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FACT CHECK: Why Didn't Obama Stop Russia's Election Interference In 2016?

February 21, 2018

Philip Ewing

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with then-President Barack Obama in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 5, 2016. Obama's warnings about active measures went unheeded. (AP)

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