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@Politico defense reporter. Tips: jgould @politico .com. Ex @Defense_News , @ArmyTimes , @NYDailyNews & @hammondlastar . BK native.
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NEW: McCain reacts to Trump’s threat to “fight back and it won’t be pretty.” McCain: “I have faced tougher adversaries.
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🧵Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley reminds Princeton ROTC cadets they swore to protect the US Constitution. "You're not taking an oath to a dictator or wannabe dictator, or tyrant."
"The idea that you're willing to die for it is an extraordinarily powerful idea..." 1/11
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And that, everyone, is how The Atlantic saved Stars & Stripes.
The United States of America will NOT be cutting funding to
@starsandstripes
magazine under my watch. It will continue to be a wonderful source of information to our Great Military!
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@POTUS
bragged about a big US helicopter sale to Nigeria today. One problem with that is we didn’t sell Nigeria helicopters. But Russia did.
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BOOM! The U.S. Army is planning a ‘dramatic’ six-fold artillery shell production boost, its chief weapons buyer
@DouglasBush
said in exclusive interview at
#RNDF2022
, via
@reporterjoe
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Oh snap! DoD announces Netherlands and US are each paying for 45 Czech tanks to be refurbished for Ukraine.
In other words: We. Went. Dutch.
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NEWS:
@timkaine
says he has 51 votes to pass his Iran war powers resolution. 4 Republicans are
@SenToddYoung
@SenatorCollins
@SenMikeLee
@RandPaul
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"You're not taking an oath to a dictator or wannabe dictator, or tyrant. You're taking an oath to the idea that is America. And you will do anything and everything if necessary-to sacrifice even your life to preserve that idea and pass it on unscathed to the next generation" 9/11
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"What it says is that every single one of us is born free and equal. And every single one of us is an American. And you're going to rise or you're going to fall based on your perseverance, your hard work, your knowledge, your skills, your attributes..." 6/11
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"That is what you're doing. You're committing your lives and your fortune to it. And I want to congratulate you. I'm extraordinarily proud of each and every one of you. I know your family is and I know this country is so thank you very much. Thank you." 10/11
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Honest question: Why doesn't anybody hit Tulsi Gabbard on her meeting with Bashar Assad?
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"And every one of us has a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. You're taking an oath that I did, you're not taking an oath to a person. You're never to take an oath to a president, a king or a queen..." 8/11
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Says it defeated Britain in the Revolutionary War, the Nazis, Imperial Japanese, brought down the Berlin Wall, defeated Soviet communism. "It's the idea that al Qaeda and ISIS, the Taliban and Al Shabaab and all the terrorist groups, they hate this idea. What is this idea?" 2/11
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"So many fear it. We have people in this country who ... fear it. We have people to try to overturn it, right inside our own country. What this idea says is that you and I, no matter who you are, it doesn't matter if you're a male or you're a female..." 3/11
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"Doesn't matter if you're gay or you're straight in between. It doesn't matter. No matter if you're black, you're white, you're Asian, you're Indian. None of that matters. Doesn't matter what the color of your skin is. It doesn't matter what country you came from..." 4/11
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"And you're going to be judged the content of your character, not the color of your skin. hat's the very essence. And we hold these truths to be self evident. We hold these truths to be self evident that every one of us is equal..." 7/11
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"Doesn't matter your last name or place of origin. Doesn't matter whether you're tall or short. None of that matters. Doesn't matter if you're rich, poor, went to Princeton or doesn't matter you went to college..." 5/11
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Rep. Keating gets Esper to clarify he *was* briefed on Russian "payments" to Taliban, after Esper told Rep. Turner. there was never a brief that mentioned "bounties." Too late. Turner's email came out a half-hour ago.
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From the commencement ceremony that started today at 3:30pm.
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NEW: North Korea sending Russia "a significant number of artillery shells" for war in Ukraine, says White House NSC spokesman John Kirby.
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The 16-y-o war in Afghanistan springs to mind.
On Harvey relief/recovery efforts, Trump says, "There's probably never been something so expensive in our country's history."
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NOW: DoD nominee Colin Kahl advances as VP Kamala Harris casts tie-breaking vote via
@reporterjoe
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“As his tenure may be coming to an end, Esper is helping members of Congress draft legislation that will strip names of Confederate leaders from military bases in a move that could put him further at odds with President Donald Trump.”
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NEW! Biden authorizes $100 million more in military aid to Ukraine.
