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all across this country. but the place where russia went all in on stuff like that was the great state of florida. they organized and appropriated florida goes trump rallies held in nearly 20 cities across the state of florida. made one-on-one contact with local florida activists for inperson on the ground help. they hired somebody to impersonate hillary clinton at a florida rally. for whatever reason, florida was a big target for russia s influence campaign and for whatever reason, they were kind of a soft target. russians were able to find people who they could dupe into participating in their operation. but there s another specific way they went after florida we don t yet understand the consequences of. we don t understand the danger of it but it s now back in the news for right now. the details of it turned up a few weeks ago in the last big indictment from the special counsel s office. that indictment against a bunch of russian military intelligence officers from the gru.
u.s.-backed forces on the ground help in a broader strategic sense? well, phil, the broader strategy, as you know, is embedded inside a global strategy. right now the americans are make-very clear that isis in our cross hairs. that s what our conduct of the campaign in syria is designed to take on, is take on isis and defeat them. this other effort that came up in the midst of that had to be addressed. because it address as vital national interest of ours that chemical weapons not be used, the bar not be lowered by the assad regime so that this is commonplace. we had to make a very clear statement on this. i would just add that something that we always pay attention to, the environment
into broader stry? how does the strike and the positioning of u.s.-backed forces on the ground help in a broader strategic sense. the broader strategy is embedded it s inside a global strategy and the americans are making very clear that isis is in our cross hairs and that s what our climbed after the campaign in syria is taking. this other effort that came up in the midst had to be addressed because it addresses a vital national interest that bars the chemical weapons not be used and the bar not get lowered by the assad regime so this is common place. we had to make a very, very
i grabbed my children and ran. those are the chilling words from one of the thousands of civilians trying to escape violence in iraq. right now isis militants are in a fierce fight to try and seize the government complex in ramadi. overnight violent clashes intensifying between terrorist and iraqi forces who say they need more ground help. let s bring in someone who knows this region very well analyst lieutenant general mark her ling. thank you very much general. talk to us about ramadi and tactics used by isis to gain control. good morning, debra. it s going to be a tough fight out there for sure. i think your listeners need to know there has been fighting going on the last several months. while the focus on tikrit iraqi security forces have all been fighting isis in that region.