Ben Carson's Campaign Slams Bombshell New York Times Report as 'Affront to Good Journalistic Practices'

One of Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson's foreign-policy advisers questioned the candidate's grasp of Middle East events in an interview with The New York Times, prompting a quick rebuke from Carson's campaign.

Duane Clarridge, a former CIA officer whom The Times identified as a "top adviser to Mr. Carson on terrorism and national security," said Carson struggled to understand the intricacies of the Middle East and that Carson needed weekly foreign-policy conference calls to "make him smart."

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