Press. voanews.com.
Democratic
presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says "steadiness" is the most
important characteristic a president must have. Her Republican rival Donald
Trump says voters do not have to worry about his temperament or judgement.
Clinton spoke first
Wednesday night at an NBC News Commander-in-Chief Forum held aboard the Air
Force carrier Intrepid in New York City. In a likely preview of their three
upcoming debates, Both Clinton and Republican rival Donald Trump were appearing
separately on the same stage, answering questions about national security.
They agreed not
to use the forum as a place to attack each other but occasional verbal jabs
crept into the discussions. Clinton said a president has to be someone who
listens, evaluates what he or she is being told and said temperament and
judgement are the keys.
She called
military force a last resort and that learned that the war in Iraq was a
mistake, admitting that she also made a mistake supporting it when she was a
senator. Clinton said the U.S. will not put ground forces on the ground in Iraq
"ever again."
She said the
nuclear deal with Iran put a lid on its nuclear program, and said she would
enforce it "to the letter." Clinton said the U.S has to squeeze more
support from its Arab allies in the war on Islamic State. Trump told the forum
he would be "very very cautious" when deciding whether to send
Americans into battle, accusing Clinton of having a "happy trigger."
He also said he
was "shocked" by one of the things he heard at his classified
national security briefing for major presidential candidates, but would not say
what it was. Trump was unashamed about his praise for Russian President
Vladimir Putin despite tensions between the White House and Kremlin. He told
the forum he would have a "very good relationship" with Putin and
many other foreign leaders.
Clinton and
Trump will hold their first face to face debate on September 26. It is the
first of three scheduled debates in the weeks before the November 8 election to
pick the successor to President Barack Obama.
Earlier
Wednesday, Trump unveiled his plans for the military.
"I'm going
to make our military so big, so powerful, so strong, that nobody, absolutely
nobody, is gonna mess with us," Trump declared on his campaign website. He
later told an audience in Philadelphia that he would give U.S. commanders 30
days to come up with a plan to defeat Islamic State, after boasting this week
that he has his own "secret plan."
Clinton scoffed
at Trump's claim, saying "the secret is, he has no plan."
She said
American voters "know they can count on me to be the kind of commander in
chief who will protect our country and our troops, and they know they cannot
count on Donald Trump. They view him as a danger and a risk."
Trump said
Clinton's time as U.S. secretary of state from 2009 to 2013 left the Middle
East in "more disarray than ever before.” "She's trigger happy and
very unstable," Trump said. He also accused her of being
"reckless" in the way she handled her emails when she was secretary. U.S. investigators concluded Clinton was
"extremely careless" in her handling of national security materials,
but that no criminal charges were warranted.
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