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then, jeffrey menthol, deputy director and senior fellow at the center for strategic and international studies joins us to talk about russian president vladimir putin's decision to withdraw the russian forces from syria this week. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. ♪