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NEW: NATO brings Finland, Sweden on board for all Ukraine conflict discussions via
@VivienneMachi
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Gen. McKenzie confirms he'd recommended
@POTUS
keep 2,500 troops in Afghanistan. Also says he advised that pulling US troops would lead to collapse of Afghan forces and gov.
@JimInhofe
asks, and McKenzie confirms Biden got it.
But Biden said otherwise.
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I watched today as
@SenatorSinema
greeted
@MittRomney
on the Senate subway, "Hi, Mitt!" He said hi back, tossed her a bag of candy and asked her to be his valentine. True story.
#Bipartisanship
@AliABCNews
It was one of those spontaneous Senate moments that makes this place fun to watch.
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NEW! Sen. Dan Sullivan and other GOP senators will again push to confirm military nominees Wednesday evening in a direct challenge to fellow GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville and his blockade on promotions.
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UPDATE: Spencer says he will stop proceedings to strip Gallagher's trident if Trump sends a formal order.
“If the president requests that the process stop, the process stops. Good order and discipline is also obeying orders from the president of the United States.”
BREAKING: US Navy secretary denies he threatened to resign over Trump SEAL intervention via
@reporterjoe
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@RepHastingsFL
on Trump's insistence Mexico would pay for border wall. "He lied." Calling for a stand-alone vote on the border wall.
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"Where is the compassion you showed me when I was diagnosed with my illness?" Calls on McCain to "vote his conscience."
Hirono emotional on the Senate floor abt growing up poor. "I am a senator, fighting kidney cancer & I'm so grateful I have health insurance"
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Ukraine’s defense minister says via Fb: Russia will disrupt comms and try to make Ukrainian troops believe their leaders surrendered.
“The ‘confirmation’ of this fejku will be spread like signed ‘documents’, as well as edited fake videos. IT'S A LIE.
There will be no surrender!”
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NEW Obama administration official Tom Malinowski wins in NJ. Former director of Human Rights Watch, he was a member of the policy planning staff at the State Department and was senior director on the National Security Council at the White House. He'll be super interesting.
BREAKING: Democrat Tom Malinowski wins election to U.S. House in New Jersey's 7th congressional district.
#APracecall
at 11:23 p.m. EST.
@AP
election coverage:
#Election2018
#NJelection
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You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me.
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Whatever’s happening with the fight, Ukraine is absolutely demolishing Russia in the information war, and it’s not even close. They’re projecting heart, humor, humanity and a stunning amount of balls.
A priceless exchange of a brave Ukrainian citizen with Russian army stuck out of fuel. ENGLISH SUBTITLES.
[Thanks to my Ukrainian friend for transcription and translation]
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"Some of this stuff is boring. Boring is the new thrilling -- to me," says
@VanJones68
of the inauguration pomp.
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@RandPauI
just blocked
@SenJohnMcCain
's UC request to add Montenegro to NATO & exited. McCain: "The sen from Ky is now working for Putin."
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@SecDef
Lloyd Austin's chief of staff -->
I’m proud of the American bipartisanship tonight on Ukraine. If Putin can thinks he can divide us and our allies on our core principles of liberty, sovereignty and democracy…he can think again.
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Sen. Cotton asking the first Black defense secretary questions about race in the military and then cutting off his answers is an interesting choice.
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I’ve found myself unexpectedly moved by pics like this. I wish my grandparents had been packed into transports bound for hope and freedom, and not a rail car to Auschwitz and death. Grateful to the brave Catholic nuns who sheltered my dad and other Jewish kids.
#RefugeesWelcome
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Senior US defense official says Russian amphibious assault underway on Sea of Azov, to the west of Mariupol. "Indications are right now that the that they are putting potentially thousands of naval infantry ashore there."
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GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz calls on HASC Chair Mike Rogers to summon SecDef Austin and DepSecDef Hicks for a hearing to give answers about Austin's hospitalization. 👇
Over the weekend, a breaking news report found that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had been quietly admitted to an intensive care unit for four days on New Year’s Day.
His backup, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks, supposedly took over his duties while vacationing in…
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NEW: The Pentagon is considering whether to add U.S. troops in Eastern European NATO-member countries on a long-term basis in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a senior Pentagon official told lawmakers via
@reporterjoe
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*Personal news, Part 2*
I'm thrilled to be joining
@politico
's defense team!
