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I cover diplomacy & national security for @WashingtonPost | Tips: John.Hudson @WashPost .com | work travel grams:

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Endlessly impressed with this team of journalists
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The chairman of Russia’s lower house of parliament had his plane turned back mid-flight by Sweden and then Finland, making him the first top Russian official to face Europe’s denial of airspace permissions in response to the invasion
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We have confirmed the ⁦ @nytimes ⁩ scoop: A Russian military spy unit offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants to attack coalition forces in Afghanistan. From ⁦ @nakashimae ⁩ ⁦ @missy_ryan ⁩ me and ⁦ @shaneharris
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Scoop: Hundreds of people skipped Mike Pompeo’s indoor holiday party today, in wake of health concerns, per two U.S. officials. 900+ invites went out, roughly 70 RSVP’d, fewer actually showed up, per sources.
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The key Biden line: “1 more year, or 5 more years, of US military presence would not have made a difference if the Afghan military cannot or will not hold its own country. And an endless American presence in the middle of another country’s civil conflict was not acceptable to me”
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Pompeo just now: “There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration."
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Zelensky doesn't get his No-Fly Zone but he gets quite a bit: Biden announces the U.S. will send Ukraine: -drones -9,000 Anti-armor systems - 800 Anti-aircraft systems -7,000 Small arms, 20 million rounds in ammunition
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Scoop: Ukraine has developed a fleet of wooden decoys resembling U.S. rocket systems that have tricked Russian forces into wasting expensive long-range cruise missiles on dummy targets, per sources and photographs of the replicas reviewed by The Post.
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Zelensky gives Nancy Pelosi a Ukrainian flag and a big kiss on the cheek
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Scoop: Pompeo and his wife are hosting multiple holiday parties (one on the 8th floor of the State Dept with more than 900 invitees & food & drinks). At the same time, Pompeo’s subordinates are warned against meetings for “non-mission critical events.”
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Had my first interaction with Martin Shkreli in 2017 and could tell he’d win someone’s heart some day
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SCOOP: U.S. intelligence officials have compiled a classified report detailing extensive efforts to manipulate the American political system by the United Arab Emirates, long considered a close and trusted partner.
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Munition dropped right through the World Central Kitchen logo
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Trump administration just gave Congress formal notification for a massive arms transfer to the United Arab Emirates: 50 F-35s, 18 MQ-9 Reapers with munitions; a $10 billion munitions package including thousands of Mk 82 dumb bombs, guided bombs, missiles & more, per source
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big news for font freaks: Times New Roman is being phased out at the State Department & replaced by Calibri. Secretary Blinken sent a cable to all embassies today directing staff not to send him any more papers with Times New Roman. Subject: "The Times (New Roman) are a-Changin"
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Ukraine’s armed forces just posted this message to the public: "WE DISORIENT THE ENEMY TOGETHER! In order to confuse and disorient the enemy who is illegally moving on the roads of Ukraine, we call on citizens to take the following initiative:" ... 1/2
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Germany's ambassador to the U.S. sends a not-so-subtle message here, inviting Trump's enemy of the week, UK ambassador Kim Darroch, to breakfast alongside the French and European Union's top diplomats and tweeting out the photo: "My colleagues and friends"
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I’m honored to host my colleagues and friends from the U.K., France and the European Union for breakfast at my residence this morning.
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The Geert Wilders account has since deleted his photo with Lindsey Graham, but I had the tab still open on my browser so here it is:
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It CANNOT be overstated how angry Pentagon & State Dept officials are at Rep. Moulton & Rep. Peter Meijer for flying to Afghanistan in the middle of an evacuation. “It’s as moronic as it is selfish. They’re taking seats away from Americans,” official says
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Angela Merkel said she doesn’t accept Saudi Arabia’s explanation on the death of Jamal Khashoggi, as European leaders pressed the kingdom to come clean on how he was killed.
