Courtney Kube
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Senior NBC News Correspondent covering National Security & the Pentagon. Links & re-tweets not endorsements. Opinions my own. Find me on Signal at CKubeNBC.92
Washington, DC
Joined June 2009
Legendary @CBSNews Pentagon correspondent David Martin discusses how Secretary Hegseth has unleashed strict new rules that obstruct press access in the Pentagon. Martin covered the building for 40 years and says this is night and day from the access he had for decades.
Under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Pentagon press now face strict limits, including no more freely roaming the halls, only escorted visits, and fewer briefings. It's not just a “war on leaks," but aimed at “making the Pentagon as difficult to cover as possible, says CBS News
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This Memorial Day weekend we were granted rare access inside the elite Marine unit dedicated to honoring fallen Marines. @USMC
https://t.co/arSCVtKiIu via @nbcnews @MoshehNBC
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Marine body bearers are a specialized team of men and women who serve as pallbearers at funerals and memorial services honoring fallen service members. NBC News’ Courtney Kube got a behind-the-sce...
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This Memorial Day weekend we had a rare chance to see inside the elite Marine unit dedicated to honoring fallen Marines. https://t.co/arSCVtKiIu via @nbcnews @MoshehNBC
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Marine body bearers are a specialized team of men and women who serve as pallbearers at funerals and memorial services honoring fallen service members. NBC News’ Courtney Kube got a behind-the-sce...
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A reminder I can be reached on Signal at CKubeNBC.92 any time. I hear a lot of Pentagon officials use Signal.
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After calling journalists fake news at Fort Bragg this week, including reporters from @BreitbartNews, @DailyCaller @FoxNews & others traveling with him, Hegseth announced new restrictions on Pentagon reporters, upending more than 75 yrs of precedent. Press Association response:
The Pentagon Press Association’s statement on Hegseth’s decision restricting press access. “This decision eliminates the media's freedom to freely access press officers for the military services who are specifically hired to respond to press queries.”
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The @PressClubDC statement on the unprecedented restrictions placed on reporters at the Pentagon by Secretary Hegseth.
Transparency isn’t a threat. Independent reporting on national security isn’t a luxury. It’s democracy. The Pentagon’s new media policy undermines transparency and the public’s right to know. Here’s the full @PressClubDC statement.
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Great conversation with @TheMiddle_Show about the latest news at the Pentagon. Spoiler: there has been a lot of news here lately. @jeremyhobson @NPR
Our latest episode is out, looking at #signalgate and more with @ckubeNBC of @NBCNews. Link to full show: https://t.co/DcowjuStIX
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Pentagon spent at least $21M on flights to Guantanamo, which currently holds 32 migrants https://t.co/YkiTAYS3ad via @nbcnews
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Democrats condemned the Guantanamo effort as a wasteful “political stunt” by President Donald Trump and his allies.
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NEW: Pentagon spent at least $21M on 46 flights to Guantanamo for the mission to hold migrants there from Jan 20 to April 8, according to info @US_TRANSCOM reports to Congress after questions from @ewarren. Currently 32 migrants held there. https://t.co/YkiTAYS3ad via @nbcnews
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Democrats condemned the Guantanamo effort as a wasteful “political stunt” by President Donald Trump and his allies.
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“There has not been an ounce of food brought into Gaza since March 2” “Food should never be politicized and that’s what is happening,” says Israel is using food access as a leverage point @WFPChief Cindy McCain @McCainInstitute #sedonaforum
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Army leaders to Musk: Don’t DOGE us, we will DOGE ourselves https://t.co/E8cuFFEj1X via @nbcnews @glubold
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Two top Army officials are proposing to eliminate Humvees and cut other costs in the hope it will allow generals, not DOGE, to decide where and how to cut spending.
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OUT NOW: Full agenda and speaker list for the 2025 #SedonaForum. Moderators include @WSJ’s Eliza Collins, @GrayDCnews’ Jon Decker, @CBSNews’ @MajorCBS, @theatlantic’s @shaneharris, @NBCNews’ @ckubeNBC and @KellyO, @washingtonpost’s @joshrogin and @ishaantharoor, and @FT’s @dimi.
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An MQ-9 costs the U.S. approx. $30 million. Since November 2023 the Houthis have downed more than one dozen.
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After months of regular updates, CENTCOM stopped sharing any details about operations against the Houthis as the Trump admin refuses to provide any details about the current offensive at all, beyond repeatedly proclaiming it as successful without facts to prove it.
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Houthis downed another U.S. MQ-9 drone near Yemen this week, per to 2 U.S. officials - the 5th MQ-9 downed by Houthis since the current offensive against them began March 15. Despite over 500 U.S. airstrikes against them the Houthis still have the airspace contested. @MoshehNBC
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Thirty days into the U.S. bombing campaign against the Houthis in Yemen, the enemy has shot down another $30 million Reaper drone, @ckubeNBC reports—the 5th one destroyed. The Pentagon has revealed almost nothing about its progress, but the Houthis have proven they can still fire
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The @SecArmy was informed of his new job while traveling in Europe.
FBI Director Kash Patel has been removed from his role as acting director of the ATF, and the job has been given to Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, two Justice Department officials and another source familiar with the matter tell NBC News. ATF officials who learned the news today
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Our Top Story package on NBC’s reporting that the Trump administration is weighing drone strikes on Mexican cartels https://t.co/wT1fcafciU via @nbcnews
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Law enforcement and military sources tell NBC News that the Trump administration is considering drone strikes on drug cartels in Mexico as part of an ambitious effort to combat the flow of drugs...
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news: Trump's Pentagon considers pulling up to 10k troops from Romania and Poland, an apparent concession to Putin. with @dandeluce @ckubeNBC
https://t.co/QwcFCFqYAJ
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Experts warn that the timing of the potential drawdown could alarm NATO allies and embolden Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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