I'll be anchoring the Morning Defense newsletter and covering the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations committees. Starts April 4.
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NEW! Biden executive order reestablishes the National Security Council's Directorate on Global Health Security and Biodefense, which Trump dissolved in May, 2018, and folded into other parts of the NSC. BACKGROUND:
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If you honestly think Obama declared war on Christmas, just know that Eisenhower sent "Season's Greetings" cards in 1955. Folks say that or Happy Holidays to include New Years and/or non-Christians. (You don't always know what somebody believes.)
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"We're not talking dozens here, it's significant number of artillery shells. It's a sign of not only the degree to which North Korea is willing continue to bolster support Russia but a sign of Russia's own defense articles shortages and needs."
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INBOX: Dem Sen. Ron Wyden says he opposed Miller’s nomination last job because “he refused to promise that intelligence agencies wouldn’t target Americans based on their political views.”
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INBOX: House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair
@RepEliotEngel
makes joint statement w/ his counterparts in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and the European Parliament condemning Turkey’s invasion of Northern Syria. [Can anybody recall the last time that happened?]
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@SenFettermanPA
wants the Senate aid package not emerging House GOP plan.
“They should just cut the shit and just put that on the floor and voted up or down and then it'll pass,” he tells reporters.
“We should stand with democracy. It’s pathetic we’re still talking about it.”
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Rand Paul’s ‘I told you so’ legislation
Sen. RAND PAUL (R-Ky.) says he will reintroduce his legislation calling for a dedicated Ukraine aid inspector general after the Pentagon disclosed that it miscalculated Ukraine aid by $3 billion.
via
@politico
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Pentagon weighs plans to expand exercises with Finland, Sweden amid NATO bid via
@reporterjoe
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Oh, hey, it's
@EsperDoD
and
@thejointstaff
's Gen. Milley in an ad for Trump. (For me, it appeared on , and it led here: ).
Penny for your thoughts,
@jimgolby
?
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NEW Exiting the classified Niger brief on Capitol Hill,
@timkaine
called it “explosive” and that DoD was “hiding” its activities. Questions whether NDAA-authorized “train-and-equip” mission was “a fig leaf.” Not the first lawmaker to seem visibly moved.
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To the person who stole our car today, the joke’s on you. We never reset our clock for daylight savings!
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Some personal news: The Pentagon will be my new beat in ‘22. Excited for the new challenge and chance to work alongside a different set of great reporters. I’ll report from the Hill from time to time, but please hug
@LeoShane
, who is totally inconsolable. Sourcing up; DM’s open.
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To be clear, Kaine says other Republicans are considering it. Romney told me earlier today he is, and Murkowski has told other reporters that she is.
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SCOOPLET: Two Senators—one who represents the largest population of Kurds in the U.S. and the other a combat-wounded Iraq veteran—are urging President Trump in a new letter to protect Kurd fighters in Syria after American troops withdraw via
@reporterjoe
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You liked the tweet. Now read the story:
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"Our information indicates that they're trying to obscure the method of supply by by funneling them through other countries in the Middle East and North Africa."
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INBOX:
@ChrisMurphyCT
: “First, Congress has a responsibility to get to the bottom of why Trump made this surprise decision last Sunday night. Any legislation that Congress takes up should require the president, and any candidate for president, to disclose their tax returns.”
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BIG CAVEAT here: Unclear whether Moscow is getting the artillery DPRK is working to send.
"Our information indicates that the DPRK is covertly supplying but also monitor to see whether they're actually received on the other end."
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"Are you wearing your yarmulke to the Pentagon tomorrow? It's a Jewish place," my 4YO just asked.
He confused "Pentagon" with "synagogue."
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Retired LTG Sean McFarland objects to being used in Biden ad; wasn’t asked. “To be clear, I have not endorsed President Trump, either. I'm not a political person, but this isn't about just me. I object to the use of ANY military personnel in uniform in political ads-full stop”
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@brentspodek
@RepRickLarsen
Raises politics (& Bannon's at that) in natsec decisions over career apolitical natsec professional. New ground.
