We matched @nytimes great reporting on how US intel has assessed that Russians paid Taliban to target US, coalition forces in Afg which is a pretty stunning development. Me and @wstrobel
Doctors aboard the Roosevelt said 50 sailors would die if all weren’t evacuated from the TR within 10 days, echoing why the captain was as worried as he was. “There is no other option.” Me and @nancyayoussefgoogle.com/amp/s/www.wsj.…
Karen Pence told @foxandfriends this morning that @VP was not made aware of the @MayoClinic mask policy until his visit was over. This contradicts a Mayo tweet that he was made aware of the policy before beginning his visit.
Trump was **this close to firing SecDef Esper - his fourth secretary of defense - last week when advisers persuaded him it was a bad idea. Esper almost resigned. My bit today:
BREAKING: Trump has installed Kash Patel as chief of staff at the Pentagon, a former Nunes staffer and now in the NSC, as WH officials move the chess pieces around following Esper's abrupt firing yesterday @wstrobel@nancyayoussef
The team of intl observers invited by Trump admin issued a prelim report giving high marks to the conduct of last week’s elections--and criticizes Trump for making baseless allegations that the outcome resulted from systematic fraud. @JessBravin wsj.com/livecoverage/t…
Leon Panetta says on CNN that Biden’s gaffe in Europe about regime change came about because Biden is Irish, and his instinct to internalize human suffering may have overwhelmed him to the point where he was not careful about what he said. Biden needs more discipline Panetta says
WSJ edit board: Trump’s “reckless comments give credence to Democratic hysteria, and he should clarify his views if he doesn’t want to lose more voters who think he lacks the temperament or self-control for the office.” google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.…
Breaking: State folks in Kabul in July warned of Kabul’s collapse. The “dissent cable” went straight to Blinken, undercutting notion that no one predicted this could happen. Important development exclusively by colleague @vmsalamawsj.com/articles/confi…
The statement “didn’t include any evidence of fraud, but said that fraud claims were believed widely enough that it undermined trust in the system.” Believed widely enough because they have been promulgated by the same group @lindsaywise
new from us: in coming weeks, the Pentagon will name the massive assistance and training operation for Ukraine (like Afghanistan or Iraq) and name a general officer to lead it. me and @nancyayoussef
At the Pentagon just now, VP Pence just repeated erroneous information about pay raises for the troops, saying Trump gave troops the biggest pay raise in 10 years. Untrue by far. How does this happen. Facts here, via the Pentagon: militarypay.defense.gov/Pay/Basic-Pay/…
