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L. Todd Wood

L. Todd Wood, a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, flew special operations helicopters supporting SEAL Team 6, Delta Force and others. After leaving the military, he pursued his other passion, finance, spending 18 years on Wall Street trading emerging market debt, and later, writing. The first of his many thrillers is "Currency." Todd is a contributor to Fox Business, Newsmax TV, Moscow Times, the New York Post, the National Review, Zero Hedge and others. For more information about L. Todd Wood, visit LToddWood.com.

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Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi answers questions from lawmakers in an open session of parliament in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016. Iran's intelligence minister is defending his agents' handling of a visit by a gay Utah state senator after hard-liners alleged it represented a security breach. Alavi said Sen. Jim Dabakis was under "full surveillance" during his six-day visit in September. Alavi also questioned why hard-liners didn't have a problem with Dabakis making a 15-day visit in 2010 during the administration of hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi))

Iran announces suicide drones to attack U.S.

Iran's Tasnim news agency announced the development of a suicide drone that could be used against US ships in the Persian Gulf, where tensions between the US Navy and Iranian vessels has been increasing due to provocative Iranian maneuvers near US warships.

October 26, 2016
Qassem Soleimani (AP, File)

Iran soon to control land corridor to the Mediterranean

Now word comes that Iran is soon to secure a land corridor from the Iranian border to the Mediterranean. This long-coveted access to Arab lands, North Africa, and Europe/NATO's underbelly is the Holy Grail for a new Iranian hegemony in the region.

October 25, 2016
FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2016 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks with U.S. President Barack Obama in Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province. The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, that the United States is conducting a "scorched earth" policy in relation to Russia during the final months of Obama's presidency. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

How Vladimir Putin played Obama

Something happened the day in 2012 when Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev passed on to President Vladimir Putin the notorious private message President Obama had asked him to convey — "Tell Vladimir I'll be more flexible after the election."

October 20, 2016
Crewmen of the North Korean cargo vessel Jin Teng stand on the middle of the deck as it unloads its cargo while docked at Subic Bay, in Zambales province, northwest of Manila, Philippines, Friday, March 4, 2016. The Philippine coast guard inspected a North Korean cargo vessel that docked at a port northwest of Manila in one of the first such checks since the U.N. Security Council imposed further sanctions on Pyongyang over its nuclear program. (AP Photo/Jun Dumaguing)

Philippines separates from U.S.

In further evidence of the dastardly agenda of the Obama administration to weaken American power and insult our long-term strategic allies, President Duterte of the Philippines today announced his country's 'separation' with the United States and its alignment with China.

October 20, 2016

Russia possibly mapping underwater internet cables in Mediterranean

Approximately one year ago, the Russian navy caused quite a stir by hanging around internet cables in the Atlantic for some period of time. The accusation was the Russians were mapping the cables in order to be able to sever them in times of conflict.

October 19, 2016
U.S. aircrafts sit on the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier after completing a joint drill with the South Korean navy in southern waters off the Korean Peninsula, at Busan port, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016. South Korea and the U.S. said Sunday that the latest missile launch by North Korea ended in a failure after the projectile reportedly exploded soon after liftoff. (Jo Jong-ho/Yonhap via AP) KOREA OUT

North Korea warns use of nuclear weapons on first strike

North Korea, angered by what it says are increasingly "aggressive" exercises in the South in conjunction with U.S. forces, said it will strike first with nuclear weapons if it feels threatened. North Korea also stated it will continue nuclear tests.

October 17, 2016
FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2016 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks with U.S. President Barack Obama in Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province. The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, that the United States is conducting a "scorched earth" policy in relation to Russia during the final months of Obama's presidency. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Russia rattles the nuclear saber

Russian President Vladimir Putin has recently made it very clear that Russia possesses a nuclear weapons capability. "Don't forget that Russia is a nuclear power," he has been frequently quoted as saying.

October 13, 2016
Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump demonstrate outside a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and former vice president Al Gore, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Miami. During the event, Clinton will emphasizing her plans to develop more clean energy, reduce fossil fuel production and build more weather-resistant infrastructure. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Election corruption watch: Special prosecutor for DOJ-Clinton campaign

The revelations coming out of Wikileaks are just stunning and just as frightening. The mainstream media is in full blown collusion mode with the Clinton campaign and working against the Republican nominee for president, Donald Trump. This is stuff straight out of "Doctor Zhivago" and "1984."

October 12, 2016
\Russian air defense system missile system Antey 2500, or S-300 VM, is on display at the opening of the MAKS Air Show in Zhukovsky outside Moscow, Russia. The Russian military said Tuesday it had deployed the S-300 air defense missile systems to Syria to protect a Russian navy facility in the Syrian port of Tartus and Russian navy ships in the area. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, file)

Russia, China unite in missile defense

Russian and China are pooling their resources and will look for ways to jointly counter U.S. missile defense capabilities that are expanding in Eastern Europe and South Korea.

October 11, 2016
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pounds her fist as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the deadly September attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Hillary Clinton, Obama, Benghazi, jihad and the cover up

It's all becoming clear now. If you look back at the actions of the Obama administration, especially Hillary Clinton, and connect the dots, it starts to make sense. The question is, will it be too late to save the Republic?

October 7, 2016
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, center, gestures with a fist bump as he poses with Philippine Army officers during his visit to its headquarters in suburban Taguig city east of Manila, Philippines Tuesday Oct. 4, 2016. U.S. and Philippine forces opened their first large scale combat exercises under President Duterte in uncertainty Tuesday after he said the drills will be the last in his six-year presidency partly to avoid upsetting China.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Philippines to buy weapons from Russia

In a continuing verbal salvo at the White House and the State Department over their criticism of Philippine President Duterte's violent campaign against drug trafficking, the new strongman of the PI admitted he has sent Philippine armed forces officials to Russia to acquire weapons.

October 5, 2016