Former CIA chief: Trump should “apologize” to Obama
By Reuters
21 March 2017 |
4:49 am
Leon Panetta, the former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, says U.S. President Donald Trump should "apologize" to former President Barack Obama over the wiretap claim.
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