The 2012 presidential campaign has swung to a foreign-policy, as the presumed GOP presidential nominee, the former governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, prepares for an overseas trip in an effort to shore up his foreign-policy and defense image for voters.

Both the president Barack Obama, and Mitt Romney, spoke at the VFW convention in Reno, Nevada this week.

Pres. Obama was first to speak to convention, there he spoke of the ending of US conflict in Iraq, the ending war in Afghanistan, and the killing of Osama bin Laden.

He told the conventioneers, “Because we’re leading around the world, people have a new attitude towards America. There is more confidence in our leadership. We see across the globe. And when people are asked,” which country do you admire the most?” One nation comes out on top, the United States of America.”

Romney spoke to the convention one day after Pres. Obama, he came out criticizing Pres. Obama’s foreign-policy record, saying that the president hasn’t been tough enough on China, Russia and Iran. He also said that Obama was not supportive enough of the Middle East state of Israel. He told the group there “I will not surrender America’s leadership in the world. We must have confidence in our cause, 30 and our purpose, and resolve in our might.”

Romney is also stated that the intelligence leaks and Defense cuts is putting the nation at risk.

Now, Romney is setting off on a three country trip that includes Britain, Israel, and Poland. He’s doing this in an effort to bolster his credentials as a potential president and commander-in-chief of the armed forces of America. Well on his trip, Romney will attend the opening of the Summer Olympics games in Britain, and then will be off to be with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel.

The highlighting of foreign-policy abilities will probably not matter much to America’s voters. This presidential cycle is already dominated by the economy. where Romney is already getting high marks, voters are confident that Romney will be able to handle the nation’s economy.

Regardless, Romney is taking a shot to bolster his foreign policy credentials, which polls have shown are a definite Obama strength. Nevertheless, Romney attempted to paint Obama as weak on national security and naïve on foreign policy.

In his speech, Romney also vowed to bring China’s “cheating” on trade to an end.

in response, Vice President Joe Biden released a statement saying, ” Gov. Romney had an opportunity to fulfill a long-standing promise by laying out his foreign-policy vision and agenda. He had a chance to say how he would lead his commander-in-chief. Instead, all we heard from Gov. Romney was empty rhetoric and bluster. He reflexively criticizes the president’s policies without offering any alternatives.”