September 17, 2016
Election history was made as IAVA and NBC News co-hosted the first ever Commander-in-Chief Forum, a national televised event that attracted nearly fifteen million viewers. The forum gave presidential candidates the opportunity to answer questions from veterans focused on national security, military affairs, and other timely veterans’ issues.
WATCH
Presidential candidate Sec. Hillary Clinton at the 2016 Commander-in-Chief Forum (1st half)
Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump at the 2016 Commander-in-Chief Forum (2nd half)
And the conversation continued after the candidates left the stage…
Part 1
Part 2
Additional Resources
- IAVA Press Release: “Commander-in-Chief Forum” One Year Later
- Read: IAVA’s Answers to the Vet’s #IAVAForum Questions
- Read: Corporal Aaron Mankin’s Welcoming Remarks at C-in-C Forum
- Read: Politics & Veterans: Why The Commander-in-Chief Forum was a Great Thing
- IAVA Commander in Chief Forum Dominates National Conversation
- Candidates Go Big on Defense, Vets Issues
- Trump, Clinton Veer from Veterans Issues During Vets Forum
- The Biggest Takeaways from the Commander in Chief Forum
- On Veterans Health Care, Trump and Clinton Still Thin on Specifics
- Fact-checking Clinton and Trump in NBC’s Commander-in-Chief Forum
- Here’s What You Missed in the Presidential Forum
- Clinton and Trump Begin Last Leg in Race for the White House
- Coin toss: Clinton up first at NBC forum
- IAVA Press Release: TOMORROW: IAVA Commander in Chief Forum Makes History
- 5 Questions for the next Commander in Chief
- IAVA Founder and CEO Talks #IAVAForum on Sunday TODAY
- IAVA Statement on Call with Libertarian Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson
- Johnson Campaign Distances Itself from Protesting Vets
- IAVA Press Release: Matt Lauer to Moderate IAVA/NBC Commander-in-Chief Forum
- Paul Rieckhoff on Expanding the Commander-in-Chief Conversation
- Veterans group pressured to let Gary Johnson join forum with Trump, Clinton
- IAVA Press Release: Veterans Bring Americans Together
