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The Hunt: Was the coup in Niger manufactured by Russian operatives?

In this week’s episode of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent JJ Green,” he speaks with retired U.S. General Ben Hodges about why it’s happening and the problems it could cause.

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EXCLUSIVE: Paul Whelan says his incarceration ‘needs to be resolved now’

Speaking on a crackly phone line in a Russian prison just after 8:30 p.m. local time in Mordovia on Thursday, Paul Whelan expressed deep concern that too much time is passing as the U.S. tries to free him and Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich from their illegal imprisonment. Concerned that the momentum to liberate them might lose traction because it's an election year, Whelan wants to talk to President Joe Biden.
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