Albright Apologizes to Romney for Mocking His ‘Geopolitical Foe’ Assessment of Russia
Albright was featured in 2012 Obama video saying Romney's words were 'very dangerous'
BY: David Rutz
February 26, 2019 1:28 pm
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright apologized to Mitt Romney on Tuesday for previously mocking his 2012 description of Russia as the country's top geopolitical foe.
Reporters tweeted Albright offered a mea culpa to now-Sen. Romney (R., Utah), then the 2012 GOP nominee, at a House Intelligence Committee hearing, saying "we underestimated what was going on with Russia."
Romney's comment in a CNN interview that Russia was "our No. 1 geopolitical foe" was widely viewed as a gaffe by Democrats and the media. Obama and Vice President Joe Biden mocked his "Cold War" mindset, and then-Sen. John Kerry (D., Mass.) said it was a "preposterous notion."
Romney made the remark in response to Obama telling outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev he would "have more flexibility" with regard to Russia and missile defense after his election fight was over.
Romney stipulated that the greater national security threat was a potentially nuclear Iran, but he said Russia was a greater geo-strategic threat because of its alliances with some of the world's worst actors.
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