What’s the Gist?

On Sept. 16, CNN hosted the second Republican presidential debate in none other than the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. It clocked in at nearly 3 hours and hosted 11 players:

Jeb Bush (former Florida governor), Ben Carson (neurosurgeon), Chris Christie (governor of New Jersey), Ted Cruz (junior senator from Texas), Carly Fiorina (former CEO of Hewlett-Packard), Mike Huckabee (Christian minister and former Arkansas governor), John Kasich (governor of Ohio and former U.S. congressman), Rand Paul (junior senator from Kentucky), Marco Rubio (junior senator from Florida), Donald Trump (real estate mogul and reality TV star), and Scott Walker (governor of Wisconsin).

The candidates, standing an arm’s length away from one another, were placed in a cage match of jabbing and policy defending. In case you missed the broadcast, left halfway through or tuned out completely, we compiled some highlights for you.

Foreign policy: Candidates meet on Iran

Much of the debate was spent on how the U.S. would interact with the world.

The big subject most of the stage seemed to agree on?

Iran and the nuclear agreement signed earlier this year. (Supported by the U.S., Iran and five other countries, the agreement would limit Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for lifted sanctions.)

Cruz led the charge against President Barack Obama’s deal onstage, declaring he would “rip to shreds” the deal if elected president. Fiorina said she’d make support for Israel a priority, then hang additional sanctions over Iran unless its leaders agree to inspections on any government and military infrastructures at any time.

Kasich was the lone voice not actively combating the deal. He called it a “bad deal,” but said if he were to inherit the deal as president, he would work with it and “slap the sanctions back” on Iran if it violates the terms of the deal.