Hillary Clinton

=== Foreign policy ===
On foreign affairs, Clinton voted in favor of the [[Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq]] in October 2002,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=2&vote=00237 |title=Roll Call Vote 107th Congress&nbsp;– 2nd Session On the Joint Resolution (H.J.Res. 114 ) |date=October 11, 2002 |website=senate.gov |access-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref> a vote she later said she regretted.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hillary-clinton-regrets-her-iraq-vote-but-opting-for-intervention-was-a-pattern/2016/09/15/760c23d0-6645-11e6-96c0-37533479f3f5_story.html |title=Hillary Clinton regrets her Iraq vote. But opting for intervention was a pattern. |last=Kranish |first=Michael |date=September 15, 2016 |access-date=December 10, 2016 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> She favored arming [[Foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War|Syria's rebel fighters]] in 2012 and has called for the removal of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2016/01/17/hillary-clinton-arm-syrian-rebels-obama-sotu.cnn |title=Was Clinton right about arming Syrian rebels? |date=January 17, 2016 |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref> She supported the [[NATO bombing of Yugoslavia]] in 1999 and the NATO-led military intervention in Libya to oust former Libyan leader [[Muammar Gaddafi]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2007-07-26/news/0707250721_1_state-madeleine-albright-foreign-policy-kosovo |title=Clinton unlikely to change course on intervention|last=Chapman |first=Steve |date=July 26, 2007 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/us/politics/hillary-clinton-libya.html |title=Hillary Clinton, 'Smart Power' and a Dictator's Fall |last1=Becker |first1=Jo |date=February 27, 2016 |last2=Shane |first2=Scott |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Clinton is in favor of maintaining [[United States foreign policy in the Middle East|American influence in the Middle East]].<ref name="ban">{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/280629-trump-hits-back-at-clinton-sanders-was-right-about-you/ |title=Trump fires back at Clinton over Muslim ban: 'Ask Hillary who blew up the plane last night'|author= Yilek, Caitlin |date=May 19, 2016 |work=The Hill}}</ref> She has told the [[American Israel Public Affairs Committee]], "America can't ever be neutral when it comes to Israel's security and survival."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/aipac/article/hillary_clinton_to_aipac_donald_trumps_foreign_policy_dangerously_wrong |title=Hillary Clinton to AIPAC: Donald Trump's foreign policy 'dangerously wrong.' |date=March 21, 2016 |work=[[The Jewish Journal (Boston North)|Jewish Journal]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324081400/http://www.jewishjournal.com/aipac/article/hillary_clinton_to_aipac_donald_trumps_foreign_policy_dangerously_wrong|archive-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref> Clinton expressed support for Israel's right to defend itself during the [[2006 Lebanon War]] and [[2014 Israel–Gaza conflict]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/18/nyregion/18hillary.html |title=Clinton Vows to Back Israel in Latest Mideast Conflict|author=Healy, Patrick |date=July 18, 2006 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/hillary-clinton-blasts-unfair-world-reaction-over-gaza-cites-anti-semitism-as-factor/ |title=Hillary Clinton blasts 'unfair' world reaction over Gaza, cites anti-Semitism as factor|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=August 10, 2016 |work=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref> In a 2017 interview, after a [[Douma chemical attack|poison gas attack in Syria]], Clinton said that she had favored more aggressive action against [[Bashar al-Assad]]: "I think we should have been more willing to confront Assad. I really believe we should have and still should take out his air fields and prevent him from being able to use them to bomb innocent people and drop sarin gas on them."<ref name="Goldberg">{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-calls-for-u-s-to-bomb-syrian-air-fields-idUSKBN179058|title=Hillary Clinton calls for U.S. to bomb Syrian air fields|author=Barbara Goldberg|date=April 7, 2017|work=Reuters}}</ref> Clinton opposed a ceasefire in the [[2023 Israel–Hamas war]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Hillary Clinton rebuts calls for ceasefire, says Hamas rule in Gaza must end |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/14/hillary-clinton-israel-hamas-ceasefire-00127116 |work=[[Politico]] |date=November 14, 2023}}</ref> stating "Remember, there was a ceasefire on October 6, that Hamas broke by their barbaric assault on peaceful civilians."<ref>{{cite news |title=Hillary Clinton: 'There was a ceasefire on October 6. Hamas chose to break it' |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hillary-clinton-there-was-a-ceasefire-on-october-6-hamas-chose-to-break-it/ |website=[[Times of Israel]] |date=November 9, 2023 }}</ref>