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The Democratic presidential candidates said Saturday they are focused on the U.S. economy and defeating the Islamic State group as their top priorities.
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders said the United States cannot be thought of as the police of the world, and that the fight against Islamic State needs a coalition1 that includes Russia and Muslim troops from the region. He said he would tell Saudi Arabia to focus on Islamic State instead of fighting in Yemen, and for Qatar to comit resources to battling the terror threat that is on its doorstep instead of spending millions of dollars on the World Cup.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also supports a coalition effort, and said there is a need for support from Sunni and Kurdish forces. She said it would be a strategic mistake to send U.S. ground troops back to the region, as that's exactly what the militants2 want to see.
The third candidate, former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, highlighted the need to form new alliances for modern threats, and pointed3 to the work the African Union has done in Somalia.
Clinton, a frequent target of attacks by Republicans in their debates, said Republican front-runner Donald Trump4 is the "best recruiter" for the Islamic State group. She said responding to terror threats with "bigotry5" is not in the country's best interest, and that it is important to make sure Muslims do not feel marginalized at a time when the U.S. needs them most.
She also said there is a need for increased vetting6 of refugees seeking to enter the United States, while O'Malley said if the refugee crisis gets worse, the United States should be accepting even more.
Democratic Rivals Focus on Economy, Islamic State
Breaking the banks
Both Sanders and O'Malley advocated breaking up the nation's largest banks, saying they play a negative role in the nation's economy. Sanders, who prides himself on raising money from individuals instead of large corporate7 entities8, said there is a need to deal with the "recklessness and illegal behavior" on Wall Street and to raise the country's minimum wage.
Clinton, too, said wages need to rise and that people need to feel like their hard work is being rewarded instead of feeling like the economic system is "rigged." She also said she wants to build on the success of President Barack Obama's healthcare initiative, but that there is not enough competition or oversight9 of health insurance companies, and costs have gone up too much.
Sanders advocated a universal healthcare system, citing higher per-person costs than places like Britain and France. He also accused drug companies of "bribing10" Congress.
The issue of gun control brought passionate11 responses from all three candidates, with O'Malley attacking Sanders' record and branding Clinton as inconsistent in her views. Clinton said she agrees on the need for common sense gun measures, and that Republicans will not admit a problem even exists. Sanders said nothing will be accomplished12 unless there is a consensus13, and that he has stood up to the pro-gun lobby.
Sanders apologizes
Sanders was asked first to address the breach14 of a key Clinton voter database by a member of his staff, and apologized to her. She accepted the apology and said it was important to move forward. O'Malley, too, said there are bigger issues and the related bickering15 is the kind of distraction16 that plagues government.
Late Friday, Sanders filed a federal lawsuit17 aimed at forcing the Democratic National Committee to restore its voter database access, which the committee had suspended after Sanders' workers improperly18 viewed proprietary19 information belonging to the Clinton campaign. As the feud20 erupted, the Sanders' camp acknowledged the breach and called its campaign staffer's role in it "unacceptable." The staffer was later fired.
Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon said the Sanders campaign had conducted 25 searches of proprietary information in a 50-state data base, after a DNC digital firewall separating Clinton and Sanders accounts was breached21. He also accused the Sanders staff of saving the Clinton data.
However, the DNC later agreed to restore Sanders' access to his campaign's data, after it said the Sanders camp had provided an accounting22 of how the Clinton information was used and whether it was disposed of.
The squabble thrust into the open long-standing suspicions expressed by Sanders and his supporters that the national party is unfairly working to support Clinton's candidacy.
Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver23 pointed to the party's limited number of debates at low-viewership periods, like Saturday nights, as another example.
With just six weeks before the Iowa caucuses24, the first voting in the presidential candidate selection process, analysts25 largely agree that Sanders, who trails Clinton by nearly 20 percentage points in voter surveys, must find ways to highlight his goals. But he must do so without antagonizing supporters of Clinton, who is deeply popular across wide sectors26 of her party.
Contrasting positions
Saturday's debate, televised nationally by ABC News, is the party's first since the deadly December 2 attacks in San Bernardino, California, and Sanders is eager to explore his differences with the former secretary of state on issues like her support for a no-fly zone in Syria and her 2011 advocacy for regime change in Libya, his campaign said.
"She comes off as more hawkish27 on some of her foreign policy ideas," said Michael Briggs, a spokesman for Sanders. "He is going to point out those differences very clearly."
Polls show Sanders trailing Clinton in Iowa but slightly ahead of her in New Hampshire, the second state to vote. Sanders most likely needs a win in both states to mount a serious challenge to Clinton, who will be heavily favored in the next state contests in Nevada and South Carolina, and in a "Super Tuesday" round of voting in 11 states on March 1.
"The reality for Sanders is he's only got a couple more shots to change the dynamic of the race," said Democratic strategist Chris Kofinis. "The only choice he's got is to shake the race up."
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coalition
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pointed
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trump
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oversight
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bribing
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passionate
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breach
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| n.违反，不履行；破裂；vt.冲破，攻破 | |
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distraction
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lawsuit
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improperly
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proprietary
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accounting
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weaver
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caucuses
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| n.（政党决定政策或推举竞选人的）核心成员( caucus的名词复数 )；决策干部；决策委员会；秘密会议 | |
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analysts
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hawkish
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