By Lauren Gambino in Washington
International affairs sudden focus of campaigns as Biden touts experience and Sanders touts record on Iraq and Vietnam
Joe Biden, speaking against a backdrop adorned with the trappings of a presidential address, including American flags and deep-blue drapery, delivered a scorching rebuke of Donald Trump‘s stewardship of American foreign policy, accusing the president of bringing the country “dangerously close” to war with Iran.
Bernie Sanders quickly brought forward legislation to block funding for military force against Iran without congressional authorization, part of his argument that the “children of working families” disproportionately suffer the consequences of war compared with the “children of the billionaire class”.
Source: Iran crisis pushes foreign policy to the fore in Democratic primary
