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Putin: 'A Very Savvy Gangster' Who Won't Stop at Ukraine, Says Former US Envoy to Russia John Sullivan

Trump was chaotic, Biden timid, adds the former ambassador, who also chides fellow Republicans for not backing Ukraine

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Michael Isikoff
Aug 31, 2024
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During the height of the Vietnam War, the top American general William Westmoreland famously reassured policymakers in Washington that there was “light at the end of the tunnel.”  But today, when it comes to another seemingly endless war, this one in Ukraine,  John Sullivan, who served both Presidents Trump and Biden as ambassador to Russia, sees no fli…

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