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Trump Takes His Vision To Congress, The Country And An Audience For The Ages - NPR

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Trump Takes His Vision To Congress, The Country And An Audience For The Ages
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On Tuesday night, President Trump will address a joint session of the Congress for the first time, laying out his case for making the agenda of his campaign the law of the land. He will talk about controlling immigration, cutting taxes, abolishing ...
Record-setting stock rally faces test in Trump speechReuters
Trump's open-door Oval OfficePolitico

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Follow the money to uncover Trump's ties to Russia - Meridian Star

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Follow the money to uncover Trump's ties to Russia
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If you think about it, no wonder Donald Trump prefers the imaginative stylings of Fox News to the Presidential Daily Briefing. He's pretty much the network's target demographic: a daffy old-timer with time on his hands. Intelligence reports tend to be ...
Follow the money to uncover Trump's many ties to RussiaLebanon Reporter
Felix Sater: The Crook Behind the Trump-Russia 'Peace' Plan - The ...Daily Beast
Longtime Trump associate behind Trump-Russia "peace" plan is a ...Boing Boing
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Merkel Formally Nominated for German Election Run

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Angela Merkel's conservatives have formally nominated the German chancellor as her party's top candidate for the September parliamentary election in the region where she has her political base. The dpa news agency reported that Merkel won the support of 95 percent of delegates at a convention of the Christian Democrats' branch in northeastern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state Saturday. Merkel has held her parliamentary constituency in Stralsund since 1990. Polls show Merkel facing an unexpectedly strong challenge from the center-left Social Democrats, who have been boosted by their choice of former European Parliament President Martin Schulz to challenge her. Merkel didn't mention Schulz in her speech Saturday. But she did make a point of praising the economic reforms enacted by her center-left predecessor, Gerhard Schroeder, some of which Schulz has suggested he might amend.

US Set To Rival Russia In Oil And Natural Gas Exports - Forbes

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US Set To Rival Russia In Oil And Natural Gas Exports
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President Trump has promised to roll back federal regulations to help U.S. oil and natural gas and to open up new areas for development. The administration's energy priority is to "unleash America's $50 trillion in untapped shale, oil, and natural gas ...

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FBI Director in Middle of Political Fray Over Trump, Russians

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FBI Director James Comey is again in a familiar spot these days - the middle of political tumult.   As a high-ranking Justice Department official in the George W. Bush administration, he clashed with the White House over a secret surveillance program. Years later as head of the FBI, he incurred the ire of Hillary Clinton supporters for public statements on an investigation into her emails. Now, Comey is facing new political pressure as White House officials are encouraging him to follow their lead by publicly recounting private FBI conversations in an attempt to dispute reports about connections between the Trump administration and Russia.   It's an unusual position for a crime-fighting organization with a vaunted reputation for independence and political neutrality. Yet Comey, the former top federal prosecutor in Manhattan who later became deputy attorney general of the United States, is known for an unshaking faith in his own moral compass.   “I'm not detecting a loss of confidence in him, a loss of confidence in him by him,” said retired FBI assistant director Ron Hosko, noting the broad recognition that “these are very tumultuous, polarized, angry, angry times.”   The latest flare up occurred Friday, when White House officials told reporters that chief of staff Reince Priebus had asked top FBI officials to dispute media reports that Donald Trump's campaign advisers were frequently in touch with Russian intelligence agents during the election. The officials said the FBI first raised concerns about New York Times reporting but told Priebus the bureau could not weigh in publicly on the matter. The officials said Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and Comey instead gave Priebus the go-ahead to discredit the story publicly, something the FBI has not confirmed.   Call for hearing As the FBI declined to discuss the matter, pressure mounted on Comey to either counter or affirm the White House's account. Even the Trump administration urged him to come forward, which as of Friday was not happening.   “Politicized assertions by White House chief of staff Priebus about what may or may not be the findings of an FBI investigation are exactly the wrong way for the public to hear about an issue that is of grave consequence to our democracy,” Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat and member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said in a statement. “The American people deserve real transparency, which means Director Comey needs to come forward, in an open hearing, and answer questions.”   The push on Comey to publicly discuss the bureau's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is especially acute given his statements in the run-up to November 8 that many Democrats believe cost Clinton the election. He detailed the results of the FBI's investigation at an unusual July news conference, testified on it for hours on Capitol Hill and alerted Congress less than two weeks before Election Day that the FBI would be reviewing new emails potentially connected to the case.   But it's not clear that Comey, now in the fourth year of a 10-year term, will be swayed by any public hand-wringing. People who have worked with the FBI director describe him as holding strong personal convictions. As deputy attorney general, he confronted White House officials in the hospital room of then-attorney general John Ashcroft in an effort to quash the reauthorization of a counterterrorism surveillance program.   When nominating Comey for FBI director in 2013, President Barack Obama praised him for his “fierce independence and deep integrity.” Comey stood apart from the administration on a few occasions after that, including when he floated the possibility that police concerns over being recorded on video were causing officers to pull back and contributing to an uptick in homicides, a viewpoint the White House refused to endorse.   His decision to announce the FBI's recommendation against criminal charges in the Clinton email case was made without any notice to the Justice Department, and his notification to Congress about the new emails was not supported by department leaders, including Attorney General Loretta Lynch.   Decisions that reach the desk of the top leadership of the FBI are generally not easy, said Robert Anderson, a retired FBI executive assistant director.   “The director of the FBI is a hard job, even when it's an easy day or nothing's in the newspaper,” Anderson said. “By the time it makes it up to Jim, it's all hard at that point.”

