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Your WP quote: "But foreign policy experts and former officials told The Washington Post such a request of the Russians would be inappropriate unless carefully coordinated with the Obama administration, which was in office at the time."

Because Trump's back channel moves began when he was only President elect? More media BS! They celebrate Obama for doing it before he was even elected:

HuffingtonPost:
"My Life as a Secret Back Channel in Iran" Excerpt:

"In the case of Obama, the secret contacts began during the election campaign of 2008, when William Miller, a former diplomat and staff director of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, flew back and forth between Washington and Tehran. He was an ideal choice: an Obama loyalist, a believer in the possibility of a US-Iranian modus vivendi, and a trained diplomat..."

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Bump! Thanks for that find. I will never be able to say enough bad things about nobama. Came close, real close, to ruining our precious country.

What a difference with President Trump.