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Pentagon Wants More Funds To Fight IS, Boost NATO Defenses In East Key US Lawmaker Skeptical on Syria Peace Effort US Envoy Meets with Syrian Kurds to Step Up Fight Against IS NATO - News: NATO Military Committee Chairman calls for stronger ties between NATO and its Mediterranean partners, 29-Jan.-2016 Turkey happy with NATO stance on Russian airspace violations Some of the Islamic State’s former sex slaves were forced to have ‘virginity tests’ after escaping - The Washington Post Iran’s Naval Commander: We Took Extensive Info From American Sailors’ Phones, Laptops - Washington Free Beacon Bring the Troops Home — From Sinai - Defense One Saudi government website shows 9 US nationals arrested - The Washington Post Zika virus: WHO declares global public health emergency, says causal link to brain defects ‘strongly suspected’ - The Washington Post Why Zika Will Be Hard to Stop How Brazil Uncovered the Possible Connection Between Zika and Microcephaly | TIME Puerto Rico Seeks

Leroy Neiman "Red Square" Death of the GRU Commander - by Peter Zwack - Defense One :  "Finally, Flynn hosted an unprecedented dinner for his counterpart in my residence at the  U.S.  Embassy. The  GRU  director arrived with two generals and an interpreter. It must have been bemusing for them to go through  U.S.  Embassy security onto  U.S.  soil for the first time. Always inquisitive, Sergun showed particular interest in a colorful Leroy Neiman print titled “Red Square.” The customary toasts were hoisted, though Sergun himself was a modest drinker. The last toast called for making “the airlocks fit,” an allusion to the extraordinary Apollo–Soyuz link-up in 1975 during the heart of the Cold War, and an allegory for improving relations. He liked that. All departed with  U.S.  Embassy baseball caps for their children. The following night Sergun hosted our  U.S.  delegation at the venerable Sovietsky Hotel, where he gave us a personal tour of Stalin’s time-warped su

Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks Review   From The Major News Sources »   Syria’s Phony Peace Talks - WSJ 01/02/16 12:51 from  Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks mikenova shared this story . Regarding the Syrian peace talks that began over the weekend in Geneva, allow us to raise two questions: What peace—and what talks? The regime of Bashar Assad is intensifying its longstanding “sta... »   After Sanctions, Iran's Growing Role in the Caucasus 01/02/16 12:36 from  Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks mikenova shared this story . Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, President Hassan Rouhani and Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov attend the opening session of a two-day conference of the Economic Cooperation Organ... »   Fraternal Order Of Police Hacked, Private Files Reveal Criticism Of Obama, Sonya Sotomayor 01/02/16 03:31 from  Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks mikenova shared this story from International Business Times. Electronic files of the Fr