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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

7 years

Overheard at the Pentagon: "We're taking orders via Twitter now?"

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@nancyayoussef

3 years

The scene outside Comet, which is playing Lady Gaga to drown out protesters

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5 years

I am on the same trip and did not hear Esper mention resettled Kurds or oil. Or a name change.

Idrees Ali

@idreesali114

5 years

I’m not sure who Trump is referring to, but I’m travelling with Defense Secretary Esper and cant recall the quote Trump is using. While speaking with us Enroute to Afghanistan, Esper also made no mention of new areas being resettled with Kurds or oil.

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@nancyayoussef

4 years

A growing, disturbing pattern at DoD. Select journalists invited to briefings that should be open to all press. It appears that info is being treated as something only available to preferred journalists. Multiple attempts to stop this have failed.

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7 years

Overheard at the Pentagon, in response to Trump's promise of fury for NK: "Don't worry, DoD took away the codes. The briefcase is empty."

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@nancyayoussef

2 years

Breaking: The U.S. is banning Russian flights from American airspace, following similar prohibitions by European and Canadian authorities

U.S. to Ban Russian Flights From American Airspace

The move follows similar prohibitions by European and Canadian authorities.

www.wsj.com

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@nancyayoussef

7 years

Overheard at the Pentagon: "You want to end this North Korea crisis right now? Cancel their [Kim and Trump's] cable news subscriptions."

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

6 years

Thousands of troops have deployed, marking the largest, quick mobilization of the Trump admin, yet not one presser in the Pentagon in the briefing room abt it. Info relayed instead thru leaks and a few press officers.

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@nancyayoussef

6 years

Seen in Pentagon press bull pen, from desperate reporters seeking info in general but particularly abt border deployments

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3 years

Overheard at the Pentagon: “Why are so many reporters here? Is someone getting fired? Is it me?”

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7 years

Overheard at the Pentagon, RE: Trump speech at CENTCOM: "What are we supposed to do with that?"

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

7 years

Overheard at the Pentagon: "Florida man launches war from golf course." #Syria

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@nancyayoussef

4 months

For FIVE days, the Pentagon did not tell us the SECDEF was hospitalized and can't say whether he was conscious or not during that time. Then, DoD waits to share this on a Friday night to tell us. This is a frightening level of info being held. It must stop.

Liz Friden

@Liz_Friden

4 months

BREAKING: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was admitted to Walter Reed Medical Center on January 1st for complications following an elective medical procedure. He is recovering well and is expecting to resume his full duties today - per Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder

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@nancyayoussef

7 years

Overheard at the Pentagon, re: executive orders: "They fix imaginary problems b/c those are the easiest to solve."

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@nancyayoussef

1 year

Reporters have been barred from covering US training of Ukrainian troops, including now at Fort Sill, Okla., a US base. The Pentagon Press Association has written a letter demanding change. Pls retweet to show your support for our right to cover these missions.

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8 years

Overheard at the Pentagon: "We've never had a president-elect whose first order of business was to write a thank you to #Russia ."

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7 years

Overheard at the Pentagon: "The punishment should fit the crime. Kellyanne should have to wear those damn clothes."

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@nancyayoussef

4 years

Side note: these senior defense officials refused to go on the record on a press call w/ scores of reporters

Missy Ryan

@missy_ryan

4 years

Senior defense official says Defense Sec Esper and CJCS Milley weren't intending to take part in Pres Trump's event outside St John's church opposite the WH and had left WH following a briefing and were intending to review NG troops in the area.

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

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6 years

CIA Director/State of State nominee Mike Pompeo, Atty Gen Jeff Sessions, Sen. Lindsey Graham and SECDEF Mattis are meeting at DoD. Why? DoD will only say it is "routine synchronization" -- while noting they do not routinely meet. Other agencies/reps won't tell us either.

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@nancyayoussef

2 years

I’m reading a guide from our child’s elementary school abt how to tell her what happened today. The guide advises not to assure her it won’t happen at her school “b/c those are promises we can’t keep.”

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

5 years

Called a DoD official. Staff says he can't come to the phone b/c he was dealing with a "hot issue." Suddenly, official decides to take the call. "I thot you were on a hot issue," I said. Official: "No, I was watching the Cohen testimony ...and I'm only 1/2 listening to you now."

