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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4718481" data-attributes="member: 48469">&quot;In a <a href="https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/press-releases/inhofe/reed-statement-on-massive-cyber-hack-targeting-us-government" target="_blank">joint statement</a> on Thursday, the two highest-ranking members of the Senate Armed Services Committee said the attack &quot;has the hallmarks of a Russian intelligence operation.&quot;In their statement, Sens. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., and Jack Reed, D-R.I., called upon the U.S. government to &quot;do everything possible to counter it&quot; — something several other lawmakers have criticized the Trump administration for not doing.&quot;An incident of this magnitude and lasting impact requires an engaged and public response by the U.S. government, led by a President who understands the significance of this intrusion and who is actively marshaling a domestic remediation strategy and an international response,&quot; Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., vice-chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, said in a statement <a href="https://www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2020/12/warner-on-the-solarwinds-hack-that-has-compromised-u-s-federal-agencies" target="_blank">released Friday</a>.&quot;It is extremely troubling that the President does not appear to be acknowledging, much less acting upon, the gravity of this situation,&quot; he added.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4718481, member: 48469"] "In a [URL='https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/press-releases/inhofe/reed-statement-on-massive-cyber-hack-targeting-us-government']joint statement[/URL] on Thursday,[B] the two highest-ranking members of the Senate Armed Services Committee said the attack "has the hallmarks of a Russian intelligence operation." In their statement, Sens. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., and Jack Reed, D-R.I., called upon the U.S. government to "do everything possible to counter it" — something several other lawmakers have criticized the Trump administration for not doing.[/B] "An incident of this magnitude and lasting impact requires an engaged and public response by the U.S. government, led by a President who understands the significance of this intrusion and who is actively marshaling a domestic remediation strategy and an international response," Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., vice-chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, said in a statement [URL='https://www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2020/12/warner-on-the-solarwinds-hack-that-has-compromised-u-s-federal-agencies']released Friday[/URL]. "It is extremely troubling that the President does not appear to be acknowledging, much less acting upon, the gravity of this situation," he added." [/QUOTE]

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