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I remember during the New START floor debate... we were trying to get an idea of the whip count -- how senators were voting -- and at least two Republican senators announced on Twitter that they were going to vote yes for the treaty. So I called up to the war room [at State] and I said we've got these two people. And the response was, 'What news outlets are reporting this?' And I said, 'No, it was on Twitter.' They tweeted it. They were like, 'No, but who has verified it.'

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I remember during the New START floor debate… we were trying to get an idea of the whip count — how senators were voting — and at least two Republican senators announced on Twitter that they were going to vote yes for the treaty. So I called up to the war room [at State] and I said we’ve got these two people. And the response was, ‘What news outlets are reporting this?’ And I said, ‘No, it was on Twitter.’ They tweeted it. They were like, ‘No, but who has verified it.’

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