Images: The First Republican Presidential Debate and Forum
See the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday in Cleveland. A pre-debate forum was also held featuring seven of the candidates that were not qualified for the primetime debate.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland.
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Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks to a reporter as he makes his way through the media center at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, before tonight's first Republican presidential debate. Santorum has not qualified for the primetime debate and will be participating in a pre-debate forum with six other non-qualifying candidates.
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Republican presidential candidates from left, Jim Gilmore, Lindsey Graham, Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Carly Fiorina, and George Pataki participate in a pre-debate forum at the Quicken Loans Arena, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland. Seven of the candidates have not qualified for the primetime debate.
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Republican presidential candidates from left, Jim Gilmore, Lindsey Graham, Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Carly Fiorina, and George Pataki take the stage for a pre-debate forum at the Quicken Loans Arena, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland. Seven of the candidates have not qualified for the primetime debate.
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Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during a pre-debate forum at the Quicken Loans Arena, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland. Seven of the candidates have not qualified for the prime time debate.
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Republican presidential candidate former Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during a pre-debate forum at the Quicken Loans Arena, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland. Seven of the candidates have not qualified for the prime time debate.
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Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, second from right, is joined on stage from left by Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, and George Pataki during a FOX News Channel pre-debate forum at the Quicken Loans Arena, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland. Seven of the candidates have not qualified for the primetime debate.
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Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, speaks to the media in the spin area after a televised forum ahead of the first Republican presidential debate at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015. Seven candidates in the forum, hosted by Fox News and Facebook Inc. in conjunction with the Ohio Republican Party, were omitted from the prime-time debate stage after they didn't make the top 10 of an average of the five most recent national polls as recognized by Fox News.
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Rick Perry, former governor of Texas and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, pauses while speaking to the media in the spin area after a televised forum ahead of the first Republican presidential debate at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015. Seven candidates in the forum, hosted by Fox News and Facebook Inc. in conjunction with the Ohio Republican Party, were omitted from the prime-time debate stage after they didn't make the top 10 of an average of the five most recent national polls as recognized by Fox News.
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Carly Fiorina, former chairman and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Co. and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, speaks to the media in the spin area after a televised forum ahead of the first Republican presidential debate at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015. Seven candidates in the forum, hosted by Fox News and Facebook Inc. in conjunction with the Ohio Republican Party, were omitted from the prime-time debate stage after they didn't make the top 10 of an average of the five most recent national polls as recognized by Fox News.
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Audience members watch Republican presidential candidates Jim Gilmore, Lindsey Graham, Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Carly Fiorina, and George Pataki as they participate in a FOX News Channel pre-debate forum at the Quicken Loans Arena, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland. Seven of the candidates have not qualified for the primetime debate.
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Republican presidential candidate businesswoman Carly Fiorina stands on stage for a pre-debate forum at the Quicken Loans Arena, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland. Seven of the candidates have not qualified for the primetime debate.
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Republican presidential candidate New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie answers a question during the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland.
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Republican presidential candidates from left, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Scott Walker, Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and John Kasich participate in the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland.
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Republican presidential candidates from left, Jim Gilmore, Lindsey Graham, Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Carly Fiorina, and George Pataki take the stage for a pre-debate forum at the Quicken Loans Arena, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland. Seven of the candidates have not qualified for the primetime debate.
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Audience members listen during the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland.
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks as former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, left, listens during the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland.
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Bob Kunst of Miami Beach, Fla. wears a Hillary Rodham Clinton mask and holds an anti-Hillary poster outside the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, before Thursday's first Republican presidential debate being held at the arena.
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump answers a question during the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland.
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Republican presidential candidates from left, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Scott Walker, Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and John Kasich take the stage for the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland.
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Republican presidential candidates from left, Jim Gilmore, Lindsey Graham, Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Carly Fiorina, and George Pataki take the stage for a pre-debate forum at the Quicken Loans Arena, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland. Seven of the candidates have not qualified for the primetime debate.
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Republican presidential candidates Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, left, and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, right, speak on stage during a commercial break during a pre-debate forum at the Quicken Loans Arena, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland. Seven of the candidates have not qualified for the primetime debate.
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Republican presidential candidate former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, right, speaks during a pre-debate forum at the Quicken Loans Arena, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland. Seven of the candidates have not qualified for the primetime debate.
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks as from left, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Scott Walker listen during the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland.
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Republican presidential candidate Lindsey Graham speaks during a pre-debate forum at the Quicken Loans Arena, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland. Seven of the candidates have not qualified for the primetime debate.
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul. R-Ky., speaks during the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland.
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Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks during the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland.
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks during the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland.
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Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., center, and his wife Kelley Ashby walk outsidethe Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, before tonight's first Republican presidential debate.
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