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New anti-Islamic State plan could change US strategy in Syria - Washington Post

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New anti-Islamic State plan could change US strategy in Syria
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They also potentially open the door to cooperation with Russia, whose warplanes have aided Turkish troops that have already moved into Syrian territory to the town of al-Bab, west of the area of Kurdish control. Turkey could also provide artillery and ...
Gen Dunford talks 'Kurdish challenge' in 30-day proposal for TrumpRudaw

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The possible ties between Trump and Russia, explained - PolitiFact

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The possible ties between Trump and Russia, explained
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The report said Putin himself "ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S. presidential election." Agents also concluded that the Russian government prefered Trump over Clinton, and they intended to undermine Americans' faith in the ...
Trump, Democrats, And The 'Deep State': 11 PrinciplesHuffington Post
Russia Compiles Psychological Dossier on Trump for PutinNBCNews.com

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Trump Faces Divergent Views On Russia – Analysis - Eurasia Review

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Trump Faces Divergent Views On Russia – Analysis
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During his contentious press conference of last week, US President Donald Trump at one point noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin, might very well contend that his American counterpart faces too many obstacles to pursue improved relations with ...
The Kremlin and Russia's regional governments are at odds. That's a problem for Putin.Washington Post
Putin's Image Rises in US, Mostly Among RepublicansGallup

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UN's Syria envoy pledges 'serious try' as peace talks resume in Geneva - The Guardian

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UN's Syria envoy pledges 'serious try' as peace talks resume in Geneva
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Back in February 2016 there was a degree of quiet optimism in western diplomatic circles thatRussia would be ready to deliver a conciliatory Syrian government delegation to the talks after Vladimir Putin's military intervention on the regime's side ...

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Turkey and Russia search for Syria cease-fire formula - Preeceville and the Sturgis Review

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Turkey and Russia search for Syria cease-fire formula
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ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish and Russian officials on Thursday held talks on the deteriorating conditions in eastern Aleppo but gave no indication they were close ...

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Russia Insists on Syrian Kurds' Participation in Geneva Peace Talks - Sputnik International

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Russia Insists on Syrian Kurds' Participation in Geneva Peace Talks
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GENEVA (Sputnik) – Russia pushes for inviting Syrian Kurds to participate in the intra-Syriantalks in the Swiss city of Geneva, Russia's envoy to the UN Office in Geneva Alexei Borodavkin said Thursday. "We have always advocated and continue to ...
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Russia may have sidelined PYD in Geneva talksRudaw
UN hosts 'Geneva IV' talks: Sequel or new script for Syria?ABC News
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Russia admits its 'information troops' are waging a massive cyber war against the West - The Sun

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Russia admits its 'information troops' are waging a massive cyber war against the West
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He claims in a new report The Next Phase of Russian Information Warfare that the aim is to influence and “control information in whatever form it takes”. Putin's men have also been testing Nato, including targeting individual soldiers through social ...
'Disneyland of WAR' Putin rebuilds Nazi parliament to train child army for war with WestDaily Star
Russia acknowledges propaganda force meant to wage information warfare against theWestBusiness Insider
Russian Defense Minister Says His Military Has Tested 162 Weapons In SyriaNPR
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Dunford: Counter-IS plan will have global scope - Townhall

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Dunford: Counter-IS plan will have global scope
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While Dunford declined to offer details of any options under consideration, he stressed that the plan is being built with input across the government, to include the departments of State and Treasury as well as the intelligence agencies. "This is a ...

