Connor O'Brien
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Defense reporter covering Congress for @politico. Markup enthusiast. Self-described Huguenot. Send me your tips and sage grouse gifs: [email protected]
Washington, DC
Joined September 2010
2025: Senator Kid Rock proposes a repeal of the 2001 AUMF to reign in the the war powers of President Dwayne Johnson.
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RT @noahjrobertson: Pentagon list of firings today grows:. "Others removed include Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore, the chief of the Navy Reserve, a….
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House Republicans are moving to vote on the NDAA the *second week* after recess. Rules has set an Aug. 28 deadline for amendment and is set to meet the week of Sept. 8 on the defense bill. The first week back will be focused on the Energy-Water appropriations bill.
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RT @emilybrooksnews: The House Freedom Caucus set to look quite different in 2027. Chip Roy running for TX AG.Byron Donalds running for FL….
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NEW: CA redistricting is about to put Defense Approps Chair Ken Calvert in a pickle. He won two close races after the last rewrite made his district more competitive. The new map splits it up, and he could face GOP Rep. Young Kim in a new R district. More in @morningdefense:
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RT @michaeldmarrow: EXCLUSIVE: Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach retired from the Air Force this month after leading Air Combat Command. Sources tell B….
breakingdefense.com
Three sources familiar with the discussions told Breaking Defense that Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach is a leading candidate to succeed Gen. David Allvin as the next Air Force chief of staff.
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RT @Liz_Friden: A U.S. military Humvee T-boned a car in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of DC this morning, a DC Fire spokesperson confirmed….
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RT @paulmcleary: NEW: Chairman of the Joint Chief Gen. Dan Caine is hosting a small group of defense chiefs from UK, France, Germany, and F….
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Other lower level meetings planned for this week underscore the massive task ahead for European allies as they weigh plans for sending a peacekeeping force to Ukraine.
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RT @dave_brown24: NEW: The White House is planning for a possible trilateral meeting between Trump, Putin and Zelenskyy in the Hungarian ca….
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Other lower level meetings planned for this week underscore the massive task ahead for European allies as they weigh plans for sending a peacekeeping force to Ukraine.
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RT @ellee_watson: Six GOP Governors have pledged to send members of the National Guard from their states to DC:. 1. WV - 300-400 service me….
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RT @BrendanPedersen: Tim Scott (R-S.C.) also said: "Literally, the industry put Bernie Moreno in the Senate".
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NEWS: Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin said Monday that he plans to retire in the fall, a surprise move just halfway into his four-year term. He gave no reason for the surprise decision to step down. @JackDetsch
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Gen. David Allvin is the fourth top US military official to leave since Trump took office.
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RT @idreesali114: Reuters wire: Trump interrupts meeting with european leaders to call Putin - bild newspaper reports.
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RT @Liz_Friden: The DC National Guard is now patrolling DC metro stations in addition to the National Mall & Union Station, a U.S. Army off….
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RT @ArthurDelaneyHP: News! From House Oversight Committee chair James Comer: . “Officials with the Department of Justice have informed us t….
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RT @paulmcleary: Russian attacks killed 14 Ukrainian civilians hours before Trump and Zelenskyy met at the WH. In April, Trump wrote “Vlad….
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RT @JohnSewardDC: I walked with some of the Trump Activated D.C. National Guard. “Then join the Reserve,” a cyclist shouted as he passed b….
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As guard members patrol the National Mall, the White House’s comments about the National Guard’s role have raised questions around its jurisdiction.
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RT @DanRosZiff: On 14th & R this morning in DC, officers with vests that said only police detained a man who seemed to have been riding a m….
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RT @paulmcleary: European leaders are debating who to send to Washington for the Trump/Zelenskyy meeting, Finland’s President Stubb and NAT….
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European leaders are on an all-out push to forestall Oval Office conflict at a crucial stage in diplomacy to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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RT @idreesali114: Aug 16 (Reuters) - West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey is deploying 300 to 400 National Guard troops to the District….
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