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And he still embraces anti-Semitism as a political tool, praising a Nazi-allied wartime leader of Hungary and using stereotypes to cast Jewish emigre George Soros as an outside puppeteer. In the past, U.S. administrations kept a certain distance from countries that espoused such policies and attitudes. During O
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_033379 →nd using stereotypes to cast Jewish emigre George Soros as an outside puppeteer. In the past, U.S. admini
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_033379 →ted from finger-wagging to appeasement. By Heather A. Conley and Charles Gati May 25 About the authors + Two important American visitors showed up in Budapest on Wednesday. One was Stephen K. Bannon, the former White House adviser who is an admirer of Hungary's strongman, Viktor Orban; he addressed a confer
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_033379 →north and south by the question of debt and east and west by the question of immigration, the EU is even less effective and fast moving than usual. George Soros (whose views, one believes, the Kremlin follows carefully even if it loathes his influence) argues that the minimalist `solutions' the EU adopted t
lopments like the Greek return to the bond markets suggest that even in Europe bad times don't last forever, Putin apparently not only believes the Soros analysis; he is acting on it. Russia is pursuing an aggressive, influence-expanding program inside the EU and NATO as well as outside it. Linking u
Putin appears to have read our passivity as a license to pursue control, if not conquest, of his neighbors. He has effectively repudiated the 1994 Budapest memorandum on security assurances in which Ukraine agreed to give up its nuclear arsenal in exchange for commitments from the United States, Brita
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ganizations associated with philanthropist George Soros present a danger to the status quo that rivals NA
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019260 →from Russia, China, Venezuela, and other repressive states, the National Endowment for Democracy and the organizations associated with philanthropist George Soros present a danger to the status quo that rivals NATO or Western intelligence agencies.° In 2015, Putin signed a law that allowed the prosecu- tor gen
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019260 →one Republican legislator after another defended the Fidesz government, often in ways that demonstrated blatant ignorance of political conditions in Budapest.'® Conservatives praise Orban for his commitment to traditional values and decisive leadership, but they ignore the course he has set for the economy
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019270 →Entities connected to both George Soros and Budapest

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