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Vladimir Putin has blackmail material on Hillary. By the way, Bill Clinton’s communications were also monitored by a foreign power. We discuss all of this in our new column:

Click here to read column, What Does Putin Have on Hillary?

On the other hand, Trump’s achilles heel on foreign policy is his blind spot on Russia.

Senator Tom Cotton is saying that Trump’s views may change once he’s briefed on Russia’s aggressiuve intentions. Nevin Gussack provided this excerpt of an exchange with Cotton from a CNBC interview:

CNBC’s John Harwood: One of the questions that has been raised about Donald Trump is, "Is he more friendly with Russia than it is in America's best interests to be?"

Sen. Cotton: Vladimir Putin was a KGB spy and he never got over that. He does not have America's best interests at heart and he does not have any American interests at heart. I suspect, after this week, when Donald Trump is the nominee and he begins to receive classified briefings, similar briefings to what I receive as a member of the Intelligence Committee, he may have a different perspective on Vladimir Putin and what Russia is doing to America's interests and allies in Europe and the Middle East and Asia.

However, you don’t need classified briefings to understand Russia. We published Back from the Dead: The Return of the Evil Empire, in August of 2014. The intelligence agencies have actually been slow in understanding Russia.

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Trump gave a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars this morning. Trump’s VP Mike Pence gave opening remarks, saying we need a stronger military and a better VA. Pence also said Trump will take on our enemies. “This man will name our enemies without apology and he will defeat them,” Pence said of Trump.

So then name Russia.

Trump followed by vowing to clean up the VA scandals and take on Islamic terrorism.

We’ve posted an “Open Letter to Trump” from a  group of foreign policy experts concerned about the pro-Russian advisers around him.

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