--- description: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton squared off on military and veterans issues in separate appearances at a "commander in chief" forum. title: Read Clinton and Trump's Remarks at a Military Forum image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef258d12c5560aa8/6988a53297cdffe5896adb8d/trump-clinton1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Debates](/tag/debates/) ## Debates Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's Remarks at a Military Forum by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Jan 24, 2024 12:28 PM CUTPublished: Sep 8, 2016 1:16 AM CUT  Donald Trump in Virginia Beach, VA, on Sept. 6, 2016 (L); Hillary Clinton on her campaign plane en route to Iowa, on Sept. 5, 2016. Donald Trump in Virginia Beach, VA, on Sept. 6, 2016 (L); Hillary Clinton on her campaign plane en route to Iowa, on Sept. 5, 2016.Alex Wong—Getty Images (L); Justin Sullivan—Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Jan 24, 2024 12:28 PM CUTPublished: Sep 8, 2016 1:16 AM CUT Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton squared off on military and veterans issues in separate appearances at a “commander in chief” forum in New York. Hosted by NBC, the event was held on the decommissioned USS Intrepid, now a floating museum. _Today_ show anchor Matt Lauer was the moderator. Here is a full transcript of the event. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4483355/commander-chief-forum-clinton-trump-intrepid/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4483355/commander-chief-forum-clinton-trump-intrepid/"},"headline":"Read Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's Remarks at a Military Forum","datePublished":"2016-09-08T01:16:46.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-24T12:28:15.000Z","description":"Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton squared off on military and veterans issues in separate appearances at a \"commander in chief\" forum.","url":"https://time.com/4483355/commander-chief-forum-clinton-trump-intrepid/","keywords":["Debates","Hillary Clinton","Military","2016 Election topic","Donald Trump","transcripts"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef258d12c5560aa8/6988a53297cdffe5896adb8d/trump-clinton1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Teague Beckwith","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef258d12c5560aa8/6988a53297cdffe5896adb8d/trump-clinton1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"trump-clinton","caption":"Donald Trump in Virginia Beach, VA, on Sept. 6, 2016 (L); Hillary Clinton on her campaign plane en route to Iowa, on Sept. 5, 2016.","creditText":"Alex Wong—Getty Images (L); Justin Sullivan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/debates/","name":"Debates"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4483355/commander-chief-forum-clinton-trump-intrepid/","name":"Read Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's Remarks at a Military Forum"}}]}] ```