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On the recordJune 25, 2017
We didn't wait, Anderson. First, couple things that are important, when this information first came to light late in the summer, we thought that the primary objective that Russia was pursuing was to actually hack into the elections and disrupt them.
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Antony Blinken
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Blinken defends the Obama administration's response to Russian interference.

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