Response to Russian Hacking: “Time and Place of Our Own Choosing”

President Barack Obama says the U.S. will respond to the Russia’s interference in the 2016 campaign.

In an interview with NPR on Friday, Obama said, “I think there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections … we need to take action. And we will — at a time and place of our own choosing. Some of it may be explicit and publicized; some of it may not be.”

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