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There are 65 Russian BTG's in all of Ukraine right now focused on south and east says sr. US defense official. Recall that Russia had amassed 130 BTG's prior to invasion.
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The Navy has recovered the stealth F-35 that crashed into the South China Sea. Here it is in the photo.
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confirms a military aide responsible for carrying the 'nuclear football' tested positive over the weekend and traveled with the president last Thursday to New Jersey per
@Santucci
@KFaulders
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NEW: U.S. to give Ukraine four more HIMARS says Defense Secretary Austin. Means Ukraine will have 16 HIMARS systems.
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The Pentagon confirms that the Biden-Transition team has contacted DoD to begin transition activities.
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FIRST LOOK: One of acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan’s last acts today was to hang Secretary Jim Mattis’ official portait in the Secretary’s hallway. It looks really good. What’s on the tie? The signatures on the US Constitution. We were authorized to take photos.
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Marines at U.S. embassy in Khartoum lower flag before they and embassy staff were evacuated this weekend
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Ukrainians have more than 20 more fixed wing aircraft up and flying than they had before thanks to spare parts provided by the US and other countries says senior US defense official.
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NEW Battalion from 82nd Airborne (1,000 soldiers) is being redirected to go straight to Kabul instead of Kuwait according to a Defense official
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confirms a military aide responsible for carrying the 'nuclear football' tested positive for COVID over the weekend and *traveled with the president last Thursday to New Jersey per
@Santucci
@KFaulders
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JUST IN FBI says "We have determined that the incident this morning at the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi is terrorism related."
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NEW 55 Russian BTG's Battalion Tactical Groups in southern Ukraine stretching from Kherson in the west to Luhansk, first we've heard this.. from Sr. US official
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NEW The view from the
@USNavy
destroyer as it's cut off by a Chinese warship in the Taiwan Strait
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NEW: US official says the carrier & bomber deployment announced by WH was based on clear indications of Iranian and Iranian proxy forces preparing for a possible attack on US forces in the region.
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2 National Guardsmen have been removed from Inauguration security mission after vetting found they had ties to far right fringe groups, a US Official tells ABC News
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@JustinTrudeau
@NORADCommand
Trudeau says Canadian forces will recover and analyze the wreckage of the object. Spoke with Biden this afternoon
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A U.S. official confirms that U.S. forces have shot down some of the Iranian drones headed towards Israel.
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NEW: US Army confirms that 580 military medical personnel *mostly Army and some Navy) are being sent to Texas by US Northern Command to assist with taking care of COVID patients at civilian hospitals.
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A Defense official says the National Guard has now been authorized to have up to 20,000 Guardsmen in DC for inauguration security.
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A senior U.S. official tells
@abc
there is no sense that the three objects shot down this weekend are anything but meteorological balloons or some sort of weather balloon, and not spy balloons
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Helicopter used in Syria raid had mechanical issues and had to be blown up on the ground by U.S. forces according to U.S. official.
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Pentagon announces that another 1,000 soldiers from 82ndAirborne will head to Kabul. Now 7,000 U.S. troops will soon be in Kabul, 2,500 right now.
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Pentagon announces rotation of troops sent to Eastern Europe, will keep levels at 100,000.
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Two Navy Seals are missing in the Gulf of Aden during a nighttime boarding operation according to two U.S. officials. search and rescue operations are continuing.
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Iran has launched a second salvo of 70 missiles toward Israel, First salvo was 80 missiles per a senior US official.
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Biden has authorized another $200 million in military assistance/aid to Ukraine to come from existing U.S. weapons stocks under the Presidential drawdown authority.
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NEW US believes 22 Russian BTG's (800-1,000 men each) are being refitted north of Ukraine says senior US defense official.
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NEW detail. A US official confirms that the dog used in the Baghdadi raid is a Belgian Malinois. FYI: Same breed as Cairo, the dog used in the Bin Laden raid.
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BREAKING: US Navy Tomahawk missiles strike three radar sites in Houthi controlled territory in Yemen used for missile attack on USS Mason
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JUST IN: Navy confirms that a suspicious package was received at Joint Base Anacostia Bolling this morning. FYI: The Secret Service has its mail screening facility there so this is likely the package intended for former President Obama.
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"We are no longer going to allow New York State business to be transacted with Russian entities,” New York Hochul today.
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Russian troops have gotten closer to Kyiv in recent hours - sr. defense official
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Pentagon announces "Operation Prosperity Guardian" -- the multinational naval task force to counter Houthi attacks in Red Sea & Gulf of Aden. Made up of U.S. U.K., Canada, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles and Spain
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US officials confirm the U.S is discussing whether a second U.S. aircraft carrier should be deployed to the eastern Mediterranean because of the Israel-Hamas crisis. USS Eisenhower was previously scheduled to leave Norfolk this week for the Middle East via the Med.