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I'm told Blinken had his first phone call with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. He won some brownie points because he did the whole call in French. Le Drian doesn't speak much English, but understands it. Blinken is fluent.
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Big schedule change: Blinken is now flying to New York before Germany to face off with the Russians at the UN. Blinken will likely be the highest-ranking official there. US official says it's “perhaps the most perilous moment for peace and security since the end of the Cold War”
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SCOOP: As the Trump administration discouraged mask use for the public, the NSC raced to secure a stash of masks for White House personnel. New story about a deal with Taiwan to secure 3,600 for senior officials, by @CarolLeonnig @lizzadwoskin & me
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Ted Lieu repeatedly asked Brian Hook if the Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war, and Hook would not say "yes." Lieu said this is "not a trick question" but Hook did not answer. Lieu submitted the Constitution for the record.
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The last time Blinken provided an update on the US death count, he attributed the deaths to "Hamas’s heinous attacks.” Now, as the death count rises to 29 & the war escalates, the State Dept. says "We are not commenting further on the circumstances of the U.S. citizen deaths."
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NEW: The Turkish government has told U.S. officials it has VIDEO and AUDIO recordings that prove Jamal Khashoggi was murdered inside the Saudi consulate
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NEW: U.S. officials concede that the United States is not conducting real-time assessments of Israel’s adherence to the laws of war 🧵
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Wow. Trump’s ambassador to the Netherlands having a rough first week. “This is the Netherlands. You have to answer questions.”
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Question: This department frequently sends out statements encouraging free and fair elections abroad. And for the losers ... to accept the results. Doesn't President Trump's refusal to concede discredit those efforts? Pompeo: "That's ridiculous."
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Two sources tell @Reuters that the absurdly long 13 ft table between Putin and Macron was necessary because Macron refused to take a Russian-administered covid test that would turn over the French leader's DNA to the Russians.
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US Park Police: It was a “mistake” to say no tear gas was used in Lafayette Square. "It was a mistake on our part for using ‘tear gas’ because we just assumed people would think CS or CN [two common forms of tear gas] " via @AlexWardVox
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Scooplet: Top Indian official @DrSJaishankar abruptly canceled a meeting with senior members of Congress this week after U.S. lawmakers refused Indian demands to exclude @RepJayapal from the meeting. Jayapal has been critical of India’s policies in Kashmir
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SCOOP: Trump erupted at staffers after the US announced the expulsion of 60 Russian officials. He said they misled him about the size of the purge. The moment follows a pattern of his staff pushing tough Russia policies on him that he later fumes over
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…meanwhile, the United States “calls on Côte d’Ivoire’s leaders to show commitment to the democratic process and the rule of law.”
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U.S. Embassy Statement on Côte d’Ivoire’s Presidential Election
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SCOOP: Trump’s EU envoy who denied a “quid pro quo” in a text message now says he isn’t certain. “It’s only true that the president said it, not that it was the truth” says a person familiar with his planned testimony. My latest with @byaaroncdavis
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"- remove signs with numbers and names of streets/towns/villages in their regions. We will do everything possible for the speedy cleansing of Ukraine from the Russian occupier. Please spread as much as possible!" 2/2 via @loydstern
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So to summarize: Trump did not cancel previously imposed sanctions, he cancelled a classified round of large-scale North Korea sanctions that would've been a total secret had he not tweeted it out
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This video of Pompeo saying Trump will be an “authoritarian president” is striking to see in contrast to his current predisposition. Obtained by ⁦ @sbg1 ⁩ for her new piece Mike Pompeo, the Secretary of Trump - The New Yorker
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SCOOP: In a meeting last week, the Trump administration discussed conducting the first U.S. nuclear test explosion since 1992 in a move that would have far-reaching consequences and reverse a decades-long moratorium. 1/
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Fox News asks Pompeo where climate change ranks on his list of top threats to the United States. He says it doesn't break his top 5. His list is: 1. China 2. Pakistan 3. North Korea ..."I think I’m at five already"...
