Ben Pauker
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National Security editor @washingtonpost (diplomacy, defense, intel, etc). Before: world and national security editor @politico; exec. editor @ForeignPolicy.
Washington, DC
Joined August 2010
Trump was president on Jan 6, not Biden, when this alleged FBI action occurred.
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A statement from The New York Times on the Pentagon’s press pass policy:
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There’s an NYT piece today that needs context: There are few Pentagon reporters who have been in more conflict areas, who have taken more personal risk to tell the military’s story than @NBCNews @CkubeNBC and @FoxNews @JenGriffinFNC. It’s worth asking why @SecWar is so obsessed
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Amazing win for the @washingtonpost at the @LoebAwards! @JStein_WaPo speaks for the team after bagging the international #LoebAwards for our series on global sanctions. Congrats!
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On Trump’s desk in the Oval Office today was a plan for a triumphal arch on the other side of the river from the Lincoln Memorial
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It is my profound honor and privilege to officially invite the greatest friend and ally of the Jewish people in modern history, @POTUS @realDonaldTrump, to deliver a formal address to the nation before the Knesset. Israel awaits The Peace President.
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Sounds legit
RFK: "There's two studies which show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It's highly likely because they were given Tylenol."
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NOTE: The Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, a body that tracks the island’s wildlife, has an annual budget of less than $500,000 for polar bear research.
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Congressional aides briefed on the plan (under the guise of "biodiversity" were incredulous -- given the administration's extreme cuts to USAID and other foreign assistance programs to alleviate human suffering.
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Trump has repeatedly cited Greenland's strategic location and rich natural resources — and has repeatedly expressed a desire to acquire the semiautonomous territory through purchase or annexation. But $50M for polar bears?
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👀 WILD (literally) story here: Trump’s new foreign aid plan eyes spending $50 million on Greenland’s polar bears. One State Dept. person said "it would translate to about $100,000 per polar bear."🐻❄️ By @mradamtaylor @noahjrobertson @hannah_natanson
washingtonpost.com
Documents reviewed by The Post show the administration may spend millions to protect vulnerable wildlife, proposals that stunned critics of its moves to gut foreign assistance.
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If service members hadn’t talked to me without approval…. We wouldn’t know that an internal West Point investigation showed that the culture played a hand in the death of a cadet: https://t.co/nCjZ6nqF8l That Marines and Sailors were exposed to contaminated water on the USS
thedailybeast.com
Internal documents show the military academy goes easy on athletes who violate the honor code—in one case, with fatal consequences.
The Department of War has engaged in good-faith negotiations with the Pentagon Press Association, maintaining open dialogue with its members and accepting many of their suggested edits. Even the New York Times has recognized the Department’s accommodating approach. Congress has
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Despite DoD press shop repeatedly referring to misguided NYT story about new Pentagon press rules to justify restrictions, the New York Times actually said in a public statement last night that “problems remain with the policy and we and other news organizations believe further
Pentagon reporters are having a meltdown because our policy makes them promise not to hound our DOW civilian employees and warfighters for information that endangers operational and national security. This is in complete opposition to the raving review from the New York Times
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Less than 2 days until Nobel Peace Prize is announced. There’s still time…
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The Pentagon Press Association said that @PeteHegseth's media rules are still unacceptable. PPA said the policy is “designed to stifle a free press and potentially expose us to prosecution for simply doing our jobs." CNN told me it won't sign. https://t.co/Z9SlZMJDCd
washingtonpost.com
The Pentagon Press Association said the government’s policy still appears “designed to stifle a free press and potentially expose us to prosecution.”
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NEW: from @ScottNover on the Pentagon’s revised press restrictions. The Pentagon Press Association says the government’s policy still appears “designed to stifle a free press and potentially expose [journalists] to prosecution.”
washingtonpost.com
The Pentagon Press Association said the government’s policy still appears “designed to stifle a free press and potentially expose us to prosecution.”
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Very strong and important statement from the Pentagon Press Association about how its members may soon lose their credentials. Please read and share. A free press matters.
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🚨EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s sprawling hunt for Charlie Kirk critics spans nearly 300 investigations -- with dozens of reprimands, dismissals and "nonjudicial punishment" already From @noahjrobertson @TaraCopp
https://t.co/7SNyfuwO4f
washingtonpost.com
The inquiry, resulting in a smattering of disciplinary action so far, follows an extraordinary directive aimed at silencing criticism of the slain activist and Trump supporter.
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🇺🇸“Limiting the media’s ability to report on the U.S. military fails to honor the American families who have entrusted their sons and daughters to serve in it, or the taxpayers responsible for giving the department hundreds of billions of dollars a year.” — Pentagon Press Assoc.
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