Subscribe to one of our news e-mail lists. The six GOP presidential candidates learned Wednesday that they will be allowed to question one another during Monday's nationally televised debate in Des Moines.
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The format of the 90-minute debate will be announced today, Setka said. The forum will include up to five segments, including questions from moderators John Bachman and NBC's Tom Brokaw, as well as pre-selected questions from Iowans. Bachman, lead anchor at WHO, Des Moines' NBC affiliate, met Wednesday with Brokaw in New York to work out details. The debate format is important, because candidates who are trailing in the polls will be trying to come up with questions and strategies aimed at derailing the front-runner. Texas Gov. George W. Bush has the most to lose.