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Scoop: Trump's pick for ambassador to Norway did not disclose his involvement in the creation of a racist flier that distorted the features of a black politician in Georgia, darkened his features, gave him a large afro, prompted a libel suit 1/
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New *deep dive* on Soleimani killing --> Pompeo spoke to Trump about hitting the top commander months ago. Getting Trump to “yes” involved key personnel changes at the Pentagon and Trump’s aversion to being viewed as weak, giving Pompeo an opening
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NEW: Just released testimony has Rex Tillerson explaining how Kushner ran foreign policy, with secret world leader meetings that left Tillerson and State Dept. out of the loop and in the dark on emerging U.S. policies and crises. From me and @jdawsey1
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Mike Pompeo just named Eliot Abrams his new special envoy for Venezuela. Abrams plead guilty to withholding information from Congress about the Iran-Contra affair. Pompeo says Abrams will be in charge of “all things related to our efforts to restore Democracy in Venezuela.”
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A wild scoop: A GOP lawmaker has been trying to travel to *Taliban-controlled Afghanistan* in a rogue evacuation mission despite efforts by the Pentagon & State Dept to discourage him. Officials are unsure of his current whereabouts. From @tylerpager & me
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Shutting off communications in Gaza was an explicit decision by the Israelis -- one that was reversed after pressure from the United States, says a senior U.S. official. “We made it clear they had to be turned back on" and "need to stay back on.” Via @ClaireParkerDC in Egypt
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**NEW**—> The Russian bounties offered to Taliban-linked militants are believed to have resulted in the deaths of several U.S. service members, according to intelligence gleaned from U.S. military interrogations of captured militants in recent months
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In private encounters, Netanyahu urged Biden, Sunak and Macron to pressure Egyptian President Sisi to take hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza into the Sinai. They each refused the request, noting Sisi doesn't want to be complicit in the mass displacement of Gazans🧵
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New report on a unique habit of Benjamin Netanyahu --> When he travels to the U.S. on diplomatic trips, he often brings bags & suitcases full of dirty laundry for his U.S. hosts to clean, said U.S. officials. It has caused much eye-rolling at Blair House
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👀Rex Tillerson's anecdote about having no idea the Mexican foreign secretary was in DC until running into him at a restaurant having dinner with Kushner is... wow
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Pope Francis warned Israel’s president that it is “forbidden to respond to terror with terror." The Israelis deemed the conversation so "bad" they didn't make the call public
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Israel used U.S.-supplied white phosphorus munitions in an October attack in southern Lebanon that injured at least nine civilians, according to a Washington Post analysis of shell fragments found in a small village.
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Giuliani is tweeting screenshots of his texts with Volker. Meanwhile Volker has provided entire text chains to House investigators. It’s like the aftermath of a bad breakup
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Volker reached out to me to ask if I would take a call from Mr. Yermak.
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@agearan Quite a response from John Kelly: If providing the president “with the best and most open, legal and ethical staffing advice from across the [government] so he could make an informed decision is ‘working against Trump,’ then guilty as charged,” he says
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Blinken goes a little further than usual: The United States will “strongly support” NATO membership for Sweden and Finland if they choose to join the military alliance, @SecBlinken says. “The world has changed pretty dramatically."
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I asked Peru’s foreign minister what he might do if sanctions against Maduro start negatively impacting the humanitarian situation in Venezuela. Pompeo stepped in & said I “shouldn’t ask questions like that” & accused me of blaming the crisis on the US. I didn’t, but you decide:
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access DNI’d
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When John Lennon wrote “Imagine” he must’ve been thrilled it would one day be invoked by a former CIA director who oversaw the expansion of drone warfare around the world
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Imagine prospects for world peace, prosperity, & security if Joe Biden were President of the United States & Alexei Navalny the President of Russia. We’ll soon be halfway there. “Imagine all the people Living life in peace You, you may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one”
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Wild statistic in this State Department release about passport processing times returning to pre-pandemic levels: “In 1990, only five percent of Americans had a passport. Today, that number is 48%”
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A House Democrat, who rarely criticizes Israel, tells ⁦ @jmart ⁩ that Biden’s refusal to stand up to Bibi and end the war is a “disaster politically.” “Bibi is toxic among many Democratic voters and Biden must distance himself from him — yesterday.”
