Debate Quote by Hillary Clinton

We can no longer apply the classic criteria to clearly determine whether and when we should use military force. We are waging war in…

— Otto Schily

Any time you use military force, you have got to have a clear purpose that military forces can achieve.

— Richard N. Haass

Any military force should be dictated by the vital national security interests of the United States. And if and when we use force, we…

— Ted Cruz

I think we need to ask serious questions about how we engage militarily, when we engage militarily, and on what basis we engage militarily.…

— Albert Wynn

As I have said, I am not a war monger, nor am I a politician and I do not know anything about handling clever…

— Simi Garewal

I will insist on a military so powerful no one would ever think of challenging it.

— Mitt Romney

I don't want to be overly critical about our military or our intelligence people, because it's a tough job. But neither should think be…

— Orrin Hatch

If you don’t have a good idea of what to do next after using military force, then don’t use it in the first place.

— Ted Lieu

I think one of the reasons I'm standing here instead of other people is that, frankly, I talked about it, we have to have…

— Donald Trump

In a time when our nation is engaged in multiple, long-term wars, it's critical that "the military" not become an abstraction to the vast…

— James M Strock

Military force is irrelevant to many of the most urgent threats we face. If we are to solve our myriad domestic problems and revitalize…

— William Hartung

If we have the intent to use the military only when needed, then that also becomes, then, therefore, a credible deterrent.

— Jack Keane