Hillary Clinton voted to authorize force against Iraq in 2002 before saying later it was a mistake. She opposed the troop surge there in 2007 that turned out to be a huge success. As Secretary of State, she publicly supported President Obama's troop withdrawal from Iraq at the end of 2011, which left a vacuum that paved the way for the Islamic State terrorist group's rampage across Iraq and Syria.
Now, after weeks of silence while her presidential campaign moves along, she's taking questions from the press on these positions and explaining her reasoning.
We commend these political reporters for finally tracking these answers down after interrogating such Republicans as Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio on the matter, especially since neither them nor any declared candidate in the race aside from Clinton voted for the Iraq War.
UPDATE: 8:42 A.M.: The video originally posted with this article contained an incorrect date on remarks by Clinton saying her Iraq War decision was "the right vote." It said Dec. 15, 2013, when it should have been Dec. 15, 2003. The new video contains the correct date.
