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The Cherokee Nation is suing the United States claiming that the federal government had mismanaged the tribe’s trust fund for decades. Seven other agencies are also named in a lawsuit that alleges mismanagement and a lack of transparency over the tribe’s trust fund. The suit claims the government’s lack of accountability has hindered the tribe’s progress and development. RT reports: The Cherokee Nation commemorated the 231st anniversary of the first treaty it signed with the US government by announcing a lawsuit on Monday.

During a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Turkish President said that Turkey’s military operation in northern Syria was not to target the country or its leader but aimed only at terrorist groups. The Kremlin had asked President Erdogan to clarify his goals in Syria after he claimed that Turkish troops were there to end the rule of Syrian President Bashar Assad earlier this week.

Submitted by Martin Armstrong via ArmstrongEconomics.com,

Gallup first began asking if Americans trusted the mainstream media in 1972. America’s trust and confidence in mainstream media stood at its highest level back in 1976 at 72%. Of course, that was due to the investigative journalism regarding Vietnam, and naturally Woodward and Berstein, with the Watergate scandal.

In his annual address to the nation, Russian President Vladimir Putin struck an unusually conciliatory tone on Thursday, saying Moscow wanted to get on with the incoming U.S. administration and was looking to make friends not enemies: "We are ready to cooperate with the new U.S. administration. We have a shared responsibility to ensure international security."

"We don't want confrontation with anyone. We don't need it. We are not seeking and have never sought enemies. We need friends," Putin told Russia's political elite gathered in the Kremlin's grand hall.

Compare Putin to the War Criminal Obama/Bush/Clinton Regimes

https://sputniknews.com/russia/201612011048057104-putin-foreign-policy-address/

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