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Open thread Dec. 13, 2019

Dan Crawford | December 13, 2019 10:16 am

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  • Bkrasting says:
    December 13, 2019 at 11:21 am

    Over the past month the WSJ (Ed/OpEd) has, on three occasions, made reference to a 2012 “Hot Mike” slip by Obama. The Journal thinks this is important. Is it?

    In March 2012 President Obama was caught on camera
    telling Russia’s then-President Dmitry Medvedev to let
    his soon-to-be successor, Vladimir Putin, know that:

    “on all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this can be solved but it’s important for him to give me space. . . . This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility.”

    Mr. Medvedev promised to alert Mr. Putin that if he
    didn’t stir up trouble for Mr. Obama, he’d be rewarded
    with postcampaign “flexibility” on missile defense”

    A link to 2012:

    https://www.wsj.com/video/obama-medvedev-hot-mic-gaffe/5F7CF09D-CFD5-4805-A72C-3378D5F8371E.html

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