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In other news, Rihanna and @PhilipRucker are on a first name basis
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Not for much longer...me nor my people would ever be at or around one of those tragic rallies, so thanks for the heads up philip!
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When the government of Turkey urges a calm and lawful solution in American politics ...
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#BREAKING Turkey invites all parties in US to use moderation, common sense to overcome this domestic political crisis
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“Was he an aid worker or an ISIS-K operative,” asked @RandPaul “I don’t know,” said @SecBlinken . “You’d think you’d kind of know before you off someone with a predator drone,” said Paul.
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US officials now pretty close to saying Moscow is lying about troop withdrawal. @GStephanopoulos asks Blinken if US sees forces leave: "We’re not, and unfortunately there’s a difference between what Russia says and what it does, and what we’re seeing is no meaningful pullback 1/
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While I was waiting around the State Department this morning, a batallion of racoons invaded 1/2
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Breaking: Gordon Sondland sues Mike Pompeo & U.S. for $1.8 million in legal fees. The suit alleges that Pompeo reneged on his promise to cover Sondland’s legal fees after the witness delivered his surprise quid pro quo-confirming testimony
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“I’m flabbergasted,” said Ian Lipkin, director of the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University. “An indoor event of this kind is dangerous on so many levels.”
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Get ready for major testimony —> Tim Morrison is expected corroborate Bill Taylor’s testimony, per source, specifically that POTUS & aides pushed to withhold aid & a meeting w/ Zelensky until Ukraine opened Biden & 2016 probes. Latest w/ @CarolLeonnig
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Moldova’s deputy interior minister said the grenades that were used in the mysterious explosions in Transnistria are produced by Russia and are only used by the armies of Russia, Transnistria and Gabon. “I don’t think these were the Gabonese,” he said
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👉Just as Pompeo warns Dems he won't comply with their requests, the quasi-independent State Department inspector general tells Capitol Hill he'd like to meet tomorrow to "provide staff with copies of documents related to the State Department and Ukraine." From @karoun and I:
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This North Korean state media video of Kim Jong Un is next level
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The Biden admin is crafting plans for a sustained military campaign against the Houthis after 10 days of strikes failed to halt their attacks, stoking concern among some officials that an open-ended operation could derail Yemen’s fragile peace & pull the US into another conflict
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coincidentally, I ran into @chefjoseandres on the streets of Kyiv this week, taking a phone call on a dark patch of the sidewalk with a cigar in hand. I asked him what he was up to & he said he was heading to Bucha tomorrow to look at one of his food distribution centers
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Israeli officials said "no further evidence of Hamas activities in the hospital was scheduled to be made public for now"
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New: Americans & Europeans are shelling out thousands of dollars to get their names & slogans written on grenades, mortars, tanks, Buk missiles and landmines before they are fired at Russian troops in Ukraine. It has become an unusual & booming crowdfunding business in Ukraine
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"It’s embarrassing that the White House got into a Twitter fight” in the middle of a serious terrorist incident, a State Dept. told me.
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Why is China’s treatment of the Uighurs an obvious case of genocide and Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians nothing of the sort? A question for Blinken:
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SCOOP: Pompeo’s senior adviser will tell impeachment inquiry that career diplomats were mistreated during his tenure & had careers sidelined for political reasons, per source. Ouster of Yovanovitch was "too much for him" so he quit. From me & @CMorelloWP
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Pompeo says every vote must be counted. He rejects accusations of hypocrisy (given that he frequently calls on other governments to respect the democratic process and accept the will of the people). He says legal challenges are totally "appropriate."
