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As promised the video of my talk from the New American Foundation conference i s now available here. It also has Ken Ballen’s excellent presentation and some Q and A.

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As promised the video of my talk from the New American Foundation conference i s now available here. It also has Ken Ballen’s excellent presentation and some Q and A.

Gregory Johnsen

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