Barry R McCaffrey
@mccaffreyr3
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@NBCNews @MSNBC. US Army General Ret. Four combat tours. Three Purple Heart awards. Council Foreign Relations. JCS Strategic Plans. NATO Brussels.
Seattle, WA
Joined April 2017
After covering the Pentagon for 35 years, I’m turning in my building badge today rather than submit to DoD’s vague new policies that restrict my right to engage in ordinary and legal news gathering. My Pentagon press corps colleagues and I will continue to inform the public
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Two years. Two years passed since the last moment I saw Avinatan, the love of my life. Two years since the moment terrorists kidnapped us, put me on a motorcycle, and tore me away from Avinatan before the eyes of the entire world. From that moment, our journey in captivity was
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Hamas reasserts control on streets of Gaza, turning guns on its rivals —Tragically complicated. Hamas will never disarm. Israel can never recognize their governance. Where is an international peace keeping force? Not the US.
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Amid the ceasefire with Israel, Hamas is sending a message that it remains the only visible authority in Gaza, with huge implications for Trump’s peace plan.
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Karoline Preisler, a German politician and member of the FDP party, is a true hero. This brave woman comes to every anti-Israel demonstration to stand up for the State of Israel, to fight for the hostages who remain in Gaza, and against the terror supporters. Many times she’s
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Yesterday I visited Venice and met with Traci Park who is city councilor for CD11 in LA. The transformation of Venice Beach from 2021 to now is nothing short of a miracle. Most RVs are gone and zero tents anywhere. LA is a mess of homelessness, but not Venice! @TraciParkforLA
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Brave combat soldiers. A major battle that stunned the NVA…. and the US Army.
Lt. Col. Hal Moore and Command Sgt. Maj. Basil L Plumley at the "termite mound" at LZ X-Ray' Photo by Joe Galloway
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A friend. A great Marine.
On Dec. 18, 1965, then-1st. Lt.. Harvey Barnum was serving as an artillery forward observer with Company H, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines in Vietnam. The company suddenly became pinned down by a hail of accurate enemy fire and separated from the remainder of the battalion by over
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Very positive and hopeful news of a Trump crafted ceasefire proposal in Gaza with return of all the Israeli hostages both alive and dead. Tragedy created by brutal 7 Oct Hamas murder of hundreds of innocent Israeli civilians.
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The lawlessness of this administration is stunning. Ignoring budgets passed by Congress. Going after opponents. Political purges at the Pentagon. Federal agents abusing Americans. If Republicans think I’m going to fund that, they’re out of their god damn minds.
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The Embarrassing Pete Hegseth by @Peggynoonannyc — Peggy Noonan. WSJ. Brilliant writer. Clarity of thought. US national security leadership chaotic.
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The Pentagon needs sober, judicious leadership, not a drama queen who makes things jarring and fevered.
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Brave soldier. Great leader.
Janina Simmons made history in 2019 as the first Black woman to graduate from the Army’s Ranger School. The training is known as one of the toughest in the world—long days, little sleep, heavy gear, and constant challenges. Many soldiers before her did not finish, but Janina
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Trump orders Israel to stop bombing Gaza after Hamas partially accepts his peace plan—- (Trump 21 point plan to end the brutal combat in Gaza a good basis for short term peace. Hamas under great pressure to return hostages. 50/50) https://t.co/rN9BSU5tLb
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Hertling: The other point is his comments about putting hands back on recruits… We moved away from that 30 years ago because it’s ineffective… You know where it didn’t go away? The Russian army. That’s exactly what they do—instilling fear, using corporal punishment, hazing,
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'An outrage': Retired Army general slams idea of military using U.S. cit... https://t.co/NPmC72FjC8 via @YouTube
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What to know about the Gaza peace plan agreed to by Trump and Netanyahu https://t.co/JJgExHnBBe ( Actually a sound framework for an immediate cease fire and return of the hostages. Long term structure ambiguous. Hamas extremely unlikely to support.)
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Pres Trump unlikely knew about Hegseth Tuesday meeting with US global senior military commanders. Now will backdoor Sec Def. Long rant. No real substance. Broken play. Demo of personal power. Very, very strange.
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Every day he flouts the law and stretches the boundaries of his authority. An American president declaring war on American communities and citizens, illegally sending in U.S. military & authorizing them to apply "full force." It is madness. It's un-American. And very dangerous!
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Trump says he will send troops to Portland, Oregon, in latest deployment to US cities — Portland a mess. Small groups of destructive anarchists. The city tolerates it. Nat Guard hardly will make a difference. A political stunt. https://t.co/JU5gvwF6PG
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Hegseth to Push ‘Warrior Ethos’ in Meeting of Top Generals - Very curious. Armed Forces in combat almost constantly for two decades. 60,000 killed and injured in War on Terror. Odd time for an emergency lecture and gov shut down.
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The summons from the Pentagon chief surprised senior officers, who are traveling to Virginia from all over the world, and comes amid mounting impatience that his agenda isn’t being implemented...
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Sec Def summons hundreds of global military commanders to meeting. Never occurred previously in history. Will alarm the global community. A security risk. Options exist to talk live on secure video network. Military an apolitical entity.
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