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Russ Feingold on Wednesday slammed the GOP presidential field for ignoring foreign policy, blaming the Tea Party for pushing it to the back burner for the GOP party.

"The Republican field is choosing only those things to talk about in foreign policy where they think they can hurt the president," the former Democratic senator from Wisconsin said on CBS's "This Morning." As an example, he used the GOP field's focus on the potential nuclear threat in Iran.

He particularly singled out Newt Gingrich in his criticism, though he also referenced former GOP candidate Herman Cain.

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