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MOSCOW, Feb. 23, 2016: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, from left to right, view the honor guard during a wreath-laying ceremony in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 23, 2016. Several officials of the Russian government attended a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with the eternal flame to mark the Defender of the Fatherland Day here on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Dai Tianfang via Getty Images)
MOSCOW, Feb. 23, 2016: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, from left to right, view the honor guard during a wreath-laying ceremony in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 23, 2016. Several officials of the Russian government attended a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with the eternal flame to mark the Defender of the Fatherland Day here on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Dai Tianfang via Getty Images)

SitRep Exclusive: Pentagon Says Russia Can Fight in Ukraine and Syria Another Two Years

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
ALEPPO, SYRIA - MARCH 17: A war craft belonging to the US-led coalition carries out airstrikes on Daesh terrorists' positions near the Dudyan village of Aleppo, Syria on March 18, 2016. (Photo by Huseyin Nasir /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
ALEPPO, SYRIA - MARCH 17: A war craft belonging to the US-led coalition carries out airstrikes on Daesh terrorists' positions near the Dudyan village of Aleppo, Syria on March 18, 2016. (Photo by Huseyin Nasir /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

SitRep: New Airstrike Rules Could Increase Civilian Casualties

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
Afghan security personnel stand guard at the scene of a roadside bomb explosion at Khair Khana in Kabul on March 29, 2016. A roadside bomb attack in a residential area of Kabul killed two civilians and wounded nine people, Sediq Sediqqi, the Spokesperson to the Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs, said. / AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images)
Afghan security personnel stand guard at the scene of a roadside bomb explosion at Khair Khana in Kabul on March 29, 2016. A roadside bomb attack in a residential area of Kabul killed two civilians and wounded nine people, Sediq Sediqqi, the Spokesperson to the Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs, said. / AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: New Taliban Assault on Kabul, Dozens Killed

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
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SitRep: More U.S. Commandos, Choppers, Bases, Hacking ISIS

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
US Supreme Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) General Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) presents his first yearly report to the press at NATO's headquarters in Rocquencourt on April 2, 1952. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read /AFP/GettyImages)
US Supreme Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) General Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) presents his first yearly report to the press at NATO's headquarters in Rocquencourt on April 2, 1952. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read /AFP/GettyImages)

No Country for Old Generals

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Dan De Luce, Paul McLeary
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SitRep: Pentagon Sends its Oldest Warplanes to Fight ISIS

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
111120-N-ZZ999-152 SEATTLE (Nov. 20, 2014) A P-8A Poseidon aircraft departs Boeing Field in Seattle for Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla., where it will join other Poseidon aircraft as part of the War Eagles of Patrol Squadron (VP) 16, the Navy's first operational P-8A squadron. This marks the delivery of the 19th long-range maritime patrol aircraft to the Navy. The multi-mission aircraft, based on the next-generation Boeing 737-800 platform, provides anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities and will replace the Navy P-3 Orion fleet. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Boeing Aircraft/Released)
111120-N-ZZ999-152 SEATTLE (Nov. 20, 2014) A P-8A Poseidon aircraft departs Boeing Field in Seattle for Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla., where it will join other Poseidon aircraft as part of the War Eagles of Patrol Squadron (VP) 16, the Navy's first operational P-8A squadron. This marks the delivery of the 19th long-range maritime patrol aircraft to the Navy. The multi-mission aircraft, based on the next-generation Boeing 737-800 platform, provides anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities and will replace the Navy P-3 Orion fleet. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Boeing Aircraft/Released)

SitRep: What China Might Know About U.S. Spy Planes

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
An image of a US P8 Poseidon plane can be seen on a monitor in the cockpit of a Royal New Zealand Air Force P3 Orion while flying to the search zone to help find missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, over the Indian Ocean on March 31, 2014. No time limit will be imposed on the search for MH370 because the world deserves to know what happened, Australian Prime MinisterTony Abbott said, as a ship equipped to locate the plane's "black box" prepared to set sail. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Rob GRIFFITH (Photo credit should read ROB GRIFFITH/AFP/Getty Images)
An image of a US P8 Poseidon plane can be seen on a monitor in the cockpit of a Royal New Zealand Air Force P3 Orion while flying to the search zone to help find missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, over the Indian Ocean on March 31, 2014. No time limit will be imposed on the search for MH370 because the world deserves to know what happened, Australian Prime MinisterTony Abbott said, as a ship equipped to locate the plane's "black box" prepared to set sail. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Rob GRIFFITH (Photo credit should read ROB GRIFFITH/AFP/Getty Images)

China May Be the Big Winner in the Pentagon’s Newest Spying Scandal

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Dan De Luce, Elias Groll, Paul McLeary
160412-N-ZZ999-007 BALTIC SEA (April 12, 2016) A Russian Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft makes a low altitude pass by USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) April 12, 2016. Donald Cook, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer forward deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting a routine patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
160412-N-ZZ999-007 BALTIC SEA (April 12, 2016) A Russian Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft makes a low altitude pass by USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) April 12, 2016. Donald Cook, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer forward deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting a routine patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

