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    Why Won't Susan Rice Testify to Congress?

    The former national-security adviser is caught up in a political fight over surveillance again.
    by David A. Graham May 04, 2017 4 minutes
    Source: Kevin Lamarque / Reuters

    In the latest strange twist in the investigation of Russian interference into the election, former Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice has declined to appear before the Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism on Monday.

    Senator Lindsey Graham, the subcommittee’s Republican chair, announced on Tuesday that he wanted Rice to testify alongside former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. But on Wednesday, Rice declined the invitation.

    That drew a pair of tweets from President Trump Thursday morning:

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