Obama: I’m Concerned that Some People Think Putin Has More Credibility than the U.S. Gov’t

‘I think it’s a measure of how the partisan divide has gotten so severe that people forget we’re on the same team’

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OBAMA: "The thing that has disturbed me most about the Russian hacking episode is, and the thing that surprised me most has not been the fact of Russian hacking, because Chinese, Russians, Iranians, a lot of... 
KROFT: "The United States..." 
OBAMA: “The United... Well, the cyber world is-is-is full of information gathering, you know, propaganda, et cetera. I have been concerned about the degree to which, in some circles, you’ve seen people suggest that Vladimir Putin has more credibility than the U.S. government. I think that’s something new. And I think it’s a measure of how the partisan divide has gotten so severe that people forget we’re on the same team.”

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