The Takeaway: It’s time to get ‘clear-eyed’ about Russian threat to US forces, says US Rep. Elissa Slotkin
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The Lead: Russia’s role in Mideast ‘comes at the expense’ of US interests, says Slotkin
Although Elissa Slotkin is only in her first term representing Michigan’s 8th district in Congress, she is already a go-to member on national security, sitting on the House Armed Services and Homeland Security committees.
Slotkin came to the Hill after a decade and a half in the executive branch, including stints at the CIA, where she did three tours in Iraq, and in senior positions with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the White House and the Pentagon, where she was acting assistant secretary of state for international security affairs.
Slotkin was the guest on Al-Monitor’s On the Middle East podcast today discussing US foreign policy, Congress, Russia and the Middle East.
Here are six takeaways from our conversation:
