The fifth GOP presidential debate, hosted by CNN on Tuesday night. Photo: Screenshot.

Bloomberg – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump joined President Barack Obama and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton as targets of fierce attacks Tuesday at a televised debate dominated by concerns over terrorism and sharp-tongued skirmishing among candidates trying to break out of the middle of the pack.

The meeting offered the starkest yet confrontation between the party’s hawks and its more libertarian-leaning candidates in a debate about American security at home and abroad.

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