Leonard Pitts: We don’t have a few bad apples. We have a rotten tree.

(Michael Sohn | AP file photo) In this Jan. 20 photo, national security adviser Robert O'Brien addresses media during a news conference in Berlin.

(Michael Sohn | AP file photo) In this Jan. 20 photo, national security adviser Robert O'Brien addresses media during a news conference in Berlin.

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