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helene cooper
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NYT correspondent. Author, The House at Sugar Beach and Madame President. Gooner.
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    helene cooper
    @helenecooper
    Jul 31, 2020
    I took COVID test on July 17, and the results arrived today. 14 days later. The definition of pointless.
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    helene cooper
    @helenecooper
    Aug 23, 2018
    In 1913, the white South African government stripped black people of the right to own land outside a few plots set aside for them. 105 years later, @realDonaldTrump weighs in-on the side of the white farmers who still own most of the land in this African country.
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    helene cooper
    @helenecooper
    Dec 21, 2018
    Today does not feel like the shortest day of the year.
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    helene cooper
    @helenecooper
    Sep 16, 2021
    Look who showed up in my October issue of Garden and Gun! @kaitlancollins
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    helene cooper
    @helenecooper
    Jan 31, 2019
    Trump: “I accomplished the military.”
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    helene cooper
    @helenecooper
    Aug 31, 2020
    The ⁦@USMC⁩ told me they had trouble finding combat-tested Black officers to penetrate their all-white top tier. So i found one for them. via @nytimes
    nytimes.com
    The Few, the Proud, the White: The Marine Corps Balks at Promoting Generals of Color (Published...
    A respected, combat-tested Black colonel has been passed over three times for promotion to brigadier general. What does his fate say about the Corps?
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    helene cooper
    @helenecooper
    Nov 16, 2022
    Replying to @ratemyskyperoom
    I am in a CLOSET at the pentagon; I should get extra 2 points just for that.
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    helene cooper
    @helenecooper
    Aug 15, 2021
    Those wearing bracelets can board the helos. But for thousands of Afghans who worked with Americans for 20 years, there were no bracelets. From @Tmgneff in Kabul:
    The entrance to the United States embassy in Kabul after staff were evacuated to the airport on Sunday.
    Evacuation from Kabul falters as chaos at airport reigns. (Published 2021)
    From nytimes.com
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    helene cooper
    @helenecooper
    Apr 24, 2020
    Navy says Crozier should be reinstated. W/ @EricschmittNYT and @TMGNeff Navy Leaders Recommend Reinstating Roosevelt Captain Fired Over Virus Warning
    Capt. Brett E. Crozier sent a letter pleading for help after a coronavirus outbreak on the carrier Theodore Roosevelt.
    Navy Leaders Recommend Reinstating Roosevelt Captain Fired Over Virus Warning (Published 2020)
    From nytimes.com
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    helene cooper
    @helenecooper
    Sep 15, 2018
    My story today: Fraying Ties With Trump Put Mattis’s Fate in Doubt via @nytimes
    nytimes.com
    Fraying Ties With Trump Put Jim Mattis’s Fate in Doubt (Published 2018)
    Officials say that the president has soured on his defense secretary, and that Mr. Mattis is increasingly weary of capricious demands from his boss.
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    helene cooper
    @helenecooper
    Feb 17, 2021
    How Defense leaders tried to make sure Trump didn't sabotage the careers of 2 female generals: Promotions for Female Generals Were Delayed Over Fears of Trump’s Reaction
    Lt. Gen. Laura J. Richardson of the Army listening to Gen. Mark A. Milley, then the Army chief of staff, testifying before Congress in 2016.
    Promotions for Female Generals Were Delayed Over Fears of Trump’s Reaction (Published 2021)
    From nytimes.com
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    helene cooper
    @helenecooper
    May 26, 2019
    ‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects
    Navy pilots from the VFA-11 “Red Rippers” squadron aboard the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt in 2015. The squadron began noticing strange objects just after the Navy upgraded the radar systems on its F/A-18 fighter planes.
    ‘Wow, What Is That?’ Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects (Published 2019)
    From nytimes.com
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    helene cooper
    @helenecooper
    May 20, 2022
    via @nytimes at long last, a Black 4 star Marine General. 246 years it took.
    If formally nominated by the White House and confirmed by the Senate, Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley would become the first Black four-star Marine Corps officer.
    Pentagon Taps Next Commander of U.S. Forces in Africa (Published 2022)
    From nytimes.com
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    helene cooper
    @helenecooper
    Jul 26, 2019
    ‘I Have a Moral Responsibility to Come Forward’: Colonel Accuses Top Military Nominee of Assault nyti.ms/2SFAhOt
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