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Dem CO @RepJasonCrow, a former Army Ranger and House impeachment manager, starts his remarks by recalling what it was like as a US soldier in Iraq to not have all the military aid needed (in his case defenses from IEDs).
@RepJasonCrow 2/ This 2007 report from CRS notes that more than 60% of US casualties in Iraq at that point were from IEDs.

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@RepJasonCrow 3/ 2007 WaPo: "The Army is working to fill a shortfall in Iraq of thousands of advanced Humvee armor kits designed to reduce U.S. troop deaths from roadside bombs..."

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Oh no.... Jim Lehrer has passed away. What a loss. A wonderful man and superb journalist. pbs.org/newshour/press…
He was a debate moderator, a US Marine, a former newspaperman, a novelist, an anchorman, a dad, husband and grandpa, a role model. And he always had time to chat with younger journalists.
In 2013 he and Bob Schieffer came on The Lead to talk about covering the JFK assassination. I could have listened to them for hours

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The Martha Mitchell who was famously proven correct about her complaints that the Nixon campaign was using "dirty tricks" to get re-elected?
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Statement from @theintercept Intercept on today’s accusations filed by Brazil’s Public Ministry against journalist @ggreenwald:

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This thread will explain the step-by-step process of the House of Representatives transmitting articles of #impeachment against President Donald Trump to the US Senate. #ImpeachmentTrial
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At the moment, I am perched high above the House floor where a small group of spectators have already taken their seats to watch today's vote to formally transmit the articles of #impeachment from the House to the Senate.
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Iraq’s PM is fuming.

He says Suleimani arrived in Iraq to deliver a response to the Iraqis from Iran about a Saudi offer to de-escalate. They was supposed to meet.

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Bloomberg→ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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