Overheard at the Pentagon: "We're taking orders via Twitter now?"
Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف
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Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف
@nancyayoussef
Journalist. Egyptian-American. And according to one reliable source, "a much better stepmom than Cinderella’s.” nancyayoussef.com #autismstepmom
Washington, D.C.
Joined April 2009
- Overheard at the Capitol for the Hegseth vote: “So many of these guys want to be John McCain but ultimately they’re just Thom Tillis.”
- The scene outside Comet, which is playing Lady Gaga to drown out protesters
00:00 - Starting Wednesday, for the first time since the Pentagon opened in 1943, there will be likely no major news outlets accredited to cover the dept, the one spending nearly $1 trillion of taxpayer money. Why? This Pentagon Press Association explains it best. Please read.Strong statement from the Pentagon Press Association, noting that most members on Wednesday will have their credentials confiscated by the Pentagon and won’t be given new ones because the reporters can’t and won’t “acknowledge a policy that gags Pentagon employees and threatens
- I am on the same trip and did not hear Esper mention resettled Kurds or oil. Or a name change.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.
- 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.
- 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."
- Breaking: The U.S. is banning Russian flights from American airspace, following similar prohibitions by European and Canadian authorities
- Overheard at the Pentagon: "You want to end this North Korea crisis right now? Cancel their [Kim and Trump's] cable news subscriptions."
- 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.Seen in Pentagon press bull pen, from desperate reporters seeking info in general but particularly abt border deployments
- Overheard at the Pentagon: “Why are so many reporters here? Is someone getting fired? Is it me?”
- Overheard at the Pentagon, RE: Trump speech at CENTCOM: "What are we supposed to do with that?"
- Overheard at the Pentagon: "Florida man launches war from golf course." #Syria
- 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.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
