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Hivy How presidential nominees deal with stinging defeat
The following is a transcript of an interview with retired Admiral Mike Rogers, former commander of U.S. Cyber Command that aired Sunday, October 18, 2020, on Face the Nation. MARGARET BRENNAN: We want to turn now to election security and Admiral Mike Rogers. During the last election, he was the head of the Natio stanley cup nal Security Agency and US Cyber Command, which runs military cyberspace operations. Good morning to you. This is--ADMIRAL MIKE ROGERS: Good morning, MARGARET. MARGARET BRENNAN: --this is the most watched, potentially most complicated election in the midst of a pandemic that our country has seen. I know in 2016, after the fact, you said you wish more had been done in terms of direct public action before the election took place. What do you think about now How secure are elections ROGERS: So, I am very confident that we re going to have an election that will allow us to vote as citizens, that will accurately reflect the results of that voting and will generate a set of results that we can believe in. I think a lot of work has been done. The biggest challenge to me in some ways is the context in which this election is occurring. We re a very polarized and divided nation right now, and we re in the middle of a significant health crisis. So I think there s a few things we need to be mindful of. The first is the turnout, based on everything we ve seen, will hit record levels. We need to be prepared for longer l stanley flask ines and a longer pro stanley mug c Rdbt Democrats unveil measure to investigate foreign interference in U.S. election
The Rocky Mountain region represents friendly terrain for Barack Obama, who is angling to add Montana to his string of victories on Tuesday.Demographically, the state would seem to suit rival Hillary Rodham Clinton almost perfectly - overwhelmingly white and rural. But political observers and a statewide poll suggest Obama has the advantage here.The Illinois senato stanley isolierkanne r has outperformed Clinton in Rocky Mountain states, winning contests in Colorado, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. Clinton won Arizona and a cliffhanger in New Mexico. Only 16 delegates are at stake in Montana s primary, but depending on several other factors - what the Democratic National Committee rules panel decides this weekend abo stanley mug ut seating Florida and Michigan delegations and Puerto Rico s primary Sunday - the state could put Obama over the top for the nomination. He was about 40 delegates shy of victory on Friday.South Dakota holds its primary the same day, but Montana s polls clos stanley thermosflasche e an hour later, giving the state bragging rights to the finale in an epic marathon that has stretched from Jan. 3 to June 3, pausing in every state and spanning the globe as Americans living in dozens of countries cast ballots. Clinton hopes wins in Montana and South Dakota will help persuade some of the nearly 200 yet-to-be-claimed superdelegates - elected officials and party leaders awarded a vote at the Democratic National Convention by virtue of their positions - to side with her and carry
The following is a transcript of an interview with retired Admiral Mike Rogers, former commander of U.S. Cyber Command that aired Sunday, October 18, 2020, on Face the Nation. MARGARET BRENNAN: We want to turn now to election security and Admiral Mike Rogers. During the last election, he was the head of the Natio stanley cup nal Security Agency and US Cyber Command, which runs military cyberspace operations. Good morning to you. This is--ADMIRAL MIKE ROGERS: Good morning, MARGARET. MARGARET BRENNAN: --this is the most watched, potentially most complicated election in the midst of a pandemic that our country has seen. I know in 2016, after the fact, you said you wish more had been done in terms of direct public action before the election took place. What do you think about now How secure are elections ROGERS: So, I am very confident that we re going to have an election that will allow us to vote as citizens, that will accurately reflect the results of that voting and will generate a set of results that we can believe in. I think a lot of work has been done. The biggest challenge to me in some ways is the context in which this election is occurring. We re a very polarized and divided nation right now, and we re in the middle of a significant health crisis. So I think there s a few things we need to be mindful of. The first is the turnout, based on everything we ve seen, will hit record levels. We need to be prepared for longer l stanley flask ines and a longer pro stanley mug c Rdbt Democrats unveil measure to investigate foreign interference in U.S. election
The Rocky Mountain region represents friendly terrain for Barack Obama, who is angling to add Montana to his string of victories on Tuesday.Demographically, the state would seem to suit rival Hillary Rodham Clinton almost perfectly - overwhelmingly white and rural. But political observers and a statewide poll suggest Obama has the advantage here.The Illinois senato stanley isolierkanne r has outperformed Clinton in Rocky Mountain states, winning contests in Colorado, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. Clinton won Arizona and a cliffhanger in New Mexico. Only 16 delegates are at stake in Montana s primary, but depending on several other factors - what the Democratic National Committee rules panel decides this weekend abo stanley mug ut seating Florida and Michigan delegations and Puerto Rico s primary Sunday - the state could put Obama over the top for the nomination. He was about 40 delegates shy of victory on Friday.South Dakota holds its primary the same day, but Montana s polls clos stanley thermosflasche e an hour later, giving the state bragging rights to the finale in an epic marathon that has stretched from Jan. 3 to June 3, pausing in every state and spanning the globe as Americans living in dozens of countries cast ballots. Clinton hopes wins in Montana and South Dakota will help persuade some of the nearly 200 yet-to-be-claimed superdelegates - elected officials and party leaders awarded a vote at the Democratic National Convention by virtue of their positions - to side with her and carry
