{"id":1479,"date":"2017-06-13T19:18:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T19:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/13\/fact-check-sessions-and-kislyak\/"},"modified":"2017-06-13T19:18:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T19:18:00","slug":"fact-check-sessions-and-kislyak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/fact-check-sessions-and-kislyak\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact Check: Sessions and Kislyak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)\"><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Calibri;\n\tpanose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Georgia;\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 2 5 4 5 2 3 3;}\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{margin:0in;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tfont-size:11.0pt;\n\tfont-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;}\na:link, span.MsoHyperlink\n\t{mso-style-priority:99;\n\tcolor:#0563C1;\n\ttext-decoration:underline;}\na:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed\n\t{mso-style-priority:99;\n\tcolor:#954F72;\n\ttext-decoration:underline;}\nspan.EmailStyle17\n\t{mso-style-type:personal-compose;\n\tfont-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;\n\tcolor:windowtext;}\n.MsoChpDefault\n\t{mso-style-type:export-only;\n\tfont-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;}\n@page WordSection1\n\t{size:8.5in 11.0in;\n\tmargin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n-->\n<\/style>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<o:shapedefaults v:ext=\"edit\" spidmax=\"1026\" \/>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<o:shapelayout v:ext=\"edit\">\n<o:idmap v:ext=\"edit\" data=\"1\" \/>\n<\/o:shapelayout><\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<div class=\"WordSection1\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Jeff Sessions just said he was &ldquo;just an interested person&rdquo; when he met with Kislyak in April.&nbsp; That&rsquo;s not true.&nbsp; See below:<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\">At the time of Trump&rsquo;s April 2016 speech, Sessions was <\/span><\/b><u><span style=\"color:red\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/blogs\/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results\/2016\/03\/donald-trump-jeff-sessions-chairman-of-national-security-committee-220220\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\">already serving<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/u><b><u><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"> as Chairman of Trump&rsquo;s national security advisory committee.<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:.5in\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\">&ldquo;Donald Trump has named Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions the chairman of his national security advisory committee, the Republican frontrunner&rsquo;s campaign announced Thursday evening.&nbsp; Sessions, who became the first senator to endorse Trump earlier this week, will advise the candidate on matters of foreign policy and national security.&nbsp; &lsquo;We need to understand the limits of our ability to intervene successfully in other nations,&rsquo; said Sessions, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, in a statement. &lsquo;It is time for a healthy dose of foreign policy realism. In the Middle East, this means forming partnerships based on shared interests, not merely overthrowing regimes in the dangerous attempt to plant democracies.&rsquo;&rdquo;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Jeff Sessions just said he was &ldquo;just an interested person&rdquo; when he met with Kislyak in April.&nbsp; That&rsquo;s not true.&nbsp; See below: At the time of Trump&rsquo;s April 2016 speech, Sessions was already serving as Chairman of Trump&rsquo;s national security advisory committee. &nbsp; &ldquo;Donald Trump has named Alabama Sen. 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