Cspanwj. Comments always welcome at facebook. Com cspan. As we mentioned, overnight, results from hawaii, from alaska, from Washington State, heres the headline in politico this morning, sanders romps in alaska. Washington, alaska, hawaii, the 1w50e7 of three states offers the senator a chance to gain ground against Hillary Clinton. Lets take a look at the results much these are caucuses in alaska. In alaska, senator Bernie Sanders winning 82 of the vote. Hillary clinton, 18 . In hawaii, the results just come in early this morning, 71 for Bernie Sanders, and thats Hillary Clinton 29 . Thats with 88 of the caucuses reporting. And finally, Washington State, busy day for caucuses in Washington State. The results there, Bernie Sanders winning 73 of the vote, and Hillary Clinton 27 . As we mentioned at the top, the role of the president obviously setting the tone for Foreign Policy. As he did with the Editorial Board of the Washington Post earlier this week, donald trump spoke at length with a couple of New York Times reporters, and their front page, person policy in trumps view is about feel. Some of that, donald trump, said that if elected he might halt purchases of oil from saudi arabia and other arab allies unless they commit Ground Troops to the fight against Islamic State or substantially reimburse the United States for combating the militant group, which threatens their stability host just some of what donald trump said to the New York Times. Well get back to that, too, as we ask you this more than about the u. S. Role in the world and what that should be. Heres the front page of the first draft of a piece that came out earlier this week on Hillary Clinton, a speech she gave in california at stanford university. Hillary clinton dismisses rivals for reckless actions in Foreign Policy, setting the tone for what her administration, what a potential clinton administration, would be like. Heres some of what she had to say. Im sorry, were going to show you Donald Trumps comments from earlier this week. Mr. Trump i see nato as a good thing to have. I look at the ukraine so tion, and i say, ukraine is a country that affects us far less than it affects other countries in nato , and yet were doing all of the lifting. Theyre not doing anything. I say why is it that germany is not dealing with nato on ukraine . Why is it that other countries that are in the vicinity of the ukraine, why arent they dealing . Why are we always the one thats leading potentially the third world war, ok, with russia . Why are we always the ones that are doing it . I think the concept of nato is good, but i do think that the United States has to have some help. Ill give you a better example than that. I mean, we pay hundreds of billions of dollars every year into supporting other countries that are in theory wealthier than we are. Hundreds of billions. Well, if you look at germany, if you look at saudi arabia, if you look at japan, if you look at south korea. I mean, we spend billions of dollars on saudi arabia, and they have nothing but money. And i say why . Now, i would go in and i would structured a much different deal, and it would be a much better deal. You look at the kind of money that our country is losing, we cant afford to do this, certainly cant afford to do it anymore. Host that was donald trump before the Editorial Board of the Washington Post. Sorry about the audio. Thats just what we could hear from the postrelease of that meeting last week with donald trump. Well play you the comments from Hillary Clinton in just a bit, earlier this week at stanford university. After that, a meeting with the post, tweets from donald trump talking about nato, he says that nature 10 obsolete and must be changed and additionally focus on terrorism as well as some of the things it is currently focused on. He also said that we should pay disproportionate share of the cost of nato. Why . It is time to renegotiate, and the time is now. So were asking you what should be americas role in the world. Lets go to gary first. Hes on our republican line in sterling, virginia. Gary, good morning. Caller good morning. Thank you, everyone. The United States, we should be supporting middle of the road people. U take iraq, for example, we tacitly supported the reelection of mall akay, which it should have been mall awould i. His father was a sunni. His mother was a shia. So he was middle of the road. You take egypt for an example, he arab spring, instead of acquiescing to morsi, we should have been supporting elbaradei. He was a middle of the road person. And you take egypt, or libya, you know, when you knock off the balance of power, and thats what gaddafi was, you got to fill the vacuum. We did the same thing in libya that we did when we went to egypt. We led a vacuum for them, and cant have that. You got to have the middle of the road people running the show. I think Hillary Clinton was a failure. I think thats the worst mistake president obama made. Other than that, yes, sir . Host you think the worst mistake he made was making Hillary Clinton secretary of state . Caller yes, sir. Host ok, square any sterling, virginia. On gary in sterling, virginia. On iraq, the former ambassador to afghanistan and to iraq, he wrote in fridays wall street journal, it is true iran has considerable influence in iraq. The total withdrawal in 2011 created a vacuum that iran and its regional rivals tried to fill, pulling the country apart. The disintegration of the iraqi army and the rise of shia militias to combat Islamic