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Joint Chiefs chairman: We'll give Trump 'full range' of options for defeating ISIS - The Hill

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Joint Chiefs chairman: We'll give Trump 'full range' of options for defeating ISIS
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The top general in the U.S. military says a “full range” of options are being considered to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) as part of the 30-day strategy review ordered by President Trump. “I think it is fair to say that we'll ...
Top US general readies 'full range' of Syria options for TrumpDaily Mail
Islamic State battle plan will have global scope, chairman of Joint Chiefs saysThe Register-Guard
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US generals want elevated talks with Russia about Iraq and Syria operations because of aerial collision fears - Washington Post

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US generals want elevated talks with Russia about Iraq and Syria operations because of aerial collision fears
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BAGHDAD — Senior U.S. military officials want to elevate talks with Russia about air operations over Iraq and Syria, an effort that is meant to protect pilots from collisions but complicated by concerns at the Pentagon that doing so will make it look ...

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Top US general readies 'full range' of Syria options for Trump - Daily Mail

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Top US general readies 'full range' of Syria options for Trump
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America has approximately 500 troops in Syria, mainly special operations commandos who are training and assisting a coalition of local fighters battling IS. On Wednesday, another four-star general, Joseph Votel, who heads the US military's Central ...
Pentagon will present Trump with “full range of options” to defeat ISILeuronews
Joint Chiefs chairman: We'll give Trump 'full range' of options for defeating ISISThe Hill
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Dunford: All Options on Table to Ramp Up ISIS Fight | Military.com - Military.com

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Turkey warns US, Russia against backing Kurdish militia in Syria: Officials - Hurriyet Daily News

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Turkey warns US, Russia against backing Kurdish militia in Syria: Officials
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Turkey fears advances by Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia, backed by its Democratic Union Party (PYD) political wing, on the Syrian side of its 900-kilometer border will fuel separatist ambitions among Kurds in its own southeastern ...
Syria 'safe zones' for refugees pose dangers for US alliancesWashington Times
US struggles to maintain two key allies in SyriaKurds and TurkeyARA News
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US struggles to maintain two key allies in Syria: Kurds and Turkey - ARA News

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US struggles to maintain two key allies in Syria: Kurds and Turkey
ARA News
The US military will soon present President Donald Trump with a “full range of options” to defeat the Islamic State group and other jihadist networks in the greater Middle East, the Pentagon's topmilitary officer General Joseph Dunford, chairman of ...
US troops in Syria? It's more than likelyNRT
Turkish-American cooperation in SyriaArab News
Syria 'safe zones' for refugees pose dangers for US alliancesWashington Times
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Generals want talks with Russia about Iraq, Syria operations ... - The Spokesman-Review

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Senior U.S. military officials want to elevate talks with Russia about air operations over Iraq and Syria, an effort that is meant to protect pilots from collisions but ...

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Peace Train: Relations between US/NATO and Russia - Colorado Daily

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Peace Train: Relations between US/NATO and Russia
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During 2016, the relations between the U.S./NATO and Russia continued to worsen. According to the Western mainstream media, Russia was the problem due to its reactions to the U.S.-supported coup in the western part of Ukraine in February 2014.

