“There isn’t another candidate who has my experience and qualifications,” she said in an exclusive interview Sunday. ADFarkas served as a deputy assistant secretary of defense in charge of policy toward Russia, Ukraine and neighboring countries under President Barack Obama. ADAlthough she left the Obama administration in 2015, Farkas urged congressional staff and former administration colleagues in late 2016 to preserve intelligence about Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election. Mondaire Jones, a former Justice Department aide under the Obama administration, is also running. But Farkas enters with name recognition from her frequent appearances on MSNBC, said local Democratic official David Imamura.

Source: Washington Post November 18, 2019 04:52 UTC