--- description: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will answer questions on military issues during a 'Commander-in-Chief' forum title: Watch Live: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump at the Commander-in-Chief Forum image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Live: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Discuss Military Issues at Commander-in-Chief Forum by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 13, 2023 2:51 AM CUTPublished: Sep 7, 2016 8:34 PM CUT by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 13, 2023 2:51 AM CUTPublished: Sep 7, 2016 8:34 PM CUT Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will take the stage back-to-back to answer questions on national security and the military during a [“Commander-in-Chief forum”](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/commander-in-chief-forum "undefined") Wednesday night. During the one-hour forum, [sponsored](http://iava.org/cicforum/ "undefined") by the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and presented by [NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/msnbc-nbc-news-present-first-ever-commander-chief-forum-n638401 "undefined"), Clinton and Trump will address an audience of veterans and troops. The forum at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum marks the first time both candidates will speak at the same event ahead of the first official [presidential debate](http://time.com/4477608/presidential-debate-moderators-2016/ "undefined") on Sept. 26. The event, hosted by _Today’s_ Matt Laueer, begins at 8 p.m. EDT in New York City. Watch the forum live [here](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/commander-in-chief-forum "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4482844/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-commander-in-chief-forum-watch-live/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4482844/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-commander-in-chief-forum-watch-live/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Discuss Military Issues at Commander-in-Chief Forum","datePublished":"2016-09-07T20:34:53.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T02:51:25.000Z","description":"They will address an audience of veterans and troops","url":"https://time.com/4482844/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-commander-in-chief-forum-watch-live/","keywords":["2016 Election","Military","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4482844/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-commander-in-chief-forum-watch-live/","name":"Watch Live: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Discuss Military Issues at Commander-in-Chief Forum"}}]}] ```