
Alex Plitsas 🇺🇸
@alexplitsas
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Techie, @SOAAorg Board, @AtlanticCouncil Counterterrorism | Fmr: Bridgewater Associates, Pentagon, IC, @NorthropGrumman | Iraq & Afghan | American U & Hopkins
Joined January 2012
For the inbox folks who asked PSYOP but not a Green Beret Combat veteran but nothing valorous Worked intel programs but not James Bond Iraq X 2 (uniform & civilian) Afghanistan X 1 (DoD civilian) Just an average guy with cool photos
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#Venezuela: Useful map on approximate placement of military equipment in the southern Caribbean. As we've written @CSISAmericas, Puerto Rico is the linchpin of Caribbean power project for the @USNavy. The @NicolasMaduro regime looks more and more boxed in.
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I met with the heads of American think tanks. We discussed the battlefield and the steps that can bring us closer to a guaranteed peace. Many think tank representatives are already working with our people and our military to find effective solutions. We appreciate this and count
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UKMTO WARNING 036-25 - ATTACK - 18 OCT 25 Click here to view the full Advisory⤵️ https://t.co/yo0ifPJJjr
#MaritimeSecurity #MarSec
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Two survivors of the latest U.S. strike in Caribbean present a dilemma for the White House: release them, claim it can hold them as indefinite wartime detainees, or transfer them to civilian law enforcement officials for prosecution w/@charlie_savage
https://t.co/CPgYngBreY
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The capture of prisoners presents a major new set of legal and policy problems for the Trump administration in its escalating campaign.
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Communist China purged nine senior military leaders for corruption but most were loyalists of supreme leader Xi Jinping prompting questions about internal stability
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The Chinese Communist Party announced it has ousted nine senior military leaders in a large-scale purge within the uppermost ranks of the People's Liberation Army, including key officers regarded
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George Santos didn’t merely lie — he stole millions, defrauded an election, and his crimes (for which he pled guilty) warrant more than a three-month sentence. He should devote the rest of his life to demonstrating remorse and making restitution to those he wronged.
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Xi’s top military generals officially removed from party and military titles. The great purge of Xi’s military control has been made public.
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We offered China peaceful coexistence. We funded their industry, educated their children, brought them into the global economy. They murder our children with fentanyl. Sabotage our critical infrastructure. Strangle our supply chains. America has a positive sum spirit. No
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China has purged its second-most senior general and eight other high-ranking military commanders, as leader Xi Jinping dials up a crackdown on corruption and disloyalty in the armed forces
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China also ousted eight other high-ranking military commanders, as leader Xi Jinping dials up a crackdown on corruption and disloyalty in the armed forces.
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Just finished a call with @ZelenskyyUa and European leaders. We stand firm in our support to Ukraine. This entails military and financial aid, security guarantees, a ceasefire and a peace process. Work continues. Nobody wants to see this war end more than the Ukrainians do.
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Russia illegally invaded Ukraine. Russian troops are committing war crimes in Ukraine. The war will end if Russia withdraws. If Ukraine removes its defenses, Ukraine will no longer exist. There is no moral equivalency. This is not that complicated.
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A Russian prison guard has spent four years torturing Ukrainian POWs. 🧵 1/8 ⬇️
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Zelensky: "First, we need a cease-fire. We need to sit and speak and understand where we are."
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Next time Putin tries the history lesson: Kyiv was founded in 482 AD and was the capital of the medieval state of Kyvian Rus, which was a cultural and political center in Eastern Europe from the 9th-13th centuries. Moscow wasn’t founded until 1147 AD, almost 700 years later.
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Supreme Court nearing funding lapse, with federal courts expected to follow next week amid shutdown
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Zelensky is asked whether he’s more or less optimistic about getting Tomahawks from the U.S. after his meeting with Trump “I’m realistic,” he says. Zelensky also said in his opening remarks that the U.S. “does not want escalation” He later said Russia is “afraid” of Tomahawks
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The IDF says the Red Cross has notified the military that it has collected a casket, with the apparent body of a slain hostage, from Hamas in southern Gaza's Khan Younis a short while ago. The Red Cross is now bringing the casket to IDF troops inside Gaza, where a small
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President Zelensky is speaking with European leaders now, following his lunch with President Trump.
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Trump-Zelensky meeting over. Zelensky is holding a conference call now with several European leaders to give them an update
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