National Security
Clinton Says Bush Has No Authority ‘To Do Anything With Respect to Iran’
Yesterday, ThinkProgress interviewed Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and asked her about Sen. Jim Webb’s (D-VA) efforts to expressly prohibit President Bush from taking “unilateral military action in Iran without the express consent of the Congress.”
Clinton expressed her support for the position, saying, “I think that the President should not assume that he has any authority to do anything with respect to Iran.” Clinton said that Bush “needs to come to the Congress, and neither the resolution regarding Afghanistan or Iraq give him authority to take offensive action.”
Hillary Clinton calls Iran a threat to U.S., Israel
Calling Iran a danger to the U.S. and one of Israel's greatest threats, U.S. senator and presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said "no option can be taken off the table" when dealing with that nation.
"U.S. policy must be clear and unequivocal: We cannot, we should not, we must not permit Iran to build or acquire nuclear weapons," the Democrat told a crowd of Israel supporters. "In dealing with this threat ... no option can be taken off the table."
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Clinton Defends War Vote, Touts Security
Pressed to defend her Iraq war vote, Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday there are no "do-overs in life" and Democrats need a presidential nominee who inspires confidence on national security.
In her first campaign swing through this early nominating state, the New York senator told party activists that Democrats in 2008 will face "someone on the other side who will be very tough and strong, even bellicose perhaps."
That likely was a reference to Arizona Sen. John McCain, who has taken a hard line in supporting more U.S. troops to Iraq, as President Bush has announced.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton Explains Her Iraq War Vote
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton appears on CNN to discuss her vote on the Iraq war resolution. Sen. Clinton explains that she takes responsibility for her vote based on the intelligence material presented to the senate and the American people at the time.
Sen. Clinton Talks With Greta Van Susteren About Her Trip To Iraq
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton discusses her recent trip to Iraq and legislation she is offering to change the course.
Sen. Clinton meets Pakistani President Musharraf
U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton met with the Pakistani president on Sunday, shortly after she arrived for a brief visit, an official said.
The meeting took place after Clinton — a Democrat from New York who is considering running for president — arrived at the Lahore international airport from Afghanistan, said the official on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to media.
The two discussed a range of issues, including the situation in Afghanistan and the Middle East, he said, quoting Musharraf as telling Clinton that Pakistan was in favor of a "stable, strong and prosperous Afghanistan" and that Islamabad was extending full support to the world community in the fight against terrorism.
New Yorker Profiles Clinton's Position on Foreign Policy
On September 12, 2001, Hillary Clinton gave a speech on the Senate floor in which she sounded much like President Bush, saying that the country should “make very clear that not only those who harbor terrorists but those who in any way give any aid or comfort whatsoever will now face the wrath of our country.” She added, “You are either with America in our time of need or you are not.”
When we met recently in her office in the Russell building, I mentioned that speech, calling it “pretty pugnacious.”
Hillary Clinton Says She Wouldn't Have Voted For Iraq War
ABC News' David Chalian Reports: As Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton continues to assess a possible presidential candidacy and the contours of a Democratic nomination fight, she has taken another step away from her 2002 vote authorizing President Bush to attack Iraq by saying that she "wouldn't have voted that way" if she knew everything she knows now.
Clinton has often been asked if she regrets her vote authorizing military action and she usually answers that question with an artful dodge, saying that she accepts responsibility for the vote and suggesting that if the Senate had all the information it has today (no WMD, troubled post-war military planning, etc. . .), there would never have been a vote on the Senate floor.
Clinton warns of "profound" economic impact of border ID plan
U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton says the economic impact of a Bush administration proposal to have people crossing the U.S.-Canadian border use a "passport card" has not been adequately evaluated.
The New York Democrat told the U.S. State Department that the proposal is of "tremendous importance" to New Yorkers, and to all Americans who live near the U.S.-Canadian border.
Hillary Clinton Supports Protest Against Ahmadinejad
New York’s Democratic U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton expressed support for Israel on Thursday in a protest against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
In a letter read at a conference organized by the American Jewish Congress in New York City, Clinton called Ahmadinejad a serious threat to Israel and her allies.
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