SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Ben Carson last week took the stage inside a dimmed arena at Wofford College, just a short drive from Cowpens, South Carolina, home of the pivotal upstate battle where southern rebels helped turn the tide in the Revolutionary War. The 64-year-old retired neurosurgeon had arrived at the venue in need of reversing his own stalled momentum in the unsteady battle to become the GOP nominee next year.
The unavoidable remedy was to directly confront a flagrant weakness that had shown signs of eroding his candidacy.
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“Some people think that every president has to be a foreign affairs expert, has to know everything about the history of Russia. Well, that’s not true. But you’ve got to have people around you who know everything about the history of Russia and you have to know how to use that information,” Carson explained.
Alleviating bubbling worries about his fluidity on foreign affairs was of top order for Carson on this night. Having just returned from a surprise two-day trip to Jordan to visit a Syrian refugee camp, he appeared intent on sharing his on-the-ground experience in the Middle East as a way to offset his thin resume on grappling with global tumult.
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