Foreign Policy and the Threats We Face
13 January 2017
David Adesnik, Policy Director at the Foreign Policy Initiative, discusses defense issues facing the new administration, President-Elect Trump and Russia, and the confirmation hearings of General James Mattis and General John Kelly.
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