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Russia's assault on America's elections is just one example of a global threat - Washington Post

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Russia's assault on America's elections is just one example of a global threat
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This warning of a campaign far broader than the United States got little attention in America. We may be missing the forest for the trees in the Russia story: The Kremlin's attempt to meddle in the 2016 U.S. presidential election is part of a much ...
France's Presidential Front-Runner Says Russia Is Hacking Him NowBloomberg
With Big Red Stamp, Russia Singles Out What It Calls 'Fake' NewsNew York Times

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White House advisor asked FBI to dispute Russia reports - CNBC

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White House advisor asked FBI to dispute Russia reports
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White House chief of staff Reince Priebus asked a top FBI official to dispute media reports that President Donald Trump's campaign advisors were frequently in touch with Russian intelligence agents during the election, a White House official said late ...
FBI refused White House request to knock down recent Trump-Russia stories - CNNPolitics.com - CNN.comCNN.com

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FBI rejected WH request to deny contacts between Trump advisers and Russia: report - The Hill (blog)

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FBI rejected WH request to deny contacts between Trump advisers and Russia: report
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The report of White House communications with the FBI during a pending investigation intoRussia's influence on the 2016 presidential election could raise questions about whether the contacts violated restrictions established to insulate such probes ...
Trump Fails Again As FBI Denies His Request To Downplay Russian ConnectionsPoliticusUSA
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The Frightening and Sad Reasons Russians Love Trump - AlterNet

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The Frightening and Sad Reasons Russians Love Trump
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In his famous speech at the Valdai Forum in 2013, Putin used careful wording to outline the identity he expected Russia to take on: a mighty country with a great past that opts for Christianity and the conventional image of a family, as opposed to ...
Putin's Image Rises in US, Mostly Among RepublicansGallup

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Gen Dunford talks 'Kurdish challenge' in 30-day proposal for Trump - Rudaw

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Gen Dunford talks 'Kurdish challenge' in 30-day proposal for Trump
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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — US General Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, described the context of how Kurdish groups in Syria and a long-term US presence in Iraq would be discussed at the conclusion of a 30-day military review ...
JCS Chairman: Trump Knows Risks of Broader Mission against ISLatin American Herald Tribune
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US-Russia Relations: FBI Refuses White House Request To Publicly Dispute Trump-Russia Reports - International Business Times

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US-Russia Relations: FBI Refuses White House Request To Publicly Dispute Trump-Russia Reports
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White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus had requested the FBI to publicly knock down media reports about the alleged communications that had taken place between President Donald Trump's associates and Russians during the U.S. presidential election ...
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Trump, Putin, and the New Cold War - The New Yorker

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Trump, Putin, and the New Cold War
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Russia is doing everything it can today to embarrass the U.S.”. Vladimir Putin, who is quick to accuse the West of hypocrisy, frequently points to this history. He sees a straight line from theWest's support of the anti-Moscow “color revolutions,” in ...
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Felix Sater: The Crook Behind the Trump-Russia 'Peace' Plan - The ... - Daily Beast

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Felix Sater: The Crook Behind the Trump-Russia 'Peace' Plan - The ...
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Sater is one of the most notorious and shady characters in the American president's past, including his very recent past.

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Russian MoD 'Puzzled' by Germany's Reaction to Reichstag Replica - Sputnik International

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Russian MoD 'Puzzled' by Germany's Reaction to Reichstag Replica
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... for teenagers to 'attack,' in reenactments of the 1945 Battle of Berlin. "Criticism levelled by some German politicians is not just puzzling but makes one question their attitude to architects of the 'Third Reich' in 1933-1945," Maj. GenIgor ...

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Trump's efforts to obstruct the Russia investigation may have finally gone too far - ThinkProgress

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Trump's efforts to obstruct the Russia investigation may have finally gone too far
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Trump has made no secret of his disdain for efforts to investigate the role of Russia in the 2016 presidential election, including possible communication between his campaign and Russianoperatives. “It's time for our country ... CNN, citing “multiple ...
Pelosi calls for DOJ probe of Priebus on FBI, RussiaThe Hill
White House's request to FBI to dispute Trump-Russia stories rejected: reportDaily News & Analysis
FBI rejected WH request to deny Trump team's contacts with Russia: ReportPress TV
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Will next week's ISIS plan include US combat troops in Syria? Chairman of the Joint Chiefs hints at 'options' being ... - Daily Mail

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Will next week's ISIS plan include US combat troops in Syria? Chairman of the Joint Chiefs hints at 'options' being ...
Daily Mail
Remarks from some of the president's top military advisors could hint at a proposed increase inU.S. ground troops in Syria, where 500 U.S. special operators are assisting local forces in their efforts. Gen. Joseph Votel, the head of U.S. Central ...

