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Focus: United States and Russia - Sept 7, 2016

By bartolo - Posted on 07 September 2016

Ash Carter: Russia sowing seeds of global instability through coercion and aggression - The Washington Post

VIDEO (Full speech): Ash Carter: Russia’s aggression and ISIL’s barbarism are robust challenges for U.S. - DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

TRANSCRIPT: Secretary of Defense Speech at the University of Oxford - DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Trump campaign slams Defense Secretary Ash Carter's attack on Russia - newsmax.com

Trump blasts Clinton as 'trigger-happy', says her legacy in Iraq, Libya and Syria 'has produced only turmoil and suffering and death’ - POLITICO

TRANSCRIPT: Trump's speech: 'We want to achieve a stable, peaceful world with less conflict and more common ground...This will require rethinking the failed policies of the past - Washington Examiner

POLL: Donald Trump leads Hillary Clinton by 19 points among military, veteran voters - Washington Times

Tim Kaine: Hillary Clinton plans to strengthen European Allies against Russia - Sputnik

Hillary Clinton suggests alleged Russian hacking is designed to help Trump, says the Republican nominee has 'allied himself with Putin's policies' - NBC News

Clapper: Russians hack U.S. computer networks 'all the time' - POLITICO

Guccifer 2.0 denies Russian involvement in hack of Democratic Party - WSJ

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U.S., Russia divided on way forward in Syria: State Department - Reuters

Foreign Ministry statement: Russia expresses "grave concern” about the advance of Turkish troops in Syria - MFA Russia on Twitter

Turkey ready to join US in capturing Raqqa from ISIS: Erdogan - Business Insider

Turkey seeks to establish ‘safe zone’ along Syrian border - FT.com

White House dismisses Turkey's suggestion for Syria no-fly zone - Daily Sabah

Boris Johnson insists Russia should end ‘indefensible’ support for Assad regime in Syria - The Independent

UK Foreign Office spent £1m on US lobbying on behalf of Syrian opposition - The Independent

Syrian opposition unveils road map for transition: Assad must go after six months, adding it will reject any US-Russia deal that strays from its terms - Al Jazeera

Text of the Syrian opposition transitional plan - mailchimp.com

Iraq Shite militia says it has dispatched more than 1,000 fighters to join battle for Syria's Aleppo - Reuters

VIDEO: Saudi Arabia FM's thoughts on fresh attempt to end Syria conflict - BBC News

Ukraine's president Poroshenko warns that a full-scale invasion from Russia could be on the horizon, with Europe powerless to fight the Kremlin's ‘aggression' - Daily Mail Online

President Poroshenko: Our strategic goal is NATO membership - Official website of the President of Ukraine

Poroshenko: Loss of Russian market has cost Ukraine $15 billion - UPI.com

Ukraine's alleged pro-Russian Inter TV burned, picketed - UPI.com

Pentagon head Ashton Carter to meet with Ukrainian partners in London - uatoday.tv

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