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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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L. TODD WOOD: State Department admits it lied about altering Iran video

The Washington press corps was shocked by Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes' admission recently that the White House lied to the American people about the Iran deal negotiations, even going so far as to make up a scenario about moderate Iranians providing an opening to "make a deal." We know now there were no moderate Iranians. It was all a lie to sell the American public on giving away their national security.

June 1, 2016

L. TODD WOOD: Markets return a negative verdict on Obama’s Russian sanctions

The Obama administration pushed sanctions against Russia for its illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine in 2014 and for the Kremlin's backing of separatists in eastern Ukraine that continues to this day. The goal was to punish Russia for its actions, and to paraphrase President Obama, "to run their economy into the ground."

May 26, 2016

L. TODD WOOD: What in ‘Hell’ is going on with our military?

OK, full disclosure -- I'm an Air Force Academy grad. I had the crap drilled out of me my first year at the Blue Zoo and the military intensity was constant the entire four years until graduation.

May 24, 2016

L. TODD WOOD: ISIS destroys Russian helicopter base, aircraft in Syria

Force protection is critical in a foreign military engagement. Russia, it seems, is learning this the hard way.

May 24, 2016

L. TODD WOOD: USAF commanders facing Russian, Chinese air forces

At a time when our Air Force is reduced to a shell of its former self, U.S. Air Force commanders are worried over the rising threat from Russian and Chinese aircraft around the world.

May 23, 2016

L. TODD WOOD: China orders U.S. to stop surveillance flights

Chinese fighter jets again aggressively intercepted a U.S. Navy EP-3 surveillance plane operating in international waters off the coast of China. The incident comes on the heels of another U.S. Navy mission to sail within China's self-identified exclusion zone around man-made islands in the South China Sea.

May 20, 2016

L. TODD WOOD: Will the Trump military buildup come too late?

Gen. Sir Richard Shirreff, formerly NATO's deputy supreme allied commander in Europe, claimed in a recent book release that Western defense cuts and slowness to confront Russia in Eastern Europe will lead to the Kremlin retaking the Baltics and consolidating gains in Ukraine.

May 19, 2016

L. TODD WOOD: NATO ex-deputy: Russia will invade Baltics within a year, threaten nuke war

Gen. Sir Richard Shirreff, who served as Nato's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander for three years until 2014, has stated in a recently published book that barring increased NATO defenses, Russia will invade the Baltic states within a year and threaten the West with nuclear war.

May 18, 2016

L. TODD WOOD: Russia building army base in Palmyra, Syria

Russia is building an army base at the historically important, world heritage site of Palmyra, Syria, inside the UNESCO protected archeological zone, without asking for permission from the relevant authorities. Anti-Assad forces along with Russian troops and Hezbollah recently liberated the town from the Islamic State.

May 17, 2016

L. TODD WOOD: Classified treatment of US sailors captured by Iran will shock nation

A U.S. congressman who has received the classified briefing on the capture and treatment of U.S. sailors at gunpoint by the Islamic Republic says the actual details of the incident will shock the nation. Rep. Randy Forbes (Virginia Republican) told the Washington Free Beacon that the way Iran handled the incident as well as the way the Obama administration responded are much worse than the public generally understands.

May 16, 2016

L. TODD WOOD: Israel most likely killed Hezbollah leader in Syria

A large explosion near the Damascus airport killed the senior Hezbollah commander in Syria, Mustafa Amine Badreddine. The death was most likely caused by an Israeli airstrike, reports the BBC.

May 13, 2016

L. TODD WOOD: Enhanced nuclear triad, missile defense would spark doubts in Russia

Luke Skywalker and Jabba the Hut weren't the only characters making waves around the world in the 1980s.

May 12, 2016

L. TODD WOOD: Iran threatens to sink US ships with secret arsenal

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards have threatened to sink American ships if they approach Iranian waters. The senior naval officer making the threat referenced a "secret arsenal" of weapons Iran has developed or acquired that would be effective against American naval vessels.

May 11, 2016

L. TODD WOOD: Russia testing massive new ICBM, follow-on to Satan

The Russian Strategic Rocket Forces are testing a massive new intercontinental ballistic missile that could overwhelm U.S. strategic defenses. The weapon will be the largest nuclear delivery system ever made and will be able to carry up to 15 MIRVs (multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicles) or in plain English, nuclear warheads.

May 10, 2016

L. TODD WOOD: Existential threats to the United States, Republicans who enable them

There are existential threats to the United States of America. I, for one, am tired of the Republican Party doing nothing about them. So, I'm ready for a change.

May 9, 2016

L. TODD WOOD: Obama adviser admits lying to media to seal Iran deal

Ben Rhodes, President Obama's Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications, is highlighted in a recent piece by the New York Times which quotes Rhodes as admitting the Obama administration lied to the American people, Congress, and our allies in how they "spun" the Iran deal.

May 6, 2016

L. TODD WOOD: Hillary Clinton’s #NeverTrump a Kremlin tactic

A year ago it was revealed, through an unauthorized leak from a former employee, that the Kremlin had set up a shadowy business arrangement through which an army of trolls countered adverse information and spread the regime's propaganda via social media worldwide.

May 5, 2016

L. TODD WOOD: New NATO supreme allied commander: Alliance should arm Ukraine

In a little covered news story that could have major ramifications for the geopolitical landscape, the new Supreme Allied Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, U.S. Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, says the alliance should possibly arm Ukraine in its struggle against pro-Russian separatists in East Ukraine. This is a game changer for the Kremlin and for U.S.-Russian relations.

May 4, 2016

L. TODD WOOD: Iran threatens to block Strait of Hormuz

Iran, continuing to hold up the spirit of the Iranian nuclear deal (tongue firmly in cheek) has now threatened to close to Strait of Hormuz to U.S. vessels and allied traffic. A third of the world's oil supply is still transported through this vulnerable waterway. Iran and the United States fought a brief naval conflict over the exact same issue in the late 1980s.