Clinton: US should use 'military response' to fight cyberattacks from Russia and China
By Jason Murdock September 1, 2016 15:17 BST
Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party presidential nominee and former US secretary of state, has said that if she becomes president cyberattacks against US interests will be treated "like any other attack" – and that includes military action.
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"As President, I will make it clear that the United States will treat cyberattacks just like any other attack. We will be ready with serious political, economic, and military responses," she told the attendees, largely made up of veterans and their supporters.
[...]"We need to respond to evolving threats from states like Russia, China, Iran and North Korea," Clinton said in the speech. "We need a military that is ready and agile so it can meet the full range of threats and operate on short notice across every domain – not just land, sea, air and space but also cyberspace.
And in other news from USA Today:
Good news for the GOP: Most Clinton voters say they'll split their ticket
Susan Page, USA TODAY 12:03 p.m. EDT September 1, 2016
In what could be good news for endangered Republican senators up for re-election this fall, a majority of Hillary Clinton supporters say they are likely to split the ticket — that is, vote for the Democratic presidential candidate but then support some GOP candidates for the Senate or other offices down the ballot.
In a nationwide USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll, a third of Clinton's supporters, 32%, say they are "very likely" to split their votes, and another 20% say they are "somewhat" likely. Twenty percent say they are "not very likely" to split the ticket, and 23% say they'll vote for Democratic candidates up and down the ballot.
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The findings could raise the hopes of Republican Senate candidates in competitive contests in swing states, among them Florida, Illinois, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Continued Republican control of the Senate could depend on GOP candidates convincing independent and Republican-leaning voters who decide to back Clinton to also cast a ballot for them.