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Harris' embrace of Dick Cheney was just one way she courted national security hawks

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Vice President Kamala Harris says she's trying to play it safe on national security.

Julian Zelizer : On Gaza , Ukraine , Afghanistan , and other national security matters, Harris appeared to appeal to interventionist consensus.

He says Harris ' embrace of a top architect of the disastrous militarism of George W. Bush's administration was one of several signals she offered suggesting fans of the neoconservative foreign policy associated with the Cheneys should feel comfortable with her as president.

Vice President Harris mocked President Trump for negotiating with the Taliban and North Korea .

She also mocked Trump for exchanging “love letters with Kim Jong Un’s ” with the North Korean leader.

Harris also said there is not one member of the US military in a combat zone in any war zone around the world.

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