Ken Dilanian

NBC News

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Ken Dilanian is a national security reporter for NBC News' Investigative Unit. He is a former intelligence reporter for Associated Press, and former national security correspondent for the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune.

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Is Paul Manafort expecting President Trump to pardon him?

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Two years ago, President Obama said he would not send American troops to Syria.

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