CNN: Obama UN rep rips Russia, rejects attack on intel agencies
Washington (CNN)US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power on Tuesday rapped President-elect Donald Trump for his defense of Moscow and delivered a stark warning about Russian efforts to undermine the international order.
Power's remarks, at the Washington-based Atlantic Council, are just the latest warning by outgoing Obama administration officials of the need to be wary of Russian intentions as Trump repeatedly asserts his desire for better ties with Moscow, sometimes criticizing US intelligence services in the process.
Power made indirect reference to Trump, who denigrated US intelligence agencies after their conclusion that Russia had hacked the US election in an attempt to undermine Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
"What is not healthy is for a party or its leaders to cast doubt on a unanimous, well-documented assessment of our intelligence community that a foreign government is seeking to harm our country," Power said.
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Update: U.S. ambassador to U.N. says Russia tearing down global order (Reuters).
WNU Editor: She gave this speech at the Atlantic Council .... a perfect place if you want to rip Russia.
5 comments:
All over DC, a sudden plethora of vacancies under Democrat beds, open up for unsuspecting Russians.
And the Meryl Streep award for courage goes to...Samantha Power...or something like that.
And the Russians are 10 feet tall too.
And the Russians are 10 feet tall too.
Look at the bright side.
When Samantha Power was given the American UN ambassador job, she was taken from the American university system and therefore had less of a chance of corrupting impressionable snowflakes.
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