Democratic debate: Sanders and Clinton trade jabs on Wall Street, Isis
February 05, 2016  09:18
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, pressed about his experience in foreign affairs in Thursday nights Democratic presidential debate, repeatedly cited his 2002 vote against the Iraq War as evidence that he could be trusted to make foreign policy decisions.

Experience is not the only point. Judgment is. And once again, back in 2002 when we both looked at the same evidence about the wisdom of the war in Iraq, one of us voted the right way, and one of us didnt, Sanders said, addressing former secretary of state Hillary Clinton.

Clinton voted in favor of the war, a vote that has become a centerpiece of Sanderss case against her.

But earlier in the debate, the first one-on-one contest between the two, Clinton offered a counter-argument. She has apologized for the vote, but said that Sanderss vote was not enough.

We did differ. A vote in 2002 is not a plan to defeat ISIS in the present day, Clinton said.

Sanders, asked to give more details about his foreign policy, said it flows out of the experience of the Iraq War. That lesson is the United States cannot do it alone. We cannot be the policeman of the world, Sanders said. He added: The key doctrine of the Sanders administration would be, no, we cant continue to do it alone. We need to work in coalition.

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