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Presidential debates commission changes format to handle talky Trump

By Paul Bedard

Published July 7, 2016 2:00pm ET

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Presidential debates commission changes format to handle talky Trump — Moderator Bob Schieffer, center, watches as Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama shake hands before the start of the last debate at Lynn University, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) | Pablo Martinez Monsivais

The Commission on Presidential Debates, the official sponsor of the four presidential and vice presidential debates in the fall, is reducing the structure and expanding the time candidates get to talk and respond, a change that should accommodate Republican Donald Trump’s freewheeling style and Hillary Clinton’s punchy retorts.

Officials this morning plan to announce the changes that build on the looser style and format in the 2012 debates.

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