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The path and altitude of the object shot down over Lake Huron raised concerns that it could be a hazard to civil aviation, not deemed to be a military threat to anything on the ground per sr. admin official
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The new anti-armor package of 9,000 weapons is not all Javelins as I put out earlier but 2,000 Javelin, 1,000 light anti-armor weapons, and 6,000 AT-4 anti-armor systems
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US assesses Russia has lost three dozen fighter aircraft and 50 helicopters in the fighting in Ukraine per Sr. US defense official.
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Lloyd Austin’s doctors statement says “after a series of tests and evaluations” he has been “admitted into the critical care unit at Walter Reed ...for supportive care and close monitoring.” "At this time, it is not clear how long Secretary Austin will remain hospitalized.”
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JUST IN: Defense Secretary Esper tells reporters that Saudi Air Force shooter in Pensacola was a Second Lieutenant in flight training. Esper said current vetting process for foreign military nationals in the US needs to be looked at.
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UK MOD says Challenger 2 tanks and armored vehicles have arrived in Estonia from Germany "with further equipment and around 1000 troops arriving over the coming days" that doubles the UK-led NATO battlegroup in Estonia
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Most of Russia's tank, mechanized, and heavy armor movements in Ukraine have been on major roads and not off-road says senior US defense official.
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Gen. Taylor confirms a third helicopter extraction of Americans in Kabul to the airport. (less than 20 people evacuated)
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BREAKING: Video of Russian SU-27 fighter jet colliding with MQ-9 drone as it attempts to spray fuel on it, view from the drone's camera. Shows two passes by Russian jets , released by
@US_EUCOM
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#BREAKING
Milley just said Ukraine war could be measured in "years". "I do think this is a very protracted conflict. And I think it's at least measured in years."
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Sr. defense official says U.S. has no reason to doubt Russia's order to increase nuclear force alert but how it is being manifested isn't completely clear yet.
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Declassified US intelligence says 1000 convicts recruited by Wagner Group have been killed in fighting in Bakhmut in recent fighting -- per John Kirby
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Some Russian forces returning to Sumy area, unclear why says senior U.S. defense official
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Pentagon now says 28 locations hit last night, each w/ multiple targets (launchers, etc) & more than the 60 targets disclosed last night. 150 munitions used in 2 waves(1st wave struck 16 locations, 2nd wave sounds dynamic --striking 12 locations posed threat to U.S. planes/ships.
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NEW Near town of Bovary east of Kyiv Ukrainians have pushed Russians back 55 km east and northeast of Kyiv says a senior U.S. defense official.
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JUST IN Defense official says updated information shows Iran fired 15 ballistic missiles. 10 struck Asad Airbase, 1 struck Erbil and 4 failed in flight
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The FBI has received nearly 45,000 digital media tips about the storming of the Capitol that are now being reviewed, reports
@AaronKatersky
@abc
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My interview with Gen. Mazlum Ebid -- 'They abandoned us': Commanding general of Syrian Democratic Forces - ABC News - via
@ABC
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Defense official confirms the loud explosion in Kabul a few hours ago was a controlled explosion of U.S. equipment by U.S. forces at the airport.
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"We have seen the Polish government’s announcement and have nothing to offer at this time.” says a senior defense official when asked about the MIG-29 statement from Poland.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery in Section 5, next to her husband Martin Ginsburg. She will be the 10th Justice buried in that section.
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Blinken: “There is a strong likelihood that any Russian military operations would severely restrict commercial air travel. Russian troops have continued to move closer to the border in what looks like plans for an invasion at any moment.”
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Pentagon postpones weekend ICBM test previously as a sign "to demonstrate that we are a responsible nuclear power" says spokesman John Kirby.
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Pentagon confirms reviewing two U.S. locations inside U.S. to house up to 22,000 Afghan interpreters and families/SIV's
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Trump insisting on working from Oval Office despite isolation rules, infection risks - ABC News - via
@ABC
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Russia has suffered between 70,000 to 80,000 casualties in Ukraine Pentagon's top policy chief Colin Kahl tells reporters -- a mix of killed and wounded.
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The Moskva was 60 miles south of Odessa, other Russian ships that had been operating near the cruiser have now moved further south into the Black Sea says sr. US defense official.
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NEW A US official confirms that some Kurdish (SDF) guards have left their posts at prisons holding ISIS prisoners. "There has been some reduction in manning” at those posts that began yesterday said the official
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Jen Psaki: There are at least 11,000 Americans in Afghanistan
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Russia has lost 9,000 pieces of military equipment in the war in Ukraine, is running out of munitions and "has lost as much as 50 percent of its tanks" Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Secretary Wally Adeyemo said today in a speech.
