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The Hunt: The coup in Niger is hampering counterterrorism efforts in West Africa

By J.J. Green

In this week’s episode of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green,” Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director at the Counter Extremism Project, said terror groups are definitely trying to take advantage of the instability.

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US negotiator ‘cautiously optimistic’ about prisoner deal with Russia

By J.J. Green
The Biden administration’s top hostage negotiator said the U.S. is engaged in a “full-court press” to trigger the simultaneous release of Americans Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich, whom the U.S. government declares are wrongfully detained in Russia. “If you were to ask, do we have a plan? Absolutely, we have a plan. We are trying to map it out in time and space," Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger D. Carstens told WTOP.
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