State also known as isis increased irans influence leader, yet many leaders want to strengthen ties with the u. S. Host the independent line, connecticut, we hear from tim. Good morning. Go ahead. Caller hey, good morning, cspan. I think the United States should lead by leadership. I think using a policy of brute force for what some president ial candidates have said as in going in and bombing and then leaving is absolute idiotic. I would ask your listeners this, how much money do you think we have spent in afghanistan over the past 15 years . And if you say less than 600 billion, you are wrong. That number actually can be as high some people report it as high as 800 billion. If anybody can tell me what weve got for that money over the last 15 years, i welcome the call. Now, when we talk about national security, and that seems to be a hot button looking forward in this election, i too am in favor of national security. But if we continue to spend money and we dont have additional funds for our infrastructure, for our education system, for our healthcare system, then this country will be rife for anarchy. And when i think of national security, i think our own worst enemy is ourselves, because i do think this country is on a precipice. But this precipice is from within and not outside. Where does that put us in terms of our role in the world . Is that sort of a balance how much we commit overseas . Caller absolutely. We to have a plan, and unfortunately, petraeus i thought was a gentleman that had it on the ball. Unfortunately he led his personal life get in the way, and hes out. But he was one of our few military leaders i thought that understood that you have to have a plan. You cannot just assume were going to go in and wipe out everybody, and it will be replaced with somebody that has our same values and our same democratic process. Host tim, appreciate the input. Lets go to illinois and levi, republican line. Go ahead. Good morning. Caller yeah, thats right. I want to tell you that the United States has been keeping the world out of major conflict for the last seven years since world war ii, and we need to try to get back into that position, even though its a ot harder now. Host levi, thanks for your call. Our question this morning to you about the u. S. Role in the world, and reading some of what donald trump is saying to the New York Times in an extensive interview. The headline, in trumps view, Foreign Policy is a deal to be made. They write, mr. Trumps views as he explained them fit nowhere into the recent history of the Republican Party. He is not in the International Stamp of president george bush, nor does he favor george w. Bushs call to make the United States mission to spread democracy around the world host thats donald trump in the New York Times. Again, earlier this week, Hillary Clinton with a Foreign Policy address at stanford university, laying out some of her beliefs on the u. S. Role in the world. Secretary clinton it would be a serious mistake to stumble into another costly ground war in the middle east. In weve learned anything from iraq and iran, its that people and nations have to secure their own communities. We cant and i argue must support them, but we cant substitute for them. It would also be a serious mistake to begin carpet bombing Populated Areas into oblivion. Proposing that doesnt make you sound tough, it makes you sound like youre in over your head. Slogans arent a strategy. Loose cannons tend to misfire. What America Needs is strong, smart, steady leadership to wage and win this struggle. To do that, we need to strengthen americas alliances in europe, asia, and around the world, and that is the second point i want to emphasize. On 9 11, nato treated an attack against one as an attack against all. On september 12, headlines across europe, most notably in limon, proclaimed we are all americans. There were very few planes in the air that day, but one was a british jet carrying the u. K. s Top National Security leaders to washington to offer any help they could. Now its our turn to stand with europe. We cherish the same values and face the same adversaries, so we must share the staple determination. Host Hillary Clinton, stanford university. Its available on cspan. Org. What should be americas role in the world . 2027488001 for republicans. 2027488002 for independents. You can send us a tweet, and lots of comments on twitter already. We look what the karen thooze say. I think that adventures in the middle east are making things worse, lets do some nationbuilding at home. This one says why do we have to police the world . Jaden says we should first provide an example of Democratic Institutions and second be a partner in the defense of other democracies. And kenny said, we should be the world leader, thats not where we are. Under o, our position has been reduced significantly. Jerome is next on our democrats line in erie, pennsylvania. Welcome. Caller yes, i think we should Work Together with all our allies to keep our country safe, and as long as we sit here and we have people taking donald trump is going to lead us into the promised land, were blind. Just the blind leading the blind, all his followers, and as long as we listen to that rhetoric and him wanting to talk, it makes our country less safe, and thats not it. Host amherst, new york, independent line next. We hear from richard. Caller yes, i believe america should exercise responsible leadership, even though many mistakes have been made by president obama and