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struggle4progress

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Sat Jun 18, 2016, 12:24 AM Jun 2016

Who's Advising Trump on Foreign Policy? [View all]

JUN 17 2016, 5:42 PM ET
by ALEX SEITZ-WALD

Four months after his campaign released a list of advisers that was widely panned by Republican national security experts, the answer remains a bit of a mystery.

"We have received tremendous support from many experts and key advisers," Trump spokesperson Hope Hicks told NBC News. Asked who specifically those people were, Hicks replied, "None that we are prepared to announce at this time."

It's the polar opposite approach to that taken by HIllary Clinton, who has built a staff of hundreds and assembled a baroque network of outside foreign policy advisers. Trump, meanwhile, brags about not needing to rely on establishment experts and is hoping Americans' disillusionment with the foreign policy status quo will help him carry the day ...

"He doesn't appear to want to learn about issues. So, I'm going to vote for Mrs. Clinton," said former George W. Bush State Department official Richard Armitage, who on Thursday became the latest and highest ranking GOP official to announce he would support Clinton ...


http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/who-s-advising-donald-trump-foreign-policy-it-s-hard-n594591

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