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    A new Russian "re-set?"

    Even before he takes office, Donald Trump has picked a fight with the intelligence community. Is the President-Elect getting too close to Vladimir Putin's Russia? What's at stake for America's interests in Europe and elsewhere in the world?

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    By Warren Olney • Dec 14, 2016 • 50m Listen

    Photo: Russian Government Press Office

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    3 stories
    1. 1:24

      Aleppo ceasefire a total failure and the killing resumes

      The latest ceasefire in Eastern Aleppo has been broken by artillery fire, delaying once more the evacuation of medical staff and civilians, including children. At yesterday’s Security Council meeting, the US Ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, publicly called out Syria, Russia and Iran by name.

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      7 min
    2. 7:57

      The US and Russia: Another re-set?

      Donald Trump has publicly scorned the CIA for claiming that Russia tried to help him get elected. But the disagreement's much deeper than that. Trump has picked a national security team with close ties to Vladimir Putin, who intelligence agents -- and many Republicans -- insist is up to no good.

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      35 min
    3. 43:12

      UN drops Wonder Woman as honorary ambassador

      In October, Public Information Officer Cristina Gallach announced at United Nations Headquarters in New York, "It is now my pleasure to designate Wonder Woman as the honorary ambassador of the United Nations for the empowerment of women and girls."

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      8 min
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Jenny Hamel

      KCRW

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      Gideon Brower

      Independent Producer

      NewsNationalPolitics

    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 1:247 min

      Aleppo ceasefire a total failure and the killing resumes

    2. 7:5735 min

      The US and Russia: Another re-set?

    3. 43:128 min

      UN drops Wonder Woman as honorary ambassador

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