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From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

The U.S., Russia and Hybrid Warfare.

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

After years of counterinsurgency in the Middle East, the Pentagon says the biggest threat to U.S. security is Russia.

That's not because of Russia's nuclear weapons, it's hybrid warfare of the sort Vladimir Putin is using in eastern Ukraine.

U.S. troops are already training to combine counterinsurgency with

conventional weapons, street-level fighting, cyber warfare, and propaganda. The goal is deterring Russia

from moving on NATO countries, Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania, or other members of the former

Soviet Union. Today's talking point, laughing while black, in California's

Napa Valley. First, here's the news.

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International Program Fund. Hello again, Warren. I'll name back with To the Point. The U.S. and Russia have

not gone back to the Cold War yet.

But after years of fighting in the Middle East, America's military establishment is gearing up to counter what it calls a greater threat to American security, hybrid warfare of the sort used by Vladimir Putin in eastern Ukraine.

Today's talking point, 11 members of a mostly African-American book club were escorted

off a wine-tasting train in California's Napa Valley last weekend when other passengers

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