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@nancyayoussef

7 years

If you are playing the "I don't recall" drinking game, please, for your own sake, stop. Now.

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

7 years

Overheard at the Pentagon, in what can only be described as in a whiny voice: "I don't wanna go to war with Venezuela!"

Idrees Ali

@idreesali114

7 years

Trump just told reporters he wouldn't rule out military options in VENEZUELA.

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

7 years

CENTCOM's initial response to whether they've been notified that Iran is on notice. "Seriously?" A red line with no war plan?

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

6 years

Seen in Pentagon press bull pen, from desperate reporters seeking info in general but particularly abt border deployments

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@nancyayoussef

4 years

This, in a sentence, is the story of my career:

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@nancyayoussef

8 years

Overheard at the Pentagon, Marine to reporter: "Stay safe. Never thought I'd say this, but I'd rather be going to Fallujah than the RNC."

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

6 years

Despite everything, one gets the sense here at the Pentagon that people here, first and foremost, see a 3-star Army general just plead guilty to lying to the FBI. The shock around that incongruous image of a military commander is palpable here.

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

3 years

Never has a DoD transcript made the rounds amongst mil journos -- for all the wrong reasons. For starters, current acting SECDEF "cannot wait to leave this job."

Press Gaggle With Acting Secretary Miller En Route to Washington, D.C.

Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller spoke to the press en route to Washington, D.C.

www.defense.gov

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

8 years

Overheard at the Pentagon, re: Obama's presser: "He is abt one second away from going 'F@&k you, Donald Trump.'"

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@nancyayoussef

5 years

An actual conversation in my desperate bid to report on how it came to be that tanks can roll through DC for July 4. Relevant govt agency: Let me get back to you about your question. Me: Do you need my number? Govt agency: Uh no. #transparency

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

4 years

These videos capturing Capt. Crozier's final minutes on the USS TR have been incredibly moving. They also unintentionally highlight the challenge of social distancing on ships, no?

ALBΞRT MacGloan

@AlbertMacGloan

4 years

The send off for Captain Brett Crozier who was relieved from duty for TRYING TO SAVE THE LIVES OF HIS CREW

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@nancyayoussef

3 years

Overheard at the Pentagon: "Bring on the next indignity."

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@nancyayoussef

4 years

I would note that Esper said he didn't read a 4-page memo saying sailor's lives were at risk. And Navy leaders refused today to rule out that the captain would not get in trouble.

Aaron Mehta

@AaronMehta

4 years

It can't be stressed enough how much the Roosevelt's commander put his career on the line to get word out about the situation.

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

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2 years

I am eternally grateful to South Africa for alerting the world abt omicron. We all should be. Their decision to come forward, even at risk of being penalized for doing so, saved lives.

Jim Sciutto

@jimsciutto

2 years

New: President Biden is lifting restrictions on eight southern African countries put in place last month after the Omicron variant was first identified in South Africa, a White House official tells CNN. The restrictions will lift on December 31 at 12:01 a.m. ET.

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@nancyayoussef

7 years

Overheard at the Pentagon: "My Iraqi interpreter is already here. Thank God."

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@nancyayoussef

5 years

DHS’s Twitter handle is @DHSgov , not @DHS

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@nancyayoussef

3 years

In all my time covering wars, I never met a general who said he got the armor needed ahead of his frontline soldiers to, you know, set an example or preserve continuity of leadership

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

3 years

To summarize, Biden blames Afghans, justifies the withdrawal decision but doesn’t address why the final days are going the way they are. Given that’s the issue at hand, and the conflation of both decisions throughout the speech, is it fair to call this political gaslighting?

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

4 years

When the USS Bataan, carrying 5K sailors and Marines, arrives, the U.S. will have added roughly 10K troops to Iraq in the last week. via @WSJ

Backlash in Iraq Poses Risks to U.S.-Led Operations Against Islamic State

If carried out, an expulsion of troops would deprive the U.S. of bases to conduct operations against Islamic State in Iraq and make it harder to provide logistical support to hundreds of U.S. troops...

www.wsj.com

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@nancyayoussef

9 years

Overheard at the Pentagon: "Right now, we are Putin's prison bitch."

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1 year

SCOOP from @glubold and me: A U.S. weapons maker is offering to sell the Ukraine government two Reaper MQ-9 drones for a dollar in an effort to help the country defend itself as it prepares for a fresh offensive.

WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Company Offers Advanced Drones to Ukraine for One Dollar, With Some Costs

Sale of long-range, high-speed Reaper unmanned aircraft would require Biden administration approval.

www.wsj.com

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

7 years

Overheard at the Pentagon: "Mattis will save us. Mattis will save us. Mattis will save us. Mattis will save...."

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

6 years

What @Bourdain understood more than most, what he showed us: “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness. ...Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.” M. Twain

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

8 years

Overheard at the Pentagon: "Russia didn't call our bluff. They just said fuck you." #Syria

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@nancyayoussef

4 years

Today, Modly upbraided Capt. Crozier before TR sailors, issued a statement midday defending that speech, released a NYT op-ed early evening responding TR's great grandson critiques and, finally, at 8 p.m., apologized in a statement for calling the captain stupid/naive. #Monday

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@nancyayoussef

2 years

I got to embark on the USS Porter and travel across the Black Sea for three days as Russia shadowed behind. Here is my story about how the trip unfolded:

Putin Dispatches Russian Vessels to Shadow U.S. Warships During Flare-Up

A group of U.S. and allied ships were tailed by Russian ships and aircraft in the Black Sea as tensions climbed over Moscow’s military deployments.

www.wsj.com

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

4 years

There is a lot to unpack here. The most inconsequential: I don't understand why many of these words are capitalized. The most obvious: I am not sure how Bragg, Benning and Hood are abt America's history of winning since they lost major battles, hence the outcome of the Civil War.

Jeff Mason

@jeffmason1

4 years

This statement was just passed around to reporters in the White House press room ahead of the briefing.

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

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5 years

Heard at the Pentagon: Me: "Is anyone actually believing the shit you are putting out?" Spox: "Well...not me." #winning

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@nancyayoussef

2 years

Overheard at the Pentagon, as Ret. Gen. Petraeus appears on CNN talking about #Ukraine : "Oh no. Nooooooooo!!!" #talkingheads

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@nancyayoussef

7 years

Overheard at the Pentagon, re: Oscars flub: "Is this like when the US invaded the wrong country in 2003?" A: "No, people care abt this.

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4 months

The U.S. mil conducted a deadly strike in Baghdad today but CENTCOM will not officially be releasing info abt, per orders of others, apparently. I am posting this here b/c this is increasingly happening even as it violates DoD's principles of information:

Principles of Information

Defense.gov is a federal agency public website committed to providing quality information that is readily accessible to all.

www.defense.gov

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

7 years

Overheard at the Pentagon: "The less this building does, the better off the world will be."

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@nancyayoussef

7 years

Overheard at the Pentagon: "I think we need to keep in mind that Maryland drivers kill more people than terrorists." #dchater

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@nancyayoussef

2 years

The U.S. is sending some of the Soviet-made air defense equipment it secretly acquired decades ago to bolster the Ukrainian military via @WSJ

WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Sending Soviet Air Defense Systems It Secretly Acquired to Ukraine

The Pentagon over the years has acquired Soviet equipment as part of a clandestine program, and now such weapons are going to Ukraine.

www.wsj.com

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

2 years

The perils of showing youth what journalism entails: 7 yo wrote her 1st story, leading me to foolishly declare: "We are both writers!" To which she said: "No I am author. Authors have fun. What you do is not fun."

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

3 years

Found myself at Ramstein and met some incredible people. Life for Afghan refugees on U.S. military bases: Tent cities, hourslong lines for free food, not knowing where they are headed next—and hope for their new lives in America via @WSJ

Strains Are Showing on U.S. Military Bases Housing Afghan Refugees

Between the threat of Taliban violence and the promise of American freedom lay U.S. military bases like Ramstein Air Base, where thousands of Afghans live in tent cities and dormitories without...

www.wsj.com

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

8 years

Overheard at the Pentagon: "Jabhat al Nusra is the girl you keep on the shelf. You hit it when you can't find ISIL."

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@nancyayoussef

8 years

Overheard at the Pentagon: "Miss Cleo died." Response: "Did she see it coming?"

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@nancyayoussef

7 years

Overheard at the Pentagon: "Can you imagine what kind of combat tourist Jared Kushner is? Crooked helmet, gas mask, prob wearing Chinos."

