The Real News Network Questions Hillary on Iran

On September 26th Hillary Rodham Clinton voted for the Kyl-Lieberman Amendment, which designates the Iranian National Guard as a terrorist organization. As I read through the amendment I found it harder and harder to understand how she could possible defend her vote. The amendment essentially defines the Iranian state as terrorist, it rests on intelligence as shaky as the claims that led us into Iraq, and the language reads like an extension of President Bush's "axis of evil" rhetoric. With Seymour Hersh predicting a U.S. attack Iran, this vote put Senator Clinton squarely in the Hawk's nest.

More importantly, this is a vote of support for all those involved with the Committee on the President Danger, which includes the likes of James Woolsey and a host of people from the Project for a New American Century and the American Enterprise Institute.

I contacted Senator Clinton's office for an interview but haven't heard back from her. So we at The Real News Network have posed our questions for her in this video -- the first of a series that will prompt debate through direct questions for each presidential candidate.