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Pompeo was supposed to give a speech at the event but he cancelled. The State Department did not respond to questions about why he cancelled and whether it was due to his own health concerns about holding a large indoor event
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Scoop: The Biden administration is privately encouraging Ukraine’s leaders to signal an openness to negotiate with Russia and drop their public refusal to engage in peace talks unless Putin is removed from power, per sources
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Trump just got a standing ovation from Republicans for withdrawing from a nuclear arms treaty signed by Reagan #INF
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SCOOP: Russia has made a secret offer to North Korea for a nuclear power plant, inserting itself into the high-states nuclear talks between Washington and Pyongyang. New report from me and @Nakashimae
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Putin, through his interpreter, goes dark: "There is no happiness in life, there is only a mirage on the horizon, so cherish that."
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Wow. Sisi to Blinken during their meeting: "You said that you are a Jewish person... I am an Egyptian person who grew up next to Jews in Egypt. They have never been subjected to any form of oppression or targeting and it has never happened in our region that Jews were targeted"
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Just spoke with Matt Gaetz, who just got off the phone with Speaker Johnson. Gaetz said he now anticipates that Ukraine aid will pass — an outcome he has long sought to avoid. He expressed dismay given his influential role in delaying aid thus far. “This was abject surrender."
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Many officials at State Department today were completely out of the loop, as were key US allies, about imminent US strike. #unilateralism
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@DrSJaishankar @RepJayapal India's shutdown of Kashmir's internet entered its 134th day on Monday, making it the longest shutdown of its kind imposed in a democracy, according to the Internet advocacy group Access Now.
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The destruction of the replicas may partially account for Russia’s exceptionally rosy battle damage assessments on Western artillery. “They’ve claimed to have hit more HIMARS than we have even sent,” one U.S. diplomat observed.
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NEW: U.S. officials have negotiated a temporary opening at the Rafah border between Gaza and Egypt for U.S. citizens in Gaza seeking to flee the violence there, said a senior State Department official.
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This —> “After the election, the FBI agreed to pay Steele to continue gathering intelligence about Trump & Russia”
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Nikki Haley has to surrender her 1.6 million Twitter followers and she doesn't sound happy. Here's my story from back in 2017 about how she was in violation of State Department social media guidelines. I didn't think it would ever be enforced
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Due to State Dept rules that were changed by the outgoing administration, I have had to clear my personal Twitter account that I have had for years. The followers, the history, the pictures, and all other content. Please refollow and retweet this to your friends. Here’s to 2019!
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The Kabul embassy staff have begun destroying classified documents and equipment. An internal memo called for the disposal of "American flags ... which could be misused in propaganda efforts,”
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After decades of decrying engagement with strongmen and dictators, John Bolton is having quite the month of June
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The audio recording provides some of the most persuasive and gruesome evidence that the Saudi team is responsible for Khashoggi’s death. “You can hear how he was interrogated, tortured and then murdered.” Latest group effort by @shaneharris @smekhennet @agearan and me
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A government source confirms to me that McGurk never briefed or talked to President Trump -- he was never asked to. Does that make the president look better or worse that he didn't interact with his top diplomat to the anti-ISIS coalition?
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Brett McGurk, who I do not know, was appointed by President Obama in 2015. Was supposed to leave in February but he just resigned prior to leaving. Grandstander? The Fake News is making such a big deal about this nothing event!
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NEW IG report: The Trump administration rescinded a prestigious"Courage Award" for a female journalist because she criticized Trump on Twitter and later gave a false explanation for the decision to Congress & press. The report has all the receipts/memos
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SCOOP: As Trump fights w/ Merkel on defense spending, Pentagon staffers ordered to analyze the costs of a large-scale withdrawal of American troops from Germany. Word of the move is causing a nervous scramble at European embassies in DC
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