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Why has the NRA been eozying up to Russia?. Page 3 ot 13 NRANA Leadership Forn rA A: Clarke said little publiely about the event.Two weeks earlier,his offiee put out a vague press release noting that he would *travel to. the Middle East and Asia beginning Novenber 28, aoss and returning Decenber 13, eots," including that he'd *receive briefings on issues facing those regions and visit historic sites.". Bot the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Daniel Bice noticed that Clarke's January aoi6 ethics disclosure filing shed sone light on the trip. Part one was $aoa5s trip to Israel, paid tor by the NRA Ring of Freedom.During his week-plus of travel there, he did a renote interview irom derusalen for Fox Business Network.The remaining days were spent in Russia.His airfare to Moscow and visas, totaling $13,785.10, were paid for by Brownell; his $6oo0 worth of meals, Iud, transportation, and excursions were provided by the *All- Russia Publie Organization Th: Right to Benr Arns. Clarke's oifiec declined to release any records to Bice about the trip. the reporter wrote, "saying it was persona!--- not official -- travel. even thonghpersona! trips (a.k.a.vacations) are not supposed to be Histed on the ethies form." At that conference,according to a post on the Right to Bear Arms Facehook page, in addition to group's chairman and founder Maria https://thinkprogress.org/nra-and-russian-cousin-18f607d40340 1FBI(d8ay2107)-24