No Knock Out in the Final Round of the U.S. Presidential Debate

All things considered, there was ample discussion of critical national security issues during the third and final 90-minute debate of this heated and often nasty U.S. presidential campaign. Whereas Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton provided some specifics on a number of these issues, Republican nominee Donald Trump mostly criticized past and current efforts without elaborating on what he might do different if he were Commander-in-Chief.

The Cipher Brief once again asked our five network contributors—former CIA and NSA Director Michael Hayden, former U.S. Ambassador James Jeffrey, retired General Jack Keane, former CIA officer John Sipher, and retired Lieutenant General Guy Swan—to assess the candidates’ responses.

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