“We are going to convene my top generals and give them a simple instruction,” Trump told the crowd in Greenville, N.C., on Tuesday. “They will have 30 days to submit to the Oval Office a plan for soundly and quickly defeating ISIS.”
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So apparently the take-away from tonight’s “forum” is that under Clinton, there will be no ground troops again in Iraq and that under Donald Trump, invasion policy includes plundering natural resources like oil.
A retired Marine Corps captain asks Donald Trump about his “secret plan to defeat Isis,” and “what is your plan for the region” once Isis is defeated.
“If you really look at the aftermath, Iran is going to be taking over Iraq. They’ve been doing it, and it’s not a pretty picture,” Trump says. “If we’re gonna get out, take the oil. If we would’ve taken the oil, you wouldn’t have Isis. Isis formed with the power and the wealth of that oil.”
Asked how the US would go about “taking the oil,” Trump decries the loss of “the spoils” to the victors in conflicts.
Donald Trump joins 'Commander-in-Chief' forum
Following former secretary of state and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has joined Matt Lauer onboard the Intrepid to discuss national security, military issues and veterans affairs.
Asked to avoid attacking Clinton, Trump tells Lauer that he will keep his attacks “to a minimum”.
Asked about his personal and professional life experiences that prepare
“I’ve built a great company, I’ve been all over the world, I’ve dealt with foreign countries. I’ve done very well, as an example, in dealing with China,” Trump says.
“I think the main thing is that i have great judgment - I have good judgment,” Trump says. “I was totally against the war in Iraq... perhaps almost as bad was the way Barack Obama got out.”
Trump defends his temperament and regretting inflammatory comments, telling Lauer that “when you say regret, yeah sure I regret, but in the meantime, I beat 16 people and here I am.”
“If you saw what happened in Mexico the other day, where I went there,” Trump says, “if you look at what happened, look at the aftermath today, people that arranged ther trip in Mexico have been forced out of government.”
Clinton: We are not putting ground troops into Iraq ever again.
A Marine Corps sergeant and Arabic translator who is undecided asks Hillary Clinton whether she thinks the criticism of the Veterans Association have been “worse than they really are”.
“I will not let the VA be privatized, and I do think there is an agenda out there supported by my opponent to do that. I think that would be very disastrous for our military veterans,” Clinton says, pledging to have a meeting every week in the Oval Office about the VA.
“We’re living in a technological world - you cannot tell me that you can’t do a better job getting that information.”
Asked by Matt Lauer about rates of veteran suicide, Clinton lays the blame on overprescription of opioids, sexual assault and one-size-fits-all mental health treatment that ignores specific needs.
“This month is Suicide Prevention Awareness month,” Clinton says. “I rolled out my mental health agenda last week, and I have a whole section devoted to veteran’s mental health. We’ve got to remove the stigma, we’ve got to help people currently serving” to feel safe to vocalize symptoms of depression, and “help our veterans reenter civilian life and live full productive lives.”
The next question comes from a former intelligence analyst for the Air Force, a Democrat who asks Hillary Clinton how she responds to questions about whether her “hawkish” foreign policy will continue.
“I assume you’re talking about Iraq, because of my vote, and you probably are talking about Libya, because of the role that I played in the administration’s decision about whether to take on Qaddafi,” Clinton responds.
“I view force as a last resort, not a first choice,” Clinton says. “I will also be as careful as I can in making the most significant decisions any president and commander-in-chief can make about sending our men and women into harm’s way.”
“Taking that action was the right decision,” Clinton says, of her advocacy for intervention in Libya. “Not taking it and permitting there to be an ongoing civil war in Libya would have been as dangerous and threatening as what we are seeing in Syria.”
20:12 The first question from the audience comes from retired Air Force lieutenant John Lester, a Republican who asks Hillary Clinton how she expects “those who were entrusted with America’s most sensitive information... when you clearly corrupted our national security?”
“You know and I know classified material is designated, it is marked - there is a header so that there is no dispute at all so that what is being communicated... is marked classified,” Clinton says. “And what we have here is the use of an unclassified system by hundreds of people in our government to send information that was not marked.”
“I communicated about classified material on a wholly separate system. I took it very seriously,” Clinton continues. “When I traveled I went into one of those little tents... because we didn’t want there to be any potential for someone to have embedded a camera to try to see whatever it is that I was seeing.”
“I take it very seriously - always have, always will.”
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Berserker
she wouldnt be treated with much kindness if she snuckinto another country
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Ferocious Flower
Gawd, Matt Lauer interviewing Mr. Trump is sooooooooooooo blatantly obvious which way he's swinging with this election. Complete BS
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Alec Prince
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Kansas
Being illegal automatically makes some a criminal.
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frnk0077
I can't vote for someone who has a snuke in her sniz
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Milos Obilic
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