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

3 years

Heard from the Pentagon, while trying to confirm a news story...Me: "Is it true?" Source: "It probably will be eventually."

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

7 years

Overheard at the Pentagon: "You watch SNL's Weekend Update? It was funny." Retort: "Funnier than what we are already living?"

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@nancyayoussef

3 years

The Taliban-led Afghanistan will have a force armed with a large stockpile of US military equipment stored at US-built bases paid with American tax dollars. It’s hard to think of a US ally who has been gifted with so much US military support.

Wim Zwijnenburg

@wammezz

3 years

Taliban have taken Bagram Air Base in #Afghanistan , which was once hosting everything from heavy cargo planes, attack helicopters, fighter-jets and armed #drones

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

2 years

To be clear, this U.S.-based reporter’s electronics were seized not b/c he did something wrong but simply b/c he didn’t hold a U.S. passport. In two decades on this beat, I have never seen this happen.

Hümeyra Pamuk

@humeyra_pamuk

2 years

The Pentagon seized a foreign reporter’s phone and would not allow them to use their electronics while traveling with the Defense Department’s No. 2 official on Sunday, according to a person on the trip and an email viewed by POLITICO ⁦ @laraseligman ⁩

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

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7 years

Overheard at the Pentagon: "Trump has a lot in common with Arab strong men. Inside Trump Tower looks like Al-Faw Palace."

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

7 years

Thrilled and humbled to be joining @wsj w/ @shaneharris @glubold @felschwartz @DionNissenbaum @PaulSonne and the rest of natsec/DC team

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9 months

SCOOP: The plane carrying Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner paramilitary group, crashed as the result of an assassination plot but doesn’t appear to have been shot down by a surface-to-air missile, U.S. officials said

WSJ News Exclusive | Early Intelligence Suggests Prigozhin Was Assassinated, U.S. Officials Say

www.wsj.com

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@nancyayoussef

2 years

Russia Recruiting Syrians for Urban Combat in Ukraine, U.S. Officials Say - WSJ

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@nancyayoussef

4 years

I stand by that face.

Yeganeh Torbati is on book leave in 2024

@yjtorbati

4 years

. @nancyayoussef in this picture is all of us

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@nancyayoussef

4 years

Pentagon worries Capt. Crozier’s concern for his sailors may be contagious

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

3 years

Delighted and honored to be the winner of the @SPJDC award for beat reporting. Above all, I am grateful to my @wsj colleagues, particularly @glubold , who make me a better reporter everyday.

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

1 year

B/c readers are asking, I don't think you can easily see the balloon or shoot it down. It's too high. And while I appreciate your eagerness to defend US air space, sources tell me that you should not try to actually do so.

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2 months

Khanna: "Mr. Secretary about how many Palestinian women and children have been killed by Israel since October 7?" Austin: "It's over 25,000."

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@nancyayoussef

4 years

Feeling such joy and pride that my beloved @AminaIsmail was named Reuters' Journalist of the Year. She's the best and bravest journalist I've ever known, working under circumstances most of us mercifully will never experience. Our industry is better b/c she's a part of it. #Egypt

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@nancyayoussef

7 years

Overheard at the Pentagon, re: Mattis as next SECDEF?: "Call the Russians. They probably know."

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@nancyayoussef

6 years

A photo of Gen Votel earlier today touring the soccer stadium in Raqqa, Syria, once used for executions by ISIS

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@nancyayoussef

4 years

This would be a good time to note that he said he fired Capt. Crozier for "panicking."

Opinion | Acting Navy chief fired Crozier for ‘panicking’ — and before Trump could intervene

“I put myself in the president’s shoes."

www.washingtonpost.com

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@nancyayoussef

5 months

As usual, I called and ranted at a DoD official today but the response was something I had never heard before: "Go to the second floor hallway. There are 5 therapy dogs who can provide you some much-needed relief. Pet them as long as you need." #betterlivingthruDoDtherapy

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@nancyayoussef

5 years

A reminder: DoD gets more than $700 billion a year from taxpayers and deploys America's sons and daughters around the world.

Barbara Starr

@bstarrreports

5 years

DOD/news media relations: We are 1 month away from it being ONE YEAR since the last on camera briefing by a spokesperson. DOD press office is approaching being manned at half strength, and the new stated policy by DOD press officers is they don't answer questions on mil ops.