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Russia establishes special military 'information operations' unit | IHS ... - IHS Jane's 360

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Russia establishes special military 'information operations' unit | IHS ...
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Russia's defence minister Sergei Shoigu revealed on 22 February at the State Duma that a special military "information operations" unit has been recently ...
Cyberwar: Russia admits 'information troops' involved in expanded ...International Business Times UK

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Dunford: Plan to Defeat Islamic State Needs Input from DoD, Intel Community, Treasury - USNI News

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Dunford: Plan to Defeat Islamic State Needs Input from DoD, Intel Community, Treasury
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On Tehran changing its behavior, after being “put on notice” by then National Security Advisor Michael Flynn for testing a ballistic missile, Dunford said, “I haven't detected a change in Iran'sbehavior in the last month.” He said it ... While “there ...

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Air Force general backs further talks between US, Russia on air safety in Syria - The Hill

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Air Force general backs further talks between US, Russia on air safety in Syria
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In addition to the Russian and Syrian air forces, Carlisle listed Turkish air operations as a complicating factor. Turkey and the United States have differing views on Syrian Kurds; the United States thinks they are the most effective ground partner in ...

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Don't Forget the Russia Sanctions Are Russia's Fault - Foreign Policy (blog)

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Don't Forget the Russia Sanctions Are Russia's Fault
Foreign Policy (blog)
Sanctions against Russia are not sanctions for sanctions' sake, and they are not the product of a peculiar hobby of the Obama administration. They are a response to Russia's behavior in violation of international law and its own commitments. Moscow's ...
Trump, Putin, and the New Cold WarThe New Yorker

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In the galleries: The selling of the Cold War and the Red Menace - Washington Post

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In the galleries: The selling of the Cold War and the Red Menace
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Russian-American XXI c. Visions,” at George Mason University's Atrium Gallery. The show overlaps, in spirit if not specific artists, with “Age of Aquire'us,” at Charles Krause/Reporting Fine Art, which draws on the former foreign correspondent's ...

Syria a 'testing ground' for deadly new Russian weapons - The New Arab

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Syria a 'testing ground' for deadly new Russian weapons
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The weapons have proven their worth in the conflict, Sergei Shoigu told the Russian parliament on Wednesday, adding that 'only' 10 weapons failed to meet expectations. Among the new weapons tested in combat for the first time in Syria were long-range ...
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Iranian Energy: A Game-Changer for Russia-Europe Relations | The ... - The Diplomat

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Iranian Energy: A Game-Changer for Russia-Europe Relations | The ...
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Eastern Europe is diversifying its energy suppliers away from Russia, and toward Iran.

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An Actual False-Flag Operation at CPAC - The Atlantic

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An Actual False-Flag Operation at CPAC
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“It show how Trump and Russia are so connected, they like peas in pod!” The CPAC stunt comes after a report from February 14 suggesting that Trump aides were in contact with Russianintelligence officials in the year before the U.S. presidential election.
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The Strategic Convergence of Russia and Iran - Critical Threats Project

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The Strategic Convergence of Russia and Iran
Critical Threats Project
The U.S. cannot drive a wedge between Russia and Iran in the near term. Tehran and Moscow share regional and global interests across the Middle East, North Africa, Caucasus, and Central Asia. Their common interests and overarching objective of ...

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Democrats invite immigrants to Trump's Congress speech - Aljazeera.com

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Democrats invite immigrants to Trump's Congress speech
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Democrats have invited immigrants and foreigners to attend President Donald Trump's first address to the US Congress, in an effort to put a face on those they say could be hurt by the Republican's policies. To send a message to Trump, lawmakers are ...

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Few signs of progress at first full day of Syria peace talks in Geneva - CBS News

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Few signs of progress at first full day of Syria peace talks in Geneva
CBS News
... since de Mistura last brought the warring sides together for talks in Geneva in April 2016. In December, Syrian government forces dealt the rebels their biggest defeat in the conflict by retaking Aleppo with the help of Russian jets and Iranian ...
UN's Syria envoy pledges 'serious try' as peace talks resume in GenevaThe Guardian

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Michael Flynn may be gone but his Russia policy lives on - Middle East Eye

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Michael Flynn may be gone but his Russia policy lives on
Middle East Eye
As Flynn had supposedly been one of the key "pro-Putin" figures in Trump's administration, his removal has been interpreted by some as a victory for the anti-Russia "hawks" in the US foreign policy establishment. This is a misreading of the situation ...

