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Clinton disagrees with Obama’s ‘no nukes’ comment |
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By Klaus Marre
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Posted: 08/02/07 03:37 PM [ET] |
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, said Thursday that she disagrees with her closest rival, Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.), on the possible use of nuclear weapons. Obama, according to an Associated Press story, had said earlier that he would not use nuclear weapons under any circumstances. He added that he opposes the use of the weapons if civilians are involved and then said, “Let me scratch that. There's been no discussion of nuclear weapons. That's not on the table.” When asked about the comment, Clinton said she does not believe “that any president should make any blanket statements with respect to the use or non-use of nuclear weapons.” She added that presidents should “be very careful at all times in discussing the use or non-use of nuclear weapons,” and argued that the threat of using those weapons has been used as a “deterrence to keep the peace.” After an amicable beginning of the campaign season, in which the top Democratic candidates all pointed to the overall strength of the field, things have begun to heat up in the past two weeks, beginning with Obama’s assertion that Clinton was “Bush-Cheney lite.” In addition, several of the candidates have lashed out at the Illinois senator for saying he was willing to hold talks with rogue regimes. |
