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<title><![CDATA[Natasha Bertrand - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/37391.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Natasha Bertrand]]></description><category domain="37391">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump Confronts Options on Iran]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-confronts-options-iran-targeted-220631142.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Natasha Bertrand</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump faces one of the weightiest decisions of his second term as he orders the largest military buildup in the Middle East in 22 years.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tensions Escalate, Diplomatic Talks With Iran Hit Snag]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-carrier-shoots-down-iranian-175818558.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Natasha Bertrand</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A US aircraft carrier shot down an Iranian drone that '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'aggressively approached'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' the ship in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday hours before two gunboats operated by Iran'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps approached a US-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz and threatened to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sources Say Strikes Didn't Destroy Iran's Nuclear Sites]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/exclusive-early-us-intel-assessment-suggests-strikes-on-iran-did-not-destroy-nuclear-sites-sources-say/ar-AA1Hlooc</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Natasha Bertrand</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The US military strikes on three of Iran'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the country'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early US intelligence assessment that was described by seven people briefed on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Inexorable Rise of Jake Sullivan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/27/jake-sullivan-biden-national-security-440814</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Natasha Bertrand</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In his first interview as Joe Biden's national security adviser, Sullivan lays out his plans for a world transformed by the coronavirus '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and Donald Trump.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Camp Lashes Out, Denies Burisma Meeting]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/14/biden-campaign-lashes-out-new-york-post-429486</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Natasha Bertrand</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The campaign cast the allegations against Joe and Hunter Biden as '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Russian disinformation,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' while Republicans complained that social media companies were censoring the story.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Intel Power Play Spooks the Spooks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/08/john-ratcliffe-trump-intel-power-play-123452</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Natasha Bertrand</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The CIA never welcomed its overlords in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. But now, the agency confronts its worst nightmare.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Quest for Vengeance Against John Brennan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/22/trump-vengeance-john-brennan-russia-053970</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Natasha Bertrand</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In Attorney General William Barr'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s review of the Russia probe, some see a presidential target.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Michael Cohen's Road Map for Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/03/democrats-gear-investigate-trumps-bank-and-deals/583996/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Natasha Bertrand</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After the former Trump attorney'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s testimony last week, House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings says that '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'all you have to do is follow the transcript.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[McCabe Couldn't Believe What Trump Said About Putin]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/02/mccabe-warns-trump-mueller-undeterred/583000/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Natasha Bertrand</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The former deputy director of the FBI explains why the bureau felt obligated to investigate the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and how the Mueller probe might end.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Senate's Russia Probe Faces a Reckoning]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/02/russia-investigation-senate-probe-faces-critical-point/582883/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Natasha Bertrand</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Meanwhile, the Democratic-led House committee is gearing up for a reinvigorated inquiry.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Manafort Angling for a Pardon?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/11/manafort-breaks-plea-deal-and-hopes-pardon/576925/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Natasha Bertrand</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Legal experts call his ongoing talks with Trump about the Mueller probe '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'extremely unusual.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Case for Trump-Russia Conspiracy Gets a Little Stronger]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/07/trump-michael-cohen-trump-tower-meeting/566303/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Natasha Bertrand</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If proven true, the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s alleged role in the Trump Tower meeting could help prosecutors make judgments about his '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'character, truthfulness, and culpability.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Chilling Effect of Trump's War on the FBI]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/05/the-chilling-effect-of-trumps-war-on-the-fbi/561218/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Natasha Bertrand</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the president ramps up his attacks on the law-enforcement and intelligence communities, long-standing damage to key agencies seems inevitable.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lingering Mysteries of a Trump-Russia Conspiracy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/05/the-lingering-mysteries-of-a-trump-russia-conspiracy/560465/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Natasha Bertrand</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A year of dizzying developments have bolstered both Mueller'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s critics, who say he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s on a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'fishing expedition,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and his defenders, who believe he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s leaving no stone unturned.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dem Memo Undercuts Republican Complaints About FBI]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/democratic-memo-undercuts-key-republican-complaints-about-fbi/554204/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Natasha Bertrand</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a memo drafted by the intelligence committee'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Republicans in January and promptly declassified by the White House, the majority claimed that the FBI had misleadingly obscured the origins of a dossier written by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele, some of...]]></description>
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