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“President Trump congratulated President Putin on his March 18 re-election, and emphasized the importance of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.  The two leaders confirmed the need for the United States and Russia to continue our shared efforts on strategic stability.” (March 20, 2018)

Meanwhile, US Senators Burr (Republican) and Warner (Democrat) of the Senate Intel Committee stated regarding the Salisburg Chemical Weapons attack: “We must come together as a global community and stand against Russia and the malicious actions of the Putin regime.”

Today the Senate Intel Committee holds a hearing on election (in)security: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2018/03/21/us-senate-intel-commitee-to-hold-open-hearing-on-election-security-today-draft-recommendations/

US Senators Klobuchar and Shaheen worry that Russia was given the US voting machine source codes:
“According to voting machine testing and certification from the Election Assistance Commission, most voting machines contain software from firms which were alleged to have shared their source code with Russian entities.” https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2018/03/12/did-us-election-equipment-vendors-share-source-code-or-other-sensitive-or-proprietary-details-with-russia-us-senators-klobuchar-shaheen-inquire/

US Senator McCain says: “An American president does not lead the Free World by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections. And by doing so with Vladimir Putin, President Trump insulted every Russian citizen who was denied the right to vote in a free and fair election to determine their country’s future, including the countless Russian patriots who have risked so much to protest and resist Putin’s regime“.

Statement From Both Republican and Democratic US Senate Intel Committee Leaders:
“Joint Statement: Senate Intel Committee Leaders on Russian Nerve Agent Attack on British Soil, 03.15.18
WASHINGTON – Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today made the following statement on Russia’s culpability in the nerve agent attack in England:

“We stand with our British allies and the rest of the civilized world in denouncing the brazen and brutal chemical attack carried out against the United Kingdom. It has become clear that Russia is behind this effort to kill innocent civilians with a banned nerve agent.  This reckless and hostile act violates every international and diplomatic norm.  The Kremlin may deny it and spread misinformation through its propaganda machine, but we know the truth.  We must come together as a global community and stand against Russia and the malicious actions of the Putin regime.”. https://www.burr.senate.gov/press/releases/joint-statement-senate-intel-committee-leaders-on-russian-nerve-agent-attack-on-british-soil

“Mar 20 2018
STATEMENT BY SASC CHAIRMAN JOHN McCAIN ON PRESIDENT TRUMP CONGRATULATING VLADIMIR PUTIN
Washington, D.C. ­– U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today on President Trump congratulating Vladimir Putin on his “election” victory:
“An American president does not lead the Free World by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections. And by doing so with Vladimir Putin, President Trump insulted every Russian citizen who was denied the right to vote in a free and fair election to determine their country’s future, including the countless Russian patriots who have risked so much to protest and resist Putin’s regime.” 
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