Clinton and Trump will appear at a "commander in chief forum" to discuss national security on Sept. 7, the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) announced

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The one-hour forum will be televised live in prime time on NBC and MSNBC, according to the group, and it will focus on national security, military affairs and veterans issues. It will come just days before the 9/11 anniversary and will take place in New York, which both candidates call home.

"IAVA members world-wide, 93 percent of whom say they’ll be voting in November, and many deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan right now, are ready to hear from the candidates and hold them accountable," IAVA founder and CEO Paul Rieckhoff said in a statement.

The forum comes just weeks before the pair are slated to appear in their first general election debate at Hofstra University in New York. Trump's campaign manager said Thursday night that he would officially participate in the three general election debates.