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CNN: Pence blames Russia for meddling, Obama admin for cybersecurity failures

By CNN.

Published Aug. 1, 2018 at 12:18 pm

Vice President Mike Pence greets guests during an event celebrating National Military Appreciation Month and National Military Spouse Appreciation Day in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building May 9, 2017 in Washington, DC.

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Vice President Mike Pence directly criticized Russia for the Kremlin’s interference in the 2016 US elections during a speech July 31 in New York City.

“While other nations possessed the capability, the fact is, Russia meddled in our 2016 elections,” Pence said. “That is the unambiguous judgment of our intelligence community, and as the President said, we ‘accept the intelligence community’s conclusion.'”