Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20171205:08:08:00
>> and this was -- let's understand the significance of this. we didn't just kick out 35 diplomats. those were diplomats -- those were spied posing as diplomats. and it's a process called declaring them persona non grata. it's incredibly serious. it's very rarely done. and when you do it you do it to, say, one or two people. okay. obama excelled 35. it was the strongest response ever to a u.s. cyberattack on our country. and it was intended to send a very strong message. and the expected response, what would have been expected is russia would have retaliated by expelling 35 of our spies. inste...
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