his two predecessors. For example, running after first Yasser Arafat and then Mahmoud Abbas to try to make a peace they didnt really want to make, instead of our going after the people who have toe clired war against us, like osama bin laden, and the regime of iran. Mistakes have been made, but you cant throw out the baby with the bath water, and we would compound the felony greatly if god forbid we were to elect a guy whos willful and selfpossessed, but totally ignorant like the donald. That would be insane. I think, really, America Needs responsible leadership in the world, not trying to make democracy everywhere, not trying to tell other nations what to do, but being a friend to our friend and enemy ad very vary to our adversaries. I think thats the only way its worked well over the last 70 years. Host do you think its still working well . Caller well, it isnt working because president obama isnt working it. Hes somewhere between being a difficult i cant and feckless and disengaged in some alternative universe why cuba and venezuela become the priorities in the midst of a world raging with conflict. He has tuned out the u. S. He compounded problems that president bush 43 helped create in the second iraq war, but we pulling out and leaving a vacuum that isis has filled. It is has mideast ass sized to the whole world. I think if we went back to the responsible leadership and learned the lessons of where interventions since world war ii have worked and where they not worked, i think we could have a responsible course. Its not trying to save a few billion dollars by bargaining sharply with south korea or japan or our european allies. Yes, we should insist that they pay their fair share, but it sounds like the donald is going back to the policies that helped create the Great Depression and world war ii. Host on richards point, the president returning friday from his trip last week to cuba and to argentina. The president will host a summit on Nuclear Security in washington this week, later this week. To our democrats line, james in chattanooga, tennessee, good morning. What should be the u. S. Role in the world, james . Caller well, first of all, i think we should have a greater understanding of how to pick a leader. I dont understand how donald trump as a businessman has done so far, when back in the day, 10, 20 years ago, so steve forbes had a problem, you know, in the primary and went out early. Now i am a hillary fan, but it was a better candidate, id be all for her. But at this point, you know, im just wondering what you think about that. Host thanks for your comments, james. A question for you this morning about the u. S. Role in the world. We did talk earlier about Bernie Sanders winning the caucuses last night in alaska, in hawaii, and also in Washington State. This is a piece in huffington post, an opinion piece about americas changing role in the world. It was written by Kathleen Hicks, whos with the center for strategic and international studies, just a couple of quick points, and ill hold it off so you can see some of her points. She said the first key factor shaping the role of the United States today is the paradox of enduring superpower status combined with lessening global influence. The United States will likely remain the worlds sole superpower for at least the next 15 years. The nation boasts enviable and natural resources, cultural region, of course, military power. She also says the second factor that should Form Division for u. S. Foreign policy is the con stan of American Public support for international engagement. One more third point from Kathleen Hicks in huffington post, equally important is the third factor that policy makers should take into account, a selective engagement approach to u. S. Foreign policy is unavoidable. Lets go next to core any las vegas on the independent line. Good morning. Thanks for joining us. Caller good morning. Our place in the world is disastrous. When we created the state of israel, we created the worst terrorist base there is. Israel is a state of russian and american where they dissect everybody and have everybody, and all they do is sell weapons, weapons, weapons, weapons. We are going to have another world war three. World war i, world war ii was all about creating the state of israel. World war three to come in to wipe out the third world countries and america is becoming a third world country, the enemy was within success whats going to hurt us. We are supposed to have a free society. We should be like that, but were not. We have a media that controls the presidency and the government of the United States , and this is where the problem is. I think trump can change that by being disastrous to the government and creating a better view. Host core any nevada, las vegas. And lets hear next from nick from the republican line. Good morning. Caller this is vick. Host vick, go ahead. Caller yes, im going to agree with trumps views. We really need to bring back americas strength by backing off from being a police of the world and the policy of spreading democracy around the world. And i really think that would strengthen america and bring down the National Debt. Thank you. Host all right, heres robert next up, democrats line, california. Welcome. Caller thank you. I feel like these are really very complicated matters. We should continue to elect brilliant leaders such as president obama and not turn our nation over to a real estate developer. Thank you very much. Host all right. Front page this morning