The first Democratic presidential debate will be held on CNN on Tuesday. Today the network released the candidate’s standing order based on poll results since August 1st.
Standing at center stage will be Hillary Clinton with Bernie Sanders to her immediate right. To the right of Sanders will be Jim Webb.
On Clinton’s left will be Martin O’Malley and to his left, Lincoln Chafee.
Democrat Lincoln Chafee has decided to maybe cast his hat into the ring for the 2016 presidential run and in the process, the former democratic governor of Rhode Island has something to say about Hillary Clinton, the number one Democrat vying for the top spot.
In an online video posted earlier today, Chafee – who was once an Independent and a Republican – praised President Obama, saying the president has lead admirably. But his words for Mrs Clinton were… well, not too nice.
“I would argue that the decision to invade Iraq has destabilized the Middle East,” Chafee says in a second video. “As a senator I voted against the war authorization.”
He added that he believes the war with Iraq was “one of the worst decisions in United States history.”
Clinton, a senator at the time, voted to authorize military action against Iraq, a vote she says she got wrong.
Chafee also stressed international affairs during his announcement video, saying he’s “alarmed about the international instability, especially in the Middle East and North Africa. I don’t like where this is going.”
He said moving forward the United States “will need fresh ideas and the most skillful diplomacy in dealing with this ever changing world.”
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