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							<title><![CDATA[Nations Must Adapt as Drones Change Warfare]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/07/04/iran-drones-changing-warfare/90768269007/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wesley Clark</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While we try to adapt to the new realities of drone warfare, we need to take Ukraine's lessons of reliance and resourcefulness to heart. This is more than a military challenge.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Has Advantage Over U.S. in Negotiations]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/04/12/us-iran-negotiation-ceasefire-major-changes/89538934007/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wesley Clark</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Our negotiators will have to address Iran's starkly opposing set of goals, which include the U.S. withdrawing its forces from the region.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Now Is the Moment for U.S. Leadership in Middle East]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/06/28/iran-israel-ceasefire-us-middle-east-stability/84356762007/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wesley Clark</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Iran today is a wounded tiger. We cannot permit the next conflict - it could well go 'nuclear.' So neglect or failure are not options.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Russia Getting Aggressive. NATO Should Get Tougher, Too]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnists/2022/02/21/ukraine-wesley-clark-nato-russia-invasion/6872627001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Wesley Clark</author>
							<description><![CDATA[NATO needs to prepare for the reality of a more aggressive Russia in the face of tensions with Ukraine. It's time to strengthen alliances.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Biden Can Go Bold With Putin]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2021/06/09/how-biden-can-go-bold-with-putin/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wesley Clark</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Give the Russian leader a stark choice'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'a return to normalcy for good behavior or even more economic punishment from the U.S.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Fight Authoritarianism]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/%3Fp%3D127561</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wesley Clark</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To manage the rise of China and other illiberal forces, the U.S. and Europe need a new kind of alliance.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lloyd Austin Is the Right Choice for Defense Secretary]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/lloyd-austin-right-choice-defense-secretary-opinion-1554199</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Wesley Clark</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President-elect Joe Biden has made an inspired choice in selecting retired general Lloyd Austin to be secretary of defense in his administration.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Responds Weakly to Russian Bounty on U.S. Soldiers]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/07/01/president-trump-fails-lead-russia-taliban-bounty-troops-column/3281661001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wesley Clark</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Commander In Chief Trump should have, and still can, call on Russian leader Vladimir Putin to immediately halt this behavior, and do so publicly.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[I Served 8 Commanders in Chief. Trump Doesn't Grasp the Role.]]></title>
							<link>http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/nov/20/wesley-k-clark-i-served-under-8-commanders-in-chie/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Wesley Clark</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As president, Donald Trump's actions and behavior have led service members and veterans to question whether he really understands who a commander in chief is, or what he does.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Syria, Russia Is the Real Threat]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/02/11/wesley-clark-russia-assadsyria-obama-conflict-column/80228140/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Wesley Clark</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The latest U.S.-Russian Syria talks have delivered, for the moment, hope for renewed humanitarian aid and the possibility of a partial cease-fire. Thanks to months of Russian air and artillery strikes, diplomacy has locked rebels in a weak positionWinning now on the ground, Bashar Assad...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tell the Truth About What Russia Is Doing]]></title>
							<link>http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/31/truth-russia-ukraine-nato-war-eastern-europe</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wesley Clark</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the Ukraine crisis has intensified over the past six months, Russia has been developing a new form of warfare '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' inserting special forces, provoking, and slowly, deliberately escalating the conflict. Russian actions flout international law and the agreements that have assured...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lessons From Kosovo in Syria]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/08/29/syria-wesley-clark-kosovo-nato/2726733/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wesley Clark</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Once again, the United States appears poised to strike with its military forces in the Middle East, this time to punish Syria's regime for deploying chemical weapons against its own citizens. Some have cited NATO's 1999 Kosovo campaign that I directed against Serbian forces as a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inaction Is Not an Option in Syria]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/18/opinion/to-get-a-truce-be-ready-to-escalate.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wesley Clark</author>
							<description><![CDATA[FOLLOWING the Obama administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s conclusion last week that President Bashar al-Assad'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s forces have used chemical weapons, the talk in Washington is all about military assistance to Syria'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s rebels. That aid is necessary, but observers have overlooked a crucial point:...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are We On Verge of Accidental War With N. Korea?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/05/opinion/clark-north-korea/index.html?hpt=op_t1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wesley Clark</author>
							<description><![CDATA[(CNN) -- What if war is triggered by accident or some kind of miscalculation on the Korean peninsula?This is a possibility that has provoked worry, analysis and preparations for more than 50 years. The recent bellicose rhetoric from the young, unproven leader of North Korea raises this...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Must Learn From Vietnam]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/08/17/2009-08-17_obama_must_learn_from_vietnam_gen_wesley_clark_gives_the_president_advice_for_af.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Wesley Clark</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Democrats &amp; Military Can Get Along]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/19/AR2008121902750.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Wesley Clark</author>
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