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U.S. President Barack Obama (L) looks over at Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney during the second U.S. presidential campaign debate in Hempstead, New York, October 16, 2012. REUTERS/Jim Young

President Barack Obama and GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney will meet on Monday, Oct. 22 at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida for the third and final presidential debate with just 15 days left to go until the Nov. 6 elections.

The debate will be moderated by CBS' Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer. Schieffer is "broadcast journalism's most experienced Washington reporter." He also serves as anchor and moderator of "Face The Nation", CBS News' Sunday public affairs broadcast.

Live Online Streaming

YouTube will stream the debates live and in full on the YouTube Elections Hub. YouTube will partner with ABC News, who will be live streaming all four debates on the ABC News YouTube channel.

Debate Format

The debate will focus on both foreign policy issues.

Obama and Romney will answer questions about America's role in the world, the longest war - Afghanistan and Pakistan, red Lines - Israel and Iran, the Changing Middle East and the New Face of Terrorism and the Rise of China and Tomorrow's World.

The terror attack on the U.S. Consulate that killed four Americans last month in Libya is expected to be the focal point of the conversation on Monday.

According to the Commission on Presidential Debates, Obama and Romney will have two minutes to respond to the questions. Following the candidates' responses, the moderator will use the balance of the 15-minute segment to facilitate a discussion on the topic.

Nielsen said that 65.6 million million people tuned in to watch Tuesday's second debate - down from the 67.2 million that watched the first debate.

YouTube's stream will feature commentary and analysis from its eight YouTube Election Hub partners -- ABC News, Al Jazeera English, BuzzFeed, Larry King, New York Times, Phil DeFranco, Univisionand the Wall Street Journal. The partners will be independently providing their own live and on-demand coverage of the debates before, during and after. Univision will offer a live version of the debates translated into Spanish.

After each debate, YouTube will have the full debate, as well as highlight clips, available to watch soon at youtube.com/politics.

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