Yochi Dreazen

Foreign editor for Vox

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Managing Editor for News at Foreign Policy magazine and author of The Invisible Front: Love and Loss in an Era of Endless War; former senior defense correspondent at the National Journal; former reporter for the Wall Street Journal, covering White House foreign policy

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News broke over the weekend that Donald Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer who apparently offered damaging information on Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

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Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn asked for immunity in  exchange  for his testimony.

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Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn asked for immunity in exchange for his testimony.

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Michael Flynn resigned as National Security Advisor after he admitted not fully briefing Vice President Mike Pence about his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the US.

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Michael Flynn resigned as National Security Advisor after he admitted not fully briefing Vice President Mike Pence about his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the US.

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