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Majority of Americans say Congress should probe contact between Trump, Russia: Poll - CNBC

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Majority of Americans say Congress should probe contact between Trump, Russia: Poll
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About half of Americans believe that Congress should investigate whether Donald Trump'spresidential campaign had contact with the Russian government in 2016, while only a quarter say that lawmakers should not probe the issue, according to a new NBC ...

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White House Confirms Discussing News Report About Trump-Russia Ties With FBI - Voice of America

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White House Confirms Discussing News Report About Trump-Russia Ties With FBI
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FILE - President Donald Trump, with, from second from left, Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, VicePresident Mike Pence, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer and then National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, speaks on the phone with Russian President ...
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Russia's dance with the Kurds - Arab News

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Russia's dance with the Kurds
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In 2007, Russia opened its Erbil consulate in Iraqi KurdistanSyria is one of four Middle Eastern countries (along with Turkey, Iran and Iraq) where Kurds live in large numbers — approximately 2 million. With the Syrian war began, Kurds started to ...
Russia Insists on Syrian Kurds' Participation in Geneva Peace TalksSputnik International
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Quigley Slams Trump's Response to Russia During Ukraine Trip - NBC Chicago

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Quigley Slams Trump's Response to Russia During Ukraine Trip
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During a trip to Ukraine this week alongside members of the intelligence community, Rep. Mike Quigley expressed concern over President Donald Trump's failure to react to Russian overreach and aggression. “It seems striking that President Trump, for ...

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The FBI Talked to the White House About Its Russia Probe. That Was Probably Against the Rules - TIME

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The FBI Talked to the White House About Its Russia Probe. That Was Probably Against the Rules
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... officials when they spoke earlier this month with White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus about their ongoing investigation into Russia's influence operation against the 2016 U.S. presidential election, according to several former senior Justice ...
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NATO 'Should Have Dissolved' Years Ago, But Chose 'Aggressive Expansion' Instead - Sputnik International

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NATO 'Should Have Dissolved' Years Ago, But Chose 'Aggressive Expansion' Instead
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Russia has been particularly sensitive to NATO's increasingly close relations with Ukraine and Georgia. Should Kiev and Tbilisi join the US-led bloc, this would constitute "a provocation and a threat to Russia's national security," Reimann observed.

NATO 'Should Be Replaced by New Collective Security Bloc' That Includes Russia - Sputnik International

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NATO 'Should Be Replaced by New Collective Security Bloc' That Includes Russia
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Sauer referred to NATO's ongoing enlargement as "the biggest mistake" the bloc has made. He also noted that Western countries should have asked Russia to become a part of "the Euro-Atlantic security architecture on an equal basis" following the end of ...

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Why Trump Is 'Openly Dismissive' Of The Intelligence World

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Mark Mazzetti of The New York Times talks about some of the national security issues he's been following. He says that when it comes to national security, President Trump "doesn't trust the civilian national security establishment and they don't trust him." John Powers reviews 'My Favorite Thing is Monsters,' a new graphic novel by first-time writer Emil Ferris.



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2 police officers shot in Casselberry; suspect dead - Orlando Sentinel - Orlando Sentinel

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2 police officers shot in Casselberry; suspect dead - Orlando Sentinel
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2 police officers were shot in Casselberry overnight as residents of one neighborhood reported a barrage of bullets.

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Homeland Security analysts downplay terror threat from 7 nations in Trump's ban - NOLA.com

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Homeland Security analysts downplay terror threat from 7 nations in Trump's ban
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WASHINGTON -- Analysts at the Homeland Security Department's intelligence arm found insufficient evidence that citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries included in President Donald Trump's travel ban pose a terror threat to the United States.
DHS analysis found no evidence of extra threat posed by travel-ban nations: reportThe Hill
DHS memo contradicts threats cited by Trump's travel banUSA TODAY
Homeland Security Intelligence Report Disputes Premise Of Trump's Travel BanBuzzFeed News
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