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11 months

The US mil cost for rescuing Titan is hard to estimate b/c much of it is baked into day-to-day ops. Or as it was explained to me, "for ex., talking to you right now is waste of time but I am still getting paid today." #fair #lol

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7 years

Overheard at the Pentagon, RE: Flynn: "I hear the official party is at Sally Yates' house."

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8 years

Overheard at the Pentagon, from a man in uniform watching Christie endorse Trump: "Is the UK taking applicants?"

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3 years

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says he sees no evidence of reforms after the Taliban appoints old guard leaders to top government positions

Pentagon Chief Says Hopes Fading for More Open Taliban Government in Afghanistan

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the Taliban’s newly named interim Afghan government dashed international hopes of the group providing more representative leadership.

www.wsj.com

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@nancyayoussef

7 years

Overheard at the Pentagon: "We're not going to war tonight, right? Right?"

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@nancyayoussef

7 months

NEW from me: The U.S. military has placed roughly 2,000 troops on prepare to deploy orders to potentially support Israel, U.S. defense officials said.

U.S. Prepares Troops for Potential Deployment to Support Israel

The U.S. military has placed roughly 2,000 personnel and a range of units on a heightened state of readiness, "which increases DoD's ability to respond quickly to the evolving security environment in...

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

7 years

Overheard at the Pentagon: "No, I don't miss Ben Rhodes yet."

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

3 years

Miller becomes the fifth SECDEF of Trump's presidency. That's a lot of new portraits to put up on the hallway walls.

Gordon Lubold

@glubold

3 years

BREAKING: Trump just abruptly fired Mark Esper and replaced him with Chris Miller, the director of the NCTC. Trump isn't finished here.

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

5 years

DoD has redone the briefing room in a way it says looks better on camera than in reality. In the absence of any on-camera briefings, photos like this are the only way to test that theory. Also, the velvet rope strikes me as an appropriate symbol of the state of discourse.

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

6 years

3 days after Friday night announcement on transgender policy, no one from DoD has publicly spoken abt it, answered questions or given guidance to the force on how to proceed, all amid a climate of confusion. An organization of 2 million needs clear personnel policy, critics say.

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

2 years

I am still wrapping my mind around living in a time when the question "Is radioactive material being released" is yesterday's news. #UkraineRussianWar

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

7 years

Overheard at the Pentagon: "Was Col Mustard also in Trump tower? With a candlestick?"

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

5 years

They sought to terrorize with us thru his death. Instead, he empowered us. W/3 words, "I am Jewish," he showed us that while terrorists can take your body, they can never win if you are true to your soul. To me, that's Daniel Pearl's enduring legacy.

Gerald F Seib

@GeraldFSeib

5 years

It was 17 years ago this week that our friend and WSJ collegue Daniel Pearl was killed by terrorists in Pakistan. That is what real journalism means. Let us not forget him.

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

9 years

Overheard at the Pentagon: "It's not combat. It's just really violent advising." #Iraq

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

7 years

Overheard at the Pentagon: "Your house gets hit by a tree and Geico sends out more people than CENTCOM does to investigate a civcas report."

Micah Zenko

@MicahZenko

7 years

US command leading ISIS bombing campaign has *two people* investigating civilian casualty claims.

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

7 years

Overheard at the Pentagon, re: 100K Guardsmen to arrest illegal immigrants: "They are people, not Pokemon. You can't catch them all."

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

4 months

The oversight committees were not notified until this evening about the SECDEF's hospitalization, per two sources. Five days later.

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

4 years

I would note that one reason people leak is b/c officials authorized speak on behalf of DoD do not accurately convey information.

Barbara Starr

@bstarrreports

4 years

and the defense of the free press by @EsperDOD included he wanted news reported "accurately". He says he doesn't want "unauthorized" interaction with media, and no discussion of unclassified "sensitive' info.

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

3 years

Miller on Russia: "good on them."

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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف

@nancyayoussef

5 years

Examples so far this week where DoD refused to release once public information: 1. SECDEF domestic travel (to el Paso), 2. Number of troops to stay in Syria. 3. Naval flag officers nominated for promotion. 4. Ship movements. 5. How it has advised WH on nat emergency. #OnlyTuesday

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@nancyayoussef

2 years

U.S. Hunts for Options to Get Polish Combat Planes to Ukraine