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Podcast: The President's Daily Brief
Episode: Inside Putin’s Echo Chamber & Americans Killed In Deadly Ambush in Syria
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In this episode of The President's Daily Brief:
Moscow is feeling the strain of slumping oil revenue, slowing economic growth, and a staggering human toll from the war in Ukraine. Despite those pressures, new reporting explains why the Kremlin is not moving toward peace—and how the internal dynamics around Vladimir Putin are shaping Russia’s decisions.
Two American soldiers and a civilian interpreter are killed in what the Pentagon says was an ambush by a suspected Islamic State attacker. We break down what happened and what it says about the...