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"North Korea Ready to Discuss Denuclearization, U.S. Officials Say" is from the April 08, 2018 World section of The Wall Street Journal. It was written by Michael R. Gordon in Washington and Jonathan Cheng in Seoul and narrated by Alexander Quincy.

"Areas Newly Seized From ISIS Seen at Risk of Backsliding" is from the December 12, 2017 World section of The Wall Street Journal. It was written by Michael R. Gordon and narrated by Alexander Quincy.

"Midterm Elections Remain Vulnerable to Russian Meddling, U.S. Spy Chief Says" is from the February 13, 2018 Politics section of The Wall Street Journal. It was written by Byron Tau and Michael R. Gordon and narrated by Alexander Quincy.

"U.S. Plans New Nuclear Weapons" is from the January 15, 2018 Politics section of The Wall Street Journal. It was written by Michael R. Gordon and narrated by Alexander Quincy.

"North Korea, Under Sanctions Strain, Dials Back Military Exercises" is from the January 29, 2018 World section of The Wall Street Journal. It was written by Michael R. Gordon and Jonathan Cheng and narrated by Alexander Quincy.

President Donald Trump, who has been accused by lawmakers of dragging his feet on Afghanistan, has settled on a new strategy to carry on the nearly 16-year-old conflict there, administration officials said Sunday. The move, following a detailed review, is likely to open the door to the deployment of several thousand troops.

"Trump Settles on Afghan Strategy Expected to Raise Troop Levels" is from the August 20, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael R. Gordon, Eric Schmitt and Maggie Haberman and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

The top commander of U.S. military operations in the Middle East said during a visit here on Sunday that the United States wanted to resume a major military exercise with Egypt that President Barack Obama canceled in 2013 to protest the killings of hundreds of civilian protesters.

"General Says U.S. Wants to Resume Exercise With Egypt" is from the February 26, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael R. Gordon and Declan Walsh and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis assured Japan’s prime minister Friday that the United States would stand by its mutual defense treaty with the country, despite statements by President Donald Trump during last year’s campaign that suggested he might pull back from U.S. security commitments in Asia.

"Mattis Says U.S. Is ‘Shoulder to Shoulder’ With Japan" is from the February 03, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael R. Gordon and Motoko Rich and narrated by Mike DelGaudio.

Russia condemned Monday the U.S. military’s downing of a Syrian warplane, suspending the use of a military hotline that Washington and Moscow have used to avoid collisions in Syrian airspace and threatening to target aircraft flown by the United States and its allies over Syria.

"Russia Warns U.S. After Downing of Syrian Warplane" is from the June 19, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Ivan Nechepurenko and Michael R. Gordon and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Russia is preparing to send as many as 100,000 troops to the eastern edge of NATO territory at the end of the summer, one of the biggest steps yet in the military buildup undertaken by President Vladimir Putin and an exercise in intimidation that recalls the most ominous days of the Cold War.

"Russia’s Military Drills Near NATO Border Raise Fears of Aggression" is from the July 31, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael R. Gordon and Eric Schmitt and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

President Donald Trump’s advisers recruited two businessmen who profited from military contracting to devise alternatives to the Pentagon’s plan to send thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan, reflecting the Trump administration’s struggle to define its strategy for dealing with a war now 16 years old.

"Trump Aides Recruited Businessmen to Devise Options for Afghanistan" is from the July 10, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Mark Landler, Eric Schmitt and Michael R. Gordon and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Dressed in a military uniform, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrived in Mosul on Sunday to congratulate Iraq’s armed forces for wresting the city from the Islamic State. The victory marked the formal end of a bloody campaign that lasted nearly nine months, left much of Iraq’s second-largest city in ruins, killed thousands of people and displaced nearly 1 million more.

"ISIS Is Routed as Iraqi Forces Reclaim Mosul" is from the July 09, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Tim Arango and Michael R. Gordon and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

President Donald Trump has approved a plan to arm Syrian Kurds so they can participate in the battle to retake Raqqa from the Islamic State, a strategy that has drawn deep opposition from Turkey, a NATO ally.

"Defying Turkey, U.S. Will Arm Kurds in Syria" is from the May 09, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael R. Gordon and Eric Schmitt and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Less than an hour after President Donald Trump announced in the Rose Garden that he was pulling the United States out of the Paris climate accord, the White House press office began sending emails with quotations from Cabinet officials praising the decision.

"Mattis Quietly Keeps Distance From Trump’s Most Divisive Moves" is from the June 11, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Helene Cooper, Michael R. Gordon and Eric Schmitt and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Hours after five Arab countries broke diplomatic relations with Qatar, a crucial U.S. ally, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered Monday to broker the impasse in hopes of preserving the Trump administration’s efforts to create broad coalitions against Iran and terrorist groups in the Middle East.

"5 Arab States Break Ties With Qatar, Complicating U.S. Coalition-Building" is from the June 05, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Gardiner Harris and Michael R. Gordon and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

President Donald Trump wrongly tweeted Saturday that The New York Times had “foiled” an attempt by the U.S. military to kill Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group.

"How Trump Got It Wrong in Saying the Times ‘Foiled’ Killing of ISIS Leader" is from the July 23, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael R. Gordon and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Russia has secretly deployed a new cruise missile despite complaints from U.S. officials that it violates a landmark arms control treaty that helped seal the end of the Cold War, administration officials say.

"Russian Cruise Missile, Deployed Secretly, Violates Treaty, Officials Say" is from the February 14, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael R. Gordon and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

An episode this week in which Islamic State fighters forced civilians inside a building, killing one who resisted, was observed by U.S. surveillance aircraft.

"New ISIS Tactic in Iraq Fight: Gather Mosul’s Civilians, Then Lure Airstrike" is from the March 30, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael R. Gordon and narrated by Caroline Miller.

Russia has secretly deployed a new cruise missile that U.S. officials say violates a landmark arms control treaty, posing a major test for President Donald Trump as his administration is facing a crisis over its ties to Moscow.

A senior official of al-Qaida was killed Sunday in Syria by a U.S. drone strike, a U.S. official said Wednesday. The terrorist leader, Abu al-Khayr al-Masri, 59, was the second-ranking official after Ayman al-Zawahri and was a son-in-law to al-Qaida’s founder, Osama bin Laden.

"Drone Strike Kills Senior al-Qaida Leader" is from the March 01, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael R. Gordon and Eric Schmitt and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.