Bernie Sanders really wants you to know that 'Henry Kissinger is not my friend'

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) pounced on Hillary Clinton and her ties to Henry Kissinger during Thursday's Democratic debate, but Clinton was prepared with a jab at her 2016 competitor's foreign policy ideas.

Sanders said that Clinton mentioned during the last debate and in her book that she received "the approval or support of Henry Kissinger. I find it rather amazing. I happen to believe that Henry Kissinger was one of the most destructive secretaries of state in the modern history of this country. I am proud to say Henry Kissinger is not my friend. I will not take advice from Henry Kissinger."

At that point, Clinton responded by asking Sanders who he actually does take advice from. "Journalists have asked who you do listen to on foreign policy, and we have yet to know who it is," she said. Sanders jumped in: "Well it ain't Henry Kissinger, that's for sure."

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Clinton explained that she listens to "a wide variety of voices" that "have experience in various areas." There are people she may disagree with on "a number of things," but if they have insight that can "best support the United States," then it's important to pay attention. "We have to be fair and look at the entire world," she said. "It's a big, complicated world out there." Catherine Garcia

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