6th Democratic Primary Debate: on Foreign Policy

Amy Klobuchar: Trump impeachment about foreign power influencing elections

Klobuchar: As James Madison said at the constitutional convention, he said the reason that we have these impeachment articles in the constitution, is because he feared that a president would betray the trust of the American people for a foreign power. That is what happened here. This is a global Watergate. In the case of [Richard Nixon's] Watergate, a paranoid president facing election looked for dirt on a political opponent. He did it by getting people to break in. This president did it by calling a foreign leader to look for dirt on a political opponent. And I would make this case: as we face his trial in the Senate, if the president claims that he is so innocent, then why doesn't he have all the president's men testify? Richard Nixon had his top people testify. We should be hearing from [Chief of Staff Mick] Mulvaney, from [National Security Advisor John] Bolton.

Bernie Sanders: Address root causes to end these endless wars

Joe Biden: Since 2009, I was on the opposite side of that with the Pentagon. I can speak to it now is because it's been published. I'm the guy, from the beginning, who argued that it was a big, big mistake to surge forces to Afghanistan, period. I argued against it constantly.

Sen. Bernie Sanders: Joe, you're also the guy who helped lead us into the disastrous war in Iraq. What we need to do, is I think, rethink the entire war on terror. We have lost thousands of our own men and women, brave soldiers. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people, have been killed abroad or forced to leave their countries. It is time right now, that we bring this world together, to try to end these endless wars and address the root causes, which are causing these wars.

Joe Biden: Protect the Uighurs, but no military action against China

Biden: It's on a collision course with China but not for war. What we have to make clear is that we in fact are not going to abide by what they've done. One million Uyghurs, Muslims, are in concentration camps. They're being abused. We should be moving 60% of our sea power to that area of the world, to let the Chinese understand that they're not going to go any further. Secondly, we should make sure that we began to rebuild our alliances. We in fact need to have allies who understand that we're going to stop the Chinese from their actions. We should be gone to the UN immediately and sought sanctions against them and the United Nations for what they did. We have to be firm. We don't have to go to war but we have to make it clear, "This is as far as you go, China." And in terms of their military buildup, it's real but it would take them about 17 years to build up to where we are.

Joe Biden: Israel must embrace two-state solution

Pete Buttigieg: China uses technology for perfection of dictatorship

Pete Buttigieg: I think that any tool ought to be on the table, especially diplomatic, economic and social tools like what you're describing. Look, for the president to let it be known that his silence--whether it's on the rounding up of Muslim Uyghurs in Xinjiang, putting them into camps, or the aspirations of the people of Hong Kong for democracy--for him to let China know that his silence can be purchased is trashing American values. What message is that sending to the Chinese Communist Party? We have to acknowledge what's going on over there. The use of technology for the perfection of dictatorship. The

Pete Buttigieg: Trump welcomes white nationalists, plays at being pro-Israel

Tom Steyer: Work with China as a frenemy under all circumstances

Steyer: The way the US should be reacting in Hong Kong is by gathering our coalition of democracy and freedom loving partners and allies to push back. In fact, when we're making moral statements around the world, it should not be us threatening and trying to be the world's policemen. It should be us leading on a value-driven basis with the other people who share our values and want to change the world. We actually can't isolate ourselves from China. In fact, we have to work with them as a frienemy. If we are going to treat climate as the threat that it is, we are going to have to partner with the Chinese. They're going to have to trust us and together we're going to have to solve this problem. We need a good relationship with them. We're going to have to work with them going forward under all circumstances.