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If you were a reader of RedState during the Donald Trump era, especially while the Robert Mueller investigation was ongoing, you no doubt got acquainted with several “journalists” who dutifully parroted whatever Fusion GPS told them to. Of that group, two names routinely stood out as the worst of the worst – Ken Dilanian of NBC News and Natasha Bertrand of Politico (and later, MSNBC).
The latter was notorious for using the debunked Steele Dossier as a primer to mix with anonymous sourcing. In the end, almost every major salacious claim made by Bertrand under the guise of news ended up being wrong, not the least of which was the idea that Trump colluded with the Russians to steal the 2016 election. She was so obviously partisan in her work that she eventually earned the moniker “Fusion Natasha” from her detractors.
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Bertrand will continue to cover the White House and will now focus on national security:
We’re excited to welcome Natasha Bertrand, who joins @CNN as a reporter today. She will cover the White House with a focus on national security.
“So thrilled to be joining @CNN to cover the White House and national security,” Bertrand wrote of the news on Twitter. “Forever grateful to @politico for a wonderful 2 years.”
Some personal (professional) news…so thrilled to be joining @CNN to cover the White House and national security. Forever grateful to @politico for a wonderful 2 years. https://t.co/qO538ZHbgI
Biden s Asia-Pacific Rebalancing Push
Editor’s Note:
For almost two decades, and through the administrations of three very different presidents, the United States has tried to focus more on Asia and less on the Middle East. This change has proved easy in theory but hard in practice. Ali Wyne, of the Eurasia Group, describes past U.S. efforts to shift away from the Middle East toward Asia and argues that it is critical for the Biden administration to succeed where others failed.
Daniel Byman
One of the Biden administration’s foremost challenges, and greatest opportunities, will be to cement a strategic shift that prior administrations have struggled to effect for the past two decades rebalancing U.S. foreign policy away from the convulsions of the Middle East toward the resurgence of the Asia-Pacific.