Veterans will get first crack at Trump, Clinton together

Published August 19, 2016 2:24am ET



Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will meet in New York City September 7 for the first-ever live televised forum on military and veterans issues, non-profit Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) announced late Thursday.

“IAVA is proud to lead this historic event for our veterans community and all Americans,” Paul Rieckhoff, founder and chief executive officer of IAVA said in a statement. “On the cusp of the 15th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, New York is a fitting stage to give voice to American veterans and service members that are all too often shut out of our political debate. IAVA members world-wide, 93 percent of whom say they’ll be voting in November, and many deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan right now, are ready to hear from the candidates and hold them accountable.”

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