Alex Ward
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National security reporter at @wsj. Author, THE INTERNATIONALISTS. Alum, @politico. Signal: AlexWardWSJ.83
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Joined October 2011
THE INTERNATIONALISTS out ***today*** What they’re saying: @JonLemire: “This is going to be the definitive account of Biden’s foreign policy.” @peterbakernyt: “Excellent” @hughhewitt: “Well researched and very well written” @BeschlossDC: “Excellent, revealing and newsworthy”
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“For now, the source said, Rubio is not likely to recommend the Putin-Trump meeting move forward next week, but Rubio and Lavrov could speak again this week.”
cnn.com
President Donald Trump’s hopes for a quick meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin may be stalled after sources familiar with the matter told CNN that an expected pre-meeting between the world...
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Our story on the tetchy White House meeting between @realDonaldTrump and @ZelenskyyUa and where it leaves peace talks. One source described a grumpy Trump complaining several times about not getting the Nobel Peace Prize. With @mjluxmoore, @alexbward
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U.S. president wants a swift end to the conflict, but both sides are digging in over the region in Ukraine’s east.
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Mousa Abu Marzouk, a senior Hamas official, told Al Jazeera on Friday that “we agreed to the plan’s main outlines in principle, but its implementation requires negotiations...The plan cannot be implemented without negotiations.”
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"acceptance of his Peace Plan"
Behind the Scenes in the Oval Office: President Trump responds to Hamas’ acceptance of his Peace Plan. Stay tuned!
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"Ozturk had committed no crime, yet her detention was a priority for the new Trump administration."
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Finally, blessedly, free after 903 days in captivity. Thank you President @realDonaldTrump, for the decisive action that brought me home without anything given in return to the kidnappers, Kataeb Hezbollah. I am deeply grateful to Special Envoy for Hostage Response @aboehler,
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SCOOP: Senators on both sides of the aisle pressed the Pentagon’s top lawyer in a closed-door meeting to provide a better legal explanation for striking alleged Latin American drug boats in the Caribbean. W @alexbward @siobhanehughes
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The Defense Department general counsel faced questions from Republicans and Democrats in a closed-door briefing
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🚨🚨SCOOP: The US will provide Ukraine with intel for long-range missile strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure, as the Trump administration weighs sending Kyiv weapons that could put in range more targets within Russia https://t.co/V0RNUWaouF
@bopanc @alexbward @laraseligman
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The expanded intelligence-sharing with Kyiv is the latest sign that President Trump is deepening support for Ukraine as his efforts to advance peace talks have stalled.
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"The U.S. will provide Ukraine with intelligence for long-range missile strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure, American officials said, as the Trump administration weighs sending Kyiv powerful weapons that could put in range more targets within Russia. President Trump
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I want to know everything about the 1% of people who have "never heard of" President Donald Trump
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"The deal now before Hamas is significantly different than the one the US and a group of Arab and Muslim countries had previously agreed on, due to Netanyahu's intervention... officials from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey were furious over the changes."
The scramble to shape Trump's Gaza plan is just beginning. My story on @axios
https://t.co/xHfss91mX8
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"Trump deserves a huge amount of credit for getting things this far. He came up with something that Israel and its neighbors all endorsed, publicly pledged not to allow Israel to annex the West Bank, and forced Netanyahu to swallow it all with a smile on his face."
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.@mkoplow on Trump's Gaza day-after plan: "The hardest part was not conceiving and drafting it, and it won’t even be getting Hamas to say yes—though that will be a genuine hurdle—but getting everyone to overcome their internal politics enough to follow through."
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“Destroyed, badly & seriously damaged.” I think that’s about as explicit as Iranian officials have been about the extent of the damage inflicted in June on its core nuclear facilities.
#Iran FM (on Trump's remarks): US attacked our #nuclear sites. Our nuclear & enrichment facilities have been destroyed, badly & seriously damaged. But military option was not able to resolve the problem. Technology is there... We've always been prepared for a diplomatic solution.
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Old plan: Hamas, release all the hostages or Israel can keep attacking you New plan: Hamas, agree to all 20 points of my plan, which includes the release of hostages, or Israel can keep attacking you
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So Trump's plan is: Hamas, you must agree to this deal or else Israel can continue attacking you in Gaza
Trump says that Israel has agreed to the 20-point peace plan for Gaza, noting that Hamas has not agreed to it yet. If they don't, "Bibi, you'd have our full backing to do what you would have to do,” Trump said.
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Trump says that Israel has agreed to the 20-point peace plan for Gaza, noting that Hamas has not agreed to it yet. If they don't, "Bibi, you'd have our full backing to do what you would have to do,” Trump said.
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