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Both Russia and Iran have deep, multifaceted, and long-standing connections to Syria. During the Cold War, Damascus emerged as the Soviet Unions most loyal Middle Eastern ally, and the relationship regained vibrancy in the 2000s as Vladimir Putin strove

This issue brief explores the technological capabilities of Russian private military companies and how they are used across various types of missions in support of and in parallel with Russian policy.

Former drug sbraur, nbc military analyst. general, i heard you make two different points earlier today. number one, you do not think the leaker is a member of the u.s. military, and number two, you think at some level the leak was a good thing? >> well, yeah. by the way, on the pattern of leaks in washington, as a general statement, no military lieutenant colonel ever leaked anything. nor do the cia operatives. normally this kind of thing -- by the way, those presidential talking points would ha...

General, i heard you make two different points earlier today. number one, you do not think the leaker is a member of the u.s. military, and number two, you think at some level the leak was a good thing? >> well, yeah. by the way, on the pattern of leaks in washington, as a general statement, no military lieutenant colonel ever leaked anything. nor do the cia operatives. normally this kind of thing -- by the way, those presidential talking points would have been signed off on by the u.s./u.n. amb...