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US Military Vows to Defend US Elections

Jeff Seldin

   WASHINGTON - The U.S. military is joining federal, state and local
   officials on the frontlines of the battle to protect the country's
   elections from foreign interference.

   Defense Secretary Mark Esper made the announcement Thursday, saying
   that, from now on, election security will be one of the military's
   enduring missions, and that his department will seek to take the fight
   to the country's enemies.

   "The lines between war and peace have now blurred," Esper said, citing
   an exponential expansion of dangers in cyberspace. "Our paradigm for
   war has changed."

   "Our adversaries see cyberwarfare as a way to take on the United States
   and impose costs without confronting our traditional strengths," he
   said.

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