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Tester Talks Russians, Trump And '17-'18 Elections

Montana Public Radio | By Eric Whitney
Published March 3, 2017 at 12:04 PM MST
Senator Jon Tester
Eric Whitney
Senator Jon Tester

Senator Jon Tester asked for an opportunity to speak to Montana Public Radio listeners. In this interview we ask him about investigations into the Trump administration's contacts with Russia, his takeaways from President Trump's address to Congress Tuesday, and his thoughts on the May special election and his re-election campaign in 2018. 
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Montana News Jon TesterMontana PoliticsDonald TrumpSpecial Election 2017
Eric Whitney
Eric Whitney is NPR's Mountain West/Great Plains Bureau Chief, and was the former news director for Montana Public Radio.
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