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Kirby updates 10,000 to 12,000 troops had been on prepare to deploy orders, had originally been 8,500 back in late January.
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Russian troops have now moved to 25 km from Kyiv's city center with eventual goal of encircling city says senior defense official
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NEW A U.S. official confirms that all the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are quarantining at home after a positive COVID test for Admiral Ray, the Vice Commandant of the US Coast Guard.
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New details -- 23 year old Travis King is US service member in North Korean custody after crossing DMZ line. Had served 60 days in S. Korean detention facility and was to catch plane back to U.S. but headed to DMZ instead.
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U.S. military official: “We are aware of reports and can confirm that on Dec. 18, at approximately 9 am(Sanaa time) the M/V SWAN ATLANTIC was attacked by multiple projectiles and that the USS Carney responded to the distress call in Southern Red Sea.”
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Key words in the Pentagon statement "pretext for Russian escalation" in Ukraine. Recall Russia's mention of nuclear "dirty bomb" in its readout of calls with UK, FR, and Turkey
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EXCLUSIVE: Army Commission recommends renaming Ft. Bragg to Ft. Liberty, 8 other bases with Confederate names to be renamed after diverse group with Army ties.
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On 60 Minutes President Trump is asked if Secretary Mattis might leave the administration. “He hasn't told me that.” "But General Mattis is a good guy. We get along very well. He may leave. I mean, at some point, everybody leaves. Everybody. People leave. That's Washington."
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Today marks the 19th anniversary of U.S. troops arriving in Afghanistan.
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Amazing. 15,000 people were removed from the tarmac areas at Kabul's airport today according to a U.S. official.
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Only 1,000 of the troops in Biden's announcement are new, from 82nd Airborne. The 5k in announcement includes 3k previously announced, plus 1k already in Kabul for embassy/airport protection
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BREAKING: Military official confirms that Marine F-35B fighter aircraft has crashed in Beaufort County, SC by MCAS Beaufort. Pilot is believed to have ejected, no update on pilot's status.
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BREAKING Pentagon confirms U.S. special operations forces carried out a successful counterterrorism mission in NW Syria this evening, No US casualties
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Biden today: "Sanctions never deter"
Jake Sullivan 2/11 at WH podium: "The President believes that sanctions are intended to deter."
Tony Blinken 2/20 "The purpose of the sanctions, in the first instance, is to try to deter Russia"
Great catch by colleague Conor Finnegan
@cjf39
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JUST IN: Navy says the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt has left Guam and is off to sea again after 7 weeks on the island after the coronavirus outbreak that affected a quarter of the ship's crew.
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At UFO hearing Navy intelligence official says now more than 400 reports of UAP's, up from 144 in last year's report.
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U.S. and U.K. are carrying out joint airstrikes on mutiple Houthi locations inside Yemen according to two U.S. officials. That's only happened on the first night of strikes.
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Photos released by the State Department show some of the advanced Iranian missiles headed to Yemen that were seized last week by the USS Forest Sherman
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U.S. F-16 shot down an armed Turkish drone that had been flying repeatedly over U.S. forces in Syria. U.S. had warned Turkish military for drone to leave or it would take self-defensive action according to US official..
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U.S. fighter aircraft had eyes on the "object" and determined it was unmanned prior to the Presidential order to shoot it down says Kirby.
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Air Force confirms its ARRW hypersonic weapon failed to launch yesterday from a B-52 during planned launch test.
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BREAKING From
@MarthaRaddatz
@LMartinezABC
@abc
-- Two US officials confirm that US Special Operations Forces conducted a raid in Syria on Saturday targeting Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of ISIS. He is believed to be dead, said the officials. Biometric confirmation underway
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one projectile shot down, another lands at U.S. facility next to Baghdad Airport, no injuries -- US official tells
@abc
news
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"Several times before the collision, the Su-27s dumped
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in addition to being unsafe and unprofessional" says
@US_EUCOM
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JUST IN -- a US official says active duty Army Military Police units at Fort Bragg, NC are preparing to be in Washington DC tonight.
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Pentagon confirms 3 CH-47 Chinooks flew 169 Americans from a nearby hotel (200 meters away) after it became clear they wouldn't be able to walk to the airport as planned.
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US official says that among the aircraft used tonight were F-22 Raptors. Marks the first time the stealth aircraft's been used in combat.
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Russian defense ministry said yesterday that only officers and contract servicemen are in Ukraine, senior U.S. defense official says Russian force in Ukraine is mostly young conscripts.
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