克林頓：“穩健”是美國總統最重要的品質
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says "steadiness" is the most important characteristic a president must have. Her Republican rival Donald Trump says voters do not have to worry about his temperament or judgement.
Clinton spoke first Wednesday night at an NBC News Commander in Chief Forum held aboard the Air Force carrier Intrepid in New York City. Both Clinton and Trump appeared separately on the same stage, answering questions about national security.
They agreed not to use the forum as a place to attack each other but occasional verbal jabs crept into the discussions.
Clinton said a president has to be someone who listens and evaluates what he or she is being told. She said temperament and judgement are the keys.
She called military force a last resort and that she learned that the war in Iraq was a mistake, admitting that she also made a mistake supporting it when she was a senator. Clinton said the U.S. will not put ground forces into Iraq "ever again."
She said the nuclear deal with Iran put a lid on its nuclear program, and said she would enforce it "to the letter."
Clinton said the U.S has to squeeze more support from its Arab allies in the war on Islamic State.
Trump told the forum he would be "very very cautious" when deciding whether to send Americans into battle, accusing Clinton of having a "happy trigger."
He said he was "shocked" to hear in classified national security briefings given to major presidential candidates that Clinton, President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry did not follow recommendations of intelligence experts.
Trump was unashamed about his praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin despite tensions between the White House and Kremlin. He told the forum he would have a "very good relationship" with Putin and many other foreign leaders.
Clinton and Trump will hold their first face to face debate on September 26. It is the first of three scheduled debates in the weeks before the November 8 election to pick the successor to President Barack Obama.美國民主黨總統候選人希拉里·克林頓說，“穩健”是一個總統必須有的最重要的品質。她的共和黨對手川普說，選民不必擔心他的性情或者判斷力。
星期三晚上，在美國全國廣播公司的“三軍總司令論壇”上，克林頓首先發言。這次論壇是在紐約市的空軍退役航空母艦“大無畏”號上舉行的。克林頓和川普分別登場，回答了有關國家安全的問題。
雖然雙方同意不把這個論壇作爲攻擊彼此的場所，但論壇上偶而還是會有脣槍舌劍的時候。
克林頓說，總統必須傾聽和評估向他（她）彙報的情況，並表示，性情和判斷力是關鍵。
她稱動用軍事武力是最後手段，並說她知道伊拉克戰爭是一個錯誤，承認自己在擔任聯邦參議員時支持伊拉克戰爭是錯誤。克林頓說，美國“再也”不會向伊拉克派遣地面部隊了。
她說，同伊朗簽署的核協議結束了它的核項目，並說，她將“不折不扣”地實施這個協議。
克林頓說，美國對伊斯蘭國的戰爭必須從阿拉伯盟國那裏爭取到更多的支持。
川普在論壇上表示，在決定是否把美國軍人派往戰場一事上，他會“非常謹慎”，他指責克林頓是一個“好戰者。”
他說，他在給主要總統候選人提供的國家安全機密簡報上聽到，克林頓、奧巴馬總統和克里國務卿沒有聽取情報專家的建議，他對此深感 “震驚”。
儘管白宮和克里姆林宮之間關係緊張，但是川普毫不掩飾他對俄羅斯總統普京的稱讚。他在論壇上說，他會和普京以及許多其它國家領導人建立“非常融洽的關係”。
克林頓和川普將在9月26日進行他們首場面對面的辯論。這是11月8日總統大選前的三場辯論的第一場。這次大選將決定奧巴馬總統的繼任者。