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This Open Skies thread has everything. Russia expert
@RadioFreeTom
, ex-CIA chief
@GenMhayden
& former Open Skies opponent on the NSC,
@Tim_Morrison
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@Oriana0214
@timkaine
Kaine: "Should the Nationals win ... [Cruz] will wear Nationals gear and serve my staff Texas barbecue and Shiner beer"
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"At Hostomel, and in other Kyiv suburbs, commanders resorted to YouTube videos to learn how to fire Javelin and Stinger missiles to fend off the aerial assault." This is a great read from
@JackDetsch
:
How Ukraine Modernized Its Post-Soviet Military
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HASC Chair
@RepAdamSmith
says he has requested SecDef Esper & CJCS Milley come testify in a public hearing next week, in person. Will ask, "exactly how they intend to use the US military to deal with this crisis."
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Sen. Rubio just told a bunch of us, “Get away, reporter scum! (That was in honor of John McCain.)” I got the joke. McCain was very friendly with reporters and joshed us all the time. (Rubio went on to answer questions for a solid five minutes, if not longer.)
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That’s not a quid pro quo? Ukrainian president said he was ready to buy Javelin anti tank weapons. Trump says in response, “I would like you to do us a favor though...”
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Per senior US defense official, Russia hitting setbacks:
- more resistance than it anticipated as it assaults Kyiv
- taken no population centers
- hasn't achieve air superiority over Ukraine
But Russia's applied only 1/3 of avail combat power so far.
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Narrator: He didn't await confirmation.
This article strongly suggests that the Murdochs talked to Zelensky, and Tucker's opposition to the US proxy war in Ukraine was a major factor in his firing.
I'll await confirmation, but one thing is for sure: his removal eliminated the most influential anti-war voice from TV:
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*Personal news*
After 13 years at
@defense_news
and
@ArmyTimes
, I'm excited to start a new opportunity next month. I'll miss my friends. I'm grateful to have worked with you and learned so much from you over the years. Thank you guys!
Brief vacay and then more news to come!
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INBOX: DoD officials to testify on UFOs in open session of House Intel subpanel
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I’d like to announce pre-emptively that I had a middle part in high school. I’d like to apologize to the people of Washington, DC, and anyone I’ve hurt.
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There it is. Biden announced HIMARS for Ukraine. It's official.
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There are multiple ironies here:
- Milley, in July, apologized for his appearance at a Trump photo op.
- Trump reportedly had to be talked out of firing Esper this this past summer.
- Trump's rhetoric on election fraud may be hurting his party's push for absentee voting.
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SCOOP: Senate Republicans are stalling a key piece of Biden’s foreign policy agenda—the AUKUS security pact with Australia and the U.K. to share nuclear submarines. Led by Sen. Roger Wicker, it’s a bid to force the White House to boost defense $$$. 1/2
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On this day in 1991, Hard Copy airs story about FBI probe into footage found on a Mich. farm depicting a "cult killing." Turns out the "victim" was Trent Reznor; the footage was shot for the video for "Down In It" using a camera on balloons that flew off.
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INBOX: HASC Chair
@RepAdamSmith
sounds alarm on Pentagon turnover. If replacing NatSec professionals with loyalists is a trend “then the next 70 days will be precarious at best and downright dangerous at worst.”
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Today showed the danger of that approach. Imagine if it was applied to an even graver and more perilous decision.
This is ... wow. Stephen Bannon and Stephen Miller are overruling experts, lawyers, policy makers.
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Kirby's not answering questions about the method of conveyance for the artillery.
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Feinstein was asked to vote on the defense approps bill in committee and she launched into a speech. Someone off mic tells her: "Just say aye"
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You're not going to believe this, but we accidentally dismembered the body with a bone saw we brought for other purposes. It was an honest mistake.
Just in from
@clarissaward
and
@TimListerCNN
: "According to two sources, the Saudis are preparing a report that will acknowledge Jamal Khashoggi's death was the result of an interrogation that went wrong, one that was intended to lead to his abduction from Turkey..."
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Also, no word yet on sanctions or interdiction methods.
"We'll obviously consult allies and partners particularly at the UN on additional accountability measures. We've made no decisions about that."
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"We felt it was important for us to call out ... We had indications that the Russians were reaching out to North Korea, and we made that public too at the time that they were reaching out to North Korea for the possible purchase of artillery shells."
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On a related matter: "No indications that there's been a transfer of surface to surface missiles from Iran to Russia." WH has been warning Moscow may look to Tehran for this sort of ballistic missiles.
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A fake story about the secretary of defense stole my real byline via
@reporterjoe
h/t
@btdecker
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Hartzler amendment to bar trans surgeries for troops fails 209-214, with 24 Republican nay votes.
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