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NYT: State Dept. Spent None of $120 Million to Counter Russian Election Meddling

HeadlineMar 06, 2018

The New York Times is reporting the State Department has yet to spend any of the $120 million allocated since late 2016 to counter alleged Russian meddling in U.S. elections. The Times reports that, as a result, not a single one of the 23 analysts who work in the State Department’s Global Engagement Center, which is charged with countering Moscow’s alleged election interference, even speaks Russian.

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