Courtney McBride
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Bloomberg News diplomacy and national security correspondent. Previously @WSJ, @insidedefense, @nationaljournal. RTs ≠ endorsements.
Washington, D.C.
Joined January 2013
On arrival in Israel, @SecBlinken delivers condolences for victims of Friday’s attack on a synagogue here, saying that “to target people outside their place of worship is especially shocking.” Condemns violence and calls for vengeance, urges all to take steps to calm tensions.
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Democrats are urging the Biden administration to expel former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, who said he will leave voluntarily but remains in the US.
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RT @nat_droz: NEW: The #US and #Germany are stuck over whether to send #tanks to #Ukraine. Officials are concerned about logistical issues,….
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The US and Germany remain stuck on efforts to send battle tanks to Ukraine, as officials contend with logistical issues and Europe’s own defensive requirements, along with concern about escalating...
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RT @BloombergTV: NEW: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg decried Russia’s plans for what he called “sham” referendums in occupied part….
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RSESZÓW, Poland — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has made an unannounced trip to Kyiv, as the U.S. commits additional security assistance to Ukraine and its neighbors.
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*Professional* note, part 2: As of today, I’m a diplomatic and national security correspondent for Bloomberg. Excited to get to work!.
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*Professional* note: Today was my last at @WSJ. It’s been an amazing four years, with loads of excellent colleagues, particularly on the national security team, including @nancyayoussef, @glubold, @wstrobel, @mgordonwsj, @vmsalama, @jessdonati & @willmauldin. Thank you!.
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New with @glubold: The U.S. military is preparing bases in Kuwait & Qatar for up to 35K Afghan interpreters and relatives as they await Special Immigrant Visa processing:
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The U.S. military is preparing to house as many as 35,000 Afghan interpreters and family members at the two bases, in an expanding effort to aid those who face Taliban retribution for helping...
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NEWS from @glubold, @nancyayoussef & @mgordonwsj: The Pentagon is withdrawing Patriot batteries from Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait & Saudi Arabia; removing a THAAD system from Saudi Arabia and reducing fighter jet squadrons in the region.
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The Pentagon is pulling antimissile batteries, aircraft and hundreds of troops from the Mideast as it focuses the armed services on challenges from China and Russia, administration officials said.
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NEWS from @DionNissenbaum: Two Americans held hostage by the Houthis in Yemen have been freed as part of a U.S.-backed exchange with the militant group. The deal also includes the return of the remains of a third American.
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U.S. and Saudi Arabian officials say Americans held by Houthi militants in Yemen were liberated as part of a U.S.-backed trade that will return more than 200 of the group’s loyalists to the fractured...
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.@StateDept taps career diplomat James DeHart to coordinate Arctic policy:
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The State Department has tapped career diplomat James DeHart to bolster the U.S. position in the Arctic, including repelling China’s advances and capitalizing on commercial opportunities there.
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New from @mgordonwsj: A @US_EUCOM plan to reduce forces in Germany would move troops to Italy & Belgium, convert @2dCavalryRegt to a rotational force:
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The U.S. military plans to move nearly 12,000 troops from Germany, relocate its major European headquarters to Belgium, and send F-16 fighters to Italy, to implement President Trump’s decision to...
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NEWS from @mgordonwsj & @glubold: President Trump has directed DOD to cut the U.S. military presence in Germany by 9,500 by September.
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The president directed the Pentagon to remove 9,500 U.S. troops from Germany by September, a move that would dramatically reshape the U.S. military posture in Europe and reflects strains between the...
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New from @nancyayoussef & @glubold: The U.S. military is preparing its hospital ships, USNS Comfort & USNS Mercy, for possible deployment to domestic hot spots for the novel coronavirus:
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The U.S. military said it would open its labs, distribute key medical equipment and ready its hospital ships in response to the growing crisis surrounding coronavirus.
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New from @nancyayoussef: The @USArmy is drawing on lessons from the private sector to overhaul the promotion process for battalion commanders amid what @ArmyChiefStaff calls "a war for talent":
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The U.S. Army has initiated the biggest shift since the Vietnam War era in how it selects battalion commanders, drawing on hiring practices of private-sector entities such as the Boston Symphony...
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Trump administration imposes personnel caps on Chinese state-owned media entities in the U.S. @SecPompeo cites Beijing's "increasingly harsh surveillance, harassment, and intimidation" of U.S. & foreign journalists. With @rebeccaballhaus:
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State Department officials announced that a personnel cap is being imposed on four Chinese media companies, forcing them to reduce their Chinese employees in the U.S. to 100 in total, from 160.
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MUNICH — Today during @MunSecConf, a senior administration official said the U.S. and the Taliban have agreed in principle on a (not yet begun) reduction in violence that — if it holds — would pave the way for a broader Afghan peace agreement:
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The U.S. and the Afghan Taliban have agreed to the first step of a peace deal, a senior Trump administration official said, a milestone after months of talks over ending a war that has gone on for...
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Timely report from @wstrobel: The Turkish government used a Washington law firm to gather information on critics—including U.S. residents—believed to be allied with Fethullah Gulen.
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Turkey’s government used a Washington law firm to gather information about its critics, including residents of the U.S., who it believed were allied with a movement that President Recep Tayyip...
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NEW from @rebeccaballhaus, @AlanCullison & @brett_forrest: Two Giuliani associates in Feb. pushed then-Ukrainian Pres. Poroshenko to investigate Bidens, 2016 election:
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