--- title: Democratic Debate: Bernie Sanders Campaign Argued With CBS description: A top aide to Bernie Sanders denied that they argued with CBS executives over the shift to foreign policy after the Paris attacks. canonical: https://time.com/4113377/democratic-debate-bernie-sanders-paris-attacks/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-14T23:39:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-05T08:41:20.547Z article:section: Politics og:title: Sanders: No Problem With Debate Shift to Foreign Policy og:description: The campaign said it argued with CBS only about "minor technical issues." og:url: https://time.com/4113377/democratic-debate-bernie-sanders-paris-attacks/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb408c2845e46b16/6988711bbc6cfc03653da62c/democratic-debate-bernie-sanders.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: A crewmember walks on the stage prior to a Democratic presidential debate sponsored by CBS at Drake University on November 14, 2015 in Des Moines, Iowa. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sanders: No Problem With Debate Shift to Foreign Policy twitter:description: The campaign said it argued with CBS only about "minor technical issues." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb408c2845e46b16/6988711bbc6cfc03653da62c/democratic-debate-bernie-sanders.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sanders Campaign: No Problem With Debate Focus > Sponsored content. 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A manhunt is underway for at least one suspect involved in the Paris attacks_ by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Nov 14, 2015 11:39 PM UTC A manhunt is underway for at least one suspect involved in the Paris attacks by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Nov 14, 2015 11:39 PM UTC A spokesman for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders campaign said that they disagreed with CBS executives only over “minor technical issues” about the debate Saturday during a conference call earlier in the day. A [report in Yahoo News](https://www.yahoo.com/politics/sanders-aide-pushes-back-against-cbs-switch-to-215805298.html) said that Sanders strategist Mark Longabaugh objected to the shift from the debate to more of a focus on foreign policy during a conference call involving representatives from all three campaigns and CBS. A source on the call repeated that account with TIME. But Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs said that the Vermont Senator was looking forward to the debate and noted that “obviously what happened in Paris was going to be a major focus.” “Were there minor technical issues someone from another camp wanted to blow up?” he said. “Yes, but we worked through them.” Sanders will join former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, for a two-hour debate starting at 9 p.m. After terrorist attacks in Paris, which killed at least 129 people in half a dozen locations across the city, the network announced that it would shift the focus of the debate to include more time for national security, foreign policy and terrorism. That focus would most clearly benefit Clinton, who has more experience on foreign policy, and disrupts Sanders’ plans to criticize her economic policy. _With reporting by Sam Frizell in Des Moines_ **Read Next:** [_Democratic Debate to Shift Focus After Paris Attacks_](http://time.com/4112975/democratic-debate-paris-attacks/) ## Transcript [00:00] [ SOUND ] [00:06] [ APPLAUSE ]. [ SOUND ]. [00:39] Who are these terrorists? Who are these criminals? We [00:42] must In these harsh moments, think [00:47] about the victims who are very numerous. But this is an [00:51] attack on all of humanity and the universal values that [00:55] we share. 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