Watch: Russian Fighters Buzz U.S. Warship in Baltic Sea

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Paul McLeary
A member of Iraq's elite counter-terrorism service flashes the "V" for victory sign from inside a US-made Abrams tank on December 29, 2015 on the outskirts of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar province, about 110 kilometers west of Baghdad, after Iraqi forces recaptured it from the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group. Iraq declared the city of Ramadi liberated from the Islamic State group Monday and raised the national flag over its government complex after clinching a landmark victory against the jihadists. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
A member of Iraq's elite counter-terrorism service flashes the "V" for victory sign from inside a US-made Abrams tank on December 29, 2015 on the outskirts of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar province, about 110 kilometers west of Baghdad, after Iraqi forces recaptured it from the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group. Iraq declared the city of Ramadi liberated from the Islamic State group Monday and raised the national flag over its government complex after clinching a landmark victory against the jihadists. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

Meet the ‘Beast,’ the Little Iraqi Tank That Could

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Paul McLeary
Syrian opposition fighters from the Syrian Free Army fire a home-made rocket launcher connected to a tractor in the Sheikh Maqsud neighbourhood of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on December 2, 2015. AFP PHOTO / ISMAIL ABDULRAHMAN / AFP / ISMAIL ABDULRAHMAN (Photo credit should read ISMAIL ABDULRAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Syrian opposition fighters from the Syrian Free Army fire a home-made rocket launcher connected to a tractor in the Sheikh Maqsud neighbourhood of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on December 2, 2015. AFP PHOTO / ISMAIL ABDULRAHMAN / AFP / ISMAIL ABDULRAHMAN (Photo credit should read ISMAIL ABDULRAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: New CIA Plan to Arm Syrian Rebels as Ceasefire Crumbles

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
The P-8 Poseidon is parked at the Paya Lebar Airbase in Singapore on August 1, 2014. The P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, capable of hunting submarines, participated for the first time in the Singapore-US CARAT exercise, an annual bilateral naval drill with the city-state, one of the US closest security partners in Asia. The US Navy maintains a logistical command unit in Singapore to coordinate warship deployment and logistic in the region. AFP PHOTO/MOHD FYROL (Photo credit should read MOHD FYROL/AFP/Getty Images)
The P-8 Poseidon is parked at the Paya Lebar Airbase in Singapore on August 1, 2014. The P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, capable of hunting submarines, participated for the first time in the Singapore-US CARAT exercise, an annual bilateral naval drill with the city-state, one of the US closest security partners in Asia. The US Navy maintains a logistical command unit in Singapore to coordinate warship deployment and logistic in the region. AFP PHOTO/MOHD FYROL (Photo credit should read MOHD FYROL/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: Did the U.S. Navy’s Accused Spy Dish to Taiwan and China?

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
Members of the security forces walk at the site of a NATO airstrike which destroyed two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in northern Kunduz on September 4, 2009. A NATO airstrike destroyed two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in Afghanistan, igniting a fireball that an Afghan official said killed about 90 people - mostly insurgents. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Members of the security forces walk at the site of a NATO airstrike which destroyed two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in northern Kunduz on September 4, 2009. A NATO airstrike destroyed two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in Afghanistan, igniting a fireball that an Afghan official said killed about 90 people - mostly insurgents. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: U.S. Airstrike in Afghanistan Under Investigation

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
This picture taken from a Vietnam Coast Guard ship on May 14, 2014 shows a Vietnamese Coast Guard ship (L) is challended by a China Coast Guard ship near to the site of a Chinese drilling oil rig (R, background) being installed at the disputed water in the South China Sea off Vietnam's central coast. Vietnam National Assembly's deputies gathered for their summer session are discussing the escalating tension with China over the South China Sea's contested water. AFP PHOTO/HOANG DINH Nam (Photo credit should read HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images)
This picture taken from a Vietnam Coast Guard ship on May 14, 2014 shows a Vietnamese Coast Guard ship (L) is challended by a China Coast Guard ship near to the site of a Chinese drilling oil rig (R, background) being installed at the disputed water in the South China Sea off Vietnam's central coast. Vietnam National Assembly's deputies gathered for their summer session are discussing the escalating tension with China over the South China Sea's contested water. AFP PHOTO/HOANG DINH Nam (Photo credit should read HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: China on Manila’s Doorstep as Ash Carter Heads to Asia

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley, Dan De Luce
A Filipino fisherman is seen past the US Navy amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD-20) during an amphibious landing exercise on a beach at San Antonio in Zambales province on April 21, 2015, as part of annual Philippine-US joint maneuvers some 220 kilometres (137 miles) east of the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. The Philippines voiced alarm April 20 about Chinese "aggressiveness" in disputed regional waters as it launched giant war games with the United States that were partly aimed as a warning shot to Beijing. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images)
A Filipino fisherman is seen past the US Navy amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD-20) during an amphibious landing exercise on a beach at San Antonio in Zambales province on April 21, 2015, as part of annual Philippine-US joint maneuvers some 220 kilometres (137 miles) east of the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. The Philippines voiced alarm April 20 about Chinese "aggressiveness" in disputed regional waters as it launched giant war games with the United States that were partly aimed as a warning shot to Beijing. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: How War in the South China Sea Might Start

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