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How The Obama Administration Struggled To Respond To Russian Election Interference

Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) meets with then President Obama on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hangzhou on Sept. 5, 2016. (Alexei Druzhinin/AFP/Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) meets with then President Obama on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hangzhou on Sept. 5, 2016. (Alexei Druzhinin/AFP/Getty Images)

The Washington Post has published an in-depth look into the internal struggle within the Obama administration over how to respond — and alert the public — to Russia’s attempts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young talks with Washington Post reporter Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) about how and why the administration responded the way it did, and the implications of those decisions.

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