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stanley cup ehran on Jan. 6 to mourn Soleimani following his killing, by a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad, days earlier.Newsha Tavakolian鈥擬agnum Photos for TIMEIdeasBy Kenneth M. PollackJanuary 8, 2020 6:22 AM ESTKenneth M. Pollack is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a former CIA Iran-Iraq analyst.Before his death last Thursday evening, Qasem Soleimani was the most feared man in the Middle East. Iraqi, Lebanese, Syrian, Gulf Arab, and even Israeli leaders spoke of him with a combination of terror an
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stanley cup ble for exporting the Iranian revolution and securing Iranrsquo interests across the Middle East. Soleimani himself was simultaneously Iranrsquo chief military commander, chief diplomat, and chief aid administrator for the entire region. He held powers and responsibilities more like a Roman pro-consul than anything comparable in the American system.He possessed a unique set of skills and relationships that were critical to Iranrsquo many successes over the past two decades. He was highly intelligent, decisive, and pragmatic. Those who worked with himmdash;willingly or notmdash;all noted his soft-spok Sinp The FDA Wants Cigarettes to Have Less Nicotine
Former Russian senator Alexander Torshin, center, with Vladimir Putin at a Kremlin ceremony in 2011Konstantin Zavrazhin鈥擥etty ImagesBy Alex Altman and Elizabeth DiasUpdated: Marc
ugg h 10, 2017 10:53 AM [ET] | Originally published: March 9, 2017 6:42 AM EST;Bistro Bis, a swanky French joint on Capitol Hill, is a Washington institution that has hosted all sorts of political summits over the years. But the group that piled into the restaurant Leaders Room on the night of Feb. 1 was among the more unusual. For four hours, current and former Russian officials dined with two Republican Congressmen, a conservative magazine publisher, a longtime GOP consultant and a close friend of top White House strategist S
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adidas samba ning inside the George Hotel explored ways to strengthen the bonds between the two countries. We have so many people who are trying to destroy the relationship between Russia and the United States, says Representative Dana Rohrabacher of California, who attended the dinner and has visited Russia at least a half-dozen times over the past five years. I ;m trying my best to expand the amount of personal contacts we have with people who are engaged in government in Russia.Russia is equally keen on cultivating links to Republicans. Some of the officials who attended the dinnerincluding a deputy central banker and
