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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We look at why Paul Manafort apparently didn’t cooperate fully with Robert Mueller as his plea arrangement required, and whether it’s accurate that he met with Julian Assange before…

Is Paul Manafort expecting President Trump to pardon him?

We look at why Paul Manafort apparently didn’t cooperate fully with Robert Mueller as his plea arrangement required, and whether it’s accurate that he met with Julian Assange before…

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In less than three years, the Islamic State extended its so-called Caliphate in Syria and Iraq to cover some eight million people.

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

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