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CBS Debate: Clinton on George Bush's Contribution After 9/11_ by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Nov 15, 2015 3:00 AM UTC CBS Debate: Clinton on George Bush's Contribution After 9/11 by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Nov 15, 2015 3:00 AM UTC Hillary Clinton gave former President George W. Bush a nod at Saturday’s Democratic presidential debate, where foreign policy took center stage in the wake of Friday’s terror attacks in Paris. When asked a question about “radical Islam,” the former Secretary of State criticized some of the language used to by Republican candidates, which Clinton said misrepresents who the U.S. is fighting. “That was one of the real contributions, despite all the other problems, that George W. Bush made after 9/11, when he basically said, after going to a mosque in Washington, we are not at war with Islam or muslims,” said Clinton. “We are at war with violent extremism, we are at war with people who use their religion for purposes of power and oppression and yes we are at war with those people. But I don’t want us to be painting with too broad a brush.” Republican candidates chimed in on Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/GovMikeHuckabee/status/665719536771948544) > [](https://twitter.com/JebBush/status/665718156858687488) ## Transcript [00:00] It's not particularly helpful to make the case that Senator [00:03] Sanders were just making that I agree with. We've got to [00:06] reach out with Muslim countries. We've got to have them [00:08] be part of our coalition. And if they hear people running for [00:12] President who basically short- cutted just like today we [00:16] were some \ how against Islam. That is one of the real [00:19] contribution just by all the other problems that George W. [00:23] Bush made after 9 / 11 When he basically said after going [00:27] to a mosque in Washington we are not at war with Islam or [00:30] Muslims. We are at war with violent extremism. We are at [00:34] war with people who use their religion for purposes of [00:38] power and oppression. And yes we are war with those [00:42] people but I don't want us to be painting with too broad a [00:44] brush. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4113449/dem-debate-clinton-praises-bush/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4113449/dem-debate-clinton-praises-bush/"},"headline":"See Hillary Clinton Praise One Part of George W. 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