Excerpts of Interview With Hillary Clinton in CCN late edition on Sep. 23:

BLITZER: Do you believe, as General Petraeus testified, that Iranians are supplying sophisticated weaponry to their allies in Iraq that winds up killing American soldiers?

CLINTON: Yes, I believe that Iran is playing a very dangerous game in Iraq in supporting all kinds of groups, to attack our forces, to destabilize the Iraqi government, to further their goals in Iraq. I believe that includes the provision of weapons and training. … And we’ve got to have a united international front against Iran, and most especially against Iran acquiring the capacity for nuclear weapons.

I believe there’s a bipartisan consensus, and I think we’ve got to be smarter about how we try to implement it. It will remain one of my principal concerns. I’ve spoken out about it for several years. ..And I will continue to try to do what I can as senator, and certainly when I become president, to prevent Iran from having the spread of influence that it is now enjoying, not only vis-a-vis Iraq, but with Hezbollah and Lebanon, now supporting Hamas in Gaza.

BLITZER: Is it appropriate for an American university to invite the president of Iran, who’s got a well-known record on a lot of issues, to be received there and to deliver a speech?

CLINTON: Well, if I were a president of a university, I would not have invited him. He’s a Holocaust denier. He’s a supporter of terrorism.