During the 2008 campaign, Barack Obama relentlessly criticized Hillary Clinton for supporting the Iraq War. Today, he can’t say enough good things about his hawkish former secretary of state.

“Nothing truly prepares you for the demands of the Oval Office,” Obama said last month in his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. “You don’t know what it’s like to manage a global crisis or send young people to war. But Hillary’s been in the room. She’s been part of those decisions.”

An array of former generals, secretaries of state, and CIA ghouls — including some Republicans — agree with Obama’s assessment. They’re gathering in Clinton’s corner, confident she has the know-how to be commander in chief.