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US Democratic candidates clash in debate

Among both Republican and Democratic contenders, King Abdullah II is considered an important figure in the struggle for stability in the Middle East. But darned if they can nail down his name.

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Clinton said he was “becoming ISIS’s best recruiter”, landing one of the more memorable lines of the night.

But a fissure over a Sanders-Democratic National Committee campaign flap was quickly dismissed, before moderators David Muir and Martha Raddatz went on to national security and ISIS.

“She didn’t have a particular video in mind, but he is being used in social media”, Palmieri said during an interview on ABC News’s “This Week”.

The uproar led to some of the sharpest exchanges of the campaign, so would it dominate the debate Saturday night? Other Republican candidates hardly figured in the debate, thus reflecting that all of them consider him as their main rival. But the Democratic candidates steered clear of discussing the rest of the GOP field.

“We must work more closely with Muslim-American communities. Based on this information, we are restoring the Sanders campaign’s access to the voter file”.

Sanders blasted O’Malley’s contention and said while the Democrats can make all the speeches they want on firearms-related issues, they’re not going to succeed unless they focus on areas where there is a consensus.

“We must never surrender our American values to racists… and billionaires with big mouths”, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley said.

But while the scandal may be over, at least if nothing comes out of the independent investigation, these events have raised another flag for those who feel suspicious of the DNC’s attitude towards Mr. Sanders’ Campaign.

“We could get rid of Assad tomorrow, but that would create another political vacuum that would benefit ISIS”, he said.

He added: “It is not Assad who is attacking the United States”.

Sanders said he had lost an election in Vermont for a gun-control stance and Clinton said she had backed gun-control measures. “We all understand that”, Mr Sanders said. Democratic White House hopeful Hillary Clinton said that as president she would probably still pick out the dinnerware and flowers for state occasions and send her husband, former president Bill Clinton, on special missions. “They are going to people showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists”, she proclaimed. But Hillary Clinton did everything she needed to do to stay ahead.

“Guns in and of themselves, in my opinion, will not make Americans safer”. She quipped, “Everybody should”.

She also disagreed with Sanders’ assertion that the U.S. military should prioritise the fight against ISIL over working to get Assad to leave power, saying both should be done at the same time. “They would repeal the Affordable Care Act, not improve it. They would give more tax breaks to the super-wealthy and corporations, not to the middle class. And they would, despite all their tough talk about terrorism, continue to let people who are on the no-fly list buy guns”.

Saturday’s Democrat party debate was marked by more unification against the Republican camp than before. In a Democratic primary, he may be right.

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Clinton said she appreciated the comment. She nearly certainly won the soundbite war – first by deftly apologizing for returning late to the stage after a commercial break, and then, when asked if Wall Street should love her as president, confidently responded that “everybody should”. Muir and Raddatz went on to the next question, and she returned after about 30 seconds. “That is a pledge that I’m making”, she said. Trump has complained about the length of debates, so what if he just, left?

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responds to a question about the potential use of U.S. ground troops to fight Islamic State during the Democratic presidential candidates debate at St. Anselm Colleg