positions on U.S. foreign policy, with Mitt Romney promising in the latest debate that "Iran will not have a nuclear weapon" if he is elected to the White House.
Most of the candidates also, with the exception of Jon Huntsman, President Barack Obama's former ambassador to Beijing, vowed get-tough policies against China, the Asian powerhouse they said was stealing U.S. intellectual property, gaining trade advantage through currency manipulation and draining away American jobs.
While there were points of disagreement, the eight candidates at the Saturday night debate at Wofford College in …

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