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Target USA

Whether its terrorists, anarchists, cyber criminals or nation states, America has a target on its back. WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green investigates the threats facing the U.S., the people behind them, the agencies fighting them and their impact on Americans. 906895

Latest Episodes

386 | Warning for those growing tired of the war in Ukraine

Stavros Lambrinidis, the European Union’s Ambassador to the U.S., warns against western war fatigue. He says, “there is no safe distance from an autocrat sitting on nuclear who is convinced he can bend the will of our people and our leaders to his own through force.”
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385 | Conflicts in Ukraine and Sudan are connected

Yuriy Sak, Advisor to Ukraine’s Minister of Defense says it was another tragic day -a 5 year old was killed. On Sudan, Samah Salmon, President of the U.S. Educated Sudanese Association says 70% of the nation’s hospitals have been destroyed or are inoperable. More than a thousand people have been killed.
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384 | The Lennart Meri Conference 2023

Lennart Meri Conference Director Eeva Eek-Pajuste discusses the top issues at this year’s event. Ukraine is at the top of the list. New York Times Chief Diplomatic Correspondent Steven Erlanger, also discusses the precarious position Ukraine’s President is in.
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383 | Kremlin Attacked By Drones: Putin Assassination Attempt?

Yuriy Sak, Advisor to Ukraine’s Minister of Defense says Ukraine had nothing to do with the attack. He suggests it was an act of Kremlin fiction to cover for Russia’s poor performance in the war inside Ukraine.
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382 | War Explodes in Sudan

Professor Jok Madok Jok, who teaches Anthropology at Syracuse University, says bodies are lying in the streets. The hospitals, he says, are “useless”, because many of the surgeons have been kidnapped by the fighters. He also says foreign diplomats and NGO leaders are rushing to leave just when the Sudanese people need their help.
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380 | The Pentagon Document Leak

Shawn Turner, a former Head of Communications for the Director of National Intelligence, and Robert Baer, a former CIA Case Officer, share insights about the leak, its impact, and how to stop them.
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379 | Nuclear Weapons in Belarus and Finland joins NATO

Peter Stano, Lead Spokesman for the European Commission denounced Russia’s plan to move nuclear weapons to Belarus. And, Daniel Fried, former U.S. ambassador to Poland says, Finland’s entry into NATO was “a bad day for Russia.”
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378 | Two Top European Officials, Two Big Ukraine Storylines

Edgars Rinkevics, Foreign Minister of Latvia, says Russian President Vladimir Putin is desperate over the war in Ukraine. Hanno Pevkur, Estonia’s Minister of Defense, says allegations of Estonia “enriching itself” off of the Ukraine re-reimbursement fund is a “false” story.
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