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Why Obama Was Smart to Kick Out Russian Spies

| Jan. 07, 2017

In fact, he might have just prevented the next intelligence disaster.

When President Barack Obama expelled 35 Russian officials from the United States last week, closing two compounds, including one cast in the media as a swanky "dacha" on the Chesapeake Bay, his critics mocked the move as too little, too late....

 

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For Academic Citation: Walton, Calder.“Why Obama Was Smart to Kick Out Russian Spies.” Politico, January 7, 2017.

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