After years of political disputes, President Barack Obamaand top United States congressional leadershave found something on which they can agree.The two sides believe there should be an official investigationof suspected Russian attacks on American computersand whether they influenced the 2016 presidential election.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnelland the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Paul Ryan,have expressed support for such an investigation."The Russians are not our friends," McConnell said.Ryan said an investigation by the Houseshould not make anyone question Donald Trump's victoryin the presidential election.But Ryan said foreign interference in a U.S. election is "entirely unacceptable."He called possible involvement by Russia "especially problematic."On Monday, Obama said he had ordered a complete examination of possible Russian cyberattacks."The reason I have called for a reviewis really to just gather all the threads of the investigations,the intelligence work that has been done over many monthsso that the public and our elected representatives going forwardcan find ways to prevent this kind of interferencefrom having an impact on the elections in the future."Obama spoke on the Comedy Central television program, The Daily Show.The Central Intelligence Agency foundthat Russia interfered late in the election campaignto help Trump win the presidency.Trump has dismissed that CIA report.Experts said Russians attacked the computer systemsof both the Republican and Democratic Party national committees.But they say the Russians targeted embarrassing emailsinvolving the Democrats and their presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton.These emails were given to the Wikileaks organization,which published them on its website.Democrats in Congress want to study the possibility of Russian involvementin the election separate from the investigation ordered by the president.Delaware Senator Chris Coons is a Democrat.Coons told VOA he is happy that congressional leadersfrom both parties have called for both public and private investigations."I've heard evidence that convinces me that at the highest levelthe Russian government was directly involvedin trying to influence the outcome of our election," Coons said."I think it is a shocking action by the Russian governmentand something that deserves close consideration, action and response."Coons also said that the reports of Russian involvement in the electionraise "questions about President-elect Trump's ties to Russiabecause he refused to ever disclose his taxesduring the course of the campaign."Earlier this week, Democratic Senators Benjamin Cardin, Dianne Feinsteinand Patrick Leahy called for the creation of an independent investigation.Trump has suggested the Democrats only want an investigationbecause they are unhappy that he won the election.Trump has repeatedly praised Russian President Vladimir Putin.Some members of the U.S. intelligence communitybelieve Trump does not understandthat Russia is a threat to U.S. national security.