Dave Brown
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Deputy Managing Editor, Global Security @politico. Assistant scoutmaster. Go @cubs. Bluesky: https://t.co/izqRm37odG
Joined October 2014
Beyond excited to take on this new role with our amazing @politico team. Congrats also to @HeidiVogt and @RosiePerper. Let's gooo!
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Overheard at summer camp:. "Can bears smell bugs?". "Does smoke kill flies?". "Are there spiders in this wood?". "Why is Mr. Brown sobbing uncontrollably?".
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Colby "is pissing off just about everyone I know inside the administration,” said one person familiar with the situation. “They all view him as the guy who’s going to make the U.S. do less in the world in general.”.
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RT @paulmcleary: NEW: Shipments of some American military aid to Ukraine could resume after a series of high-level meetings in Italy and Uk….
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RT @connorobrienNH: NEW: We’ve got the House NDAA draft ahead of a July 15 markup. Some big items:.—no topline increase, keeps DoD $ at $84….
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RT @RapidResponse47: .@POTUS on tomorrow's One Big Beautiful Bill signing: "We're signing at about 5:00p — and at about 5:00p, we're going….
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RT @WashPostComms: Statement from Executive Editor Matt Murray: . “For three decades, Ellen Nakashima has been one of the most careful, fai….
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GOP Rep. Mike Rogers:. “They [the Pentagon] just need to be more transparent about this because people are confusing this with our commitment to Ukraine. It has nothing to do with that.”.@JackDetsch @paulmcleary @felschwartz @EliStokols.
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GOP Rep. Michael McCaul: . “I think it’s all made by the DOD policy director, this Colby guy. We essentially don’t have a national security adviser. I’m not even sure Rubio was consulted on this one. There’s internal division in the White House”.
This entire narrative is flat out wrong. Undersecretary Colby, like every Undersecretary of Defense for Policy before him, routinely provides policy recommendations to the Secretary of Defense and the President. OSD Policy’s framework, approved by Secretary Hegseth and the.
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“I think it’s all made by the DOD policy director, this Colby guy, we essentially don’t have a national security adviser,” Rep. Michael McCaul said. “I’m not even sure Rubio was consulted on this one … There’s internal division in the White House”.
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NEW TONIGHT: The Pentagon’s decision to halt some weapons shipments to Ukraine blindsided people who are usually closely briefed on such matters, including members of Congress, State Department officials and key European allies.
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RT @JackDetsch: NEWS: Ukraine plans to ask Washington to let Europe purchase U.S. weapons for Ukraine, according to six people with knowled….
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RT @ColbyBadhwar: 🇺🇸🇺🇦 Yesterday, POLITICO broke that the Pentagon paused some shipments of ammo to Ukraine. The decision, driven by the Un….
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RT @paulmcleary: As the Trump admin. blocks weapon shipments to Ukraine, the Zelenskyy team and European allies are taking a new approach.….
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Republican lawmakers are slamming the Trump administration’s decision to halt some U.S. missile and munitions shipments to Ukraine, warning it risks emboldening Russia at a pivotal point in the war @reporterjoe.@connorobrienNH.
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NEW: Ukraine summoned a U.S. diplomat on Wednesday to explain the Pentagon's decision to withhold already-agreed military aid
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