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On @CNNSotu this morning, @VP told @jaketapper the COVID Task Force will be pushing 15,000 testing kits out. AMA says there are about 6,500 hospitals in the US.
There are also thousands of clinical labs, hundreds of centers doing testing, and already overworked healthcare providers. This all suggests an critical issue of scope and scale for testing.
A huge challenge for US healthcare requiring transparency and truth in messaging.
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COVID and South Carolina primary are driving US cable news, so here's a brief updates on national security issues:

1) On the eve of planned signing of Afghan Peace Plan and extension of Reduction in Violence (RIV), mixed expectations on what will occur in Doha tomorrow.
2) Turkey requested & NATO granted Art 4 session - called when a member "request consultations when...territorial integrity, political independence or security is threatened." After being condemned for buying RU Air Defense systems by NATO & US, Turkey asks for more US systems...
....as 33 Turk soldiers were killed when Syria/Russia bombed positions in Idlib Thursday. Turkey retaliated by launching attacks on "200 Syrian positions," claiming extensive damage. Russia denies any participation (of course).
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Many commenting on how “the Pentagon” or “the generals” should speak out on the Vindman issue.

They won’t & they shouldn’t. The actions show disrespect to the military & this soldier, but they are not illegal.

But the actions are indication of the toxic leadership that exists
I suspect LTC Vindman, as a foreign area officer (FAO), will be assigned to Joint Staff or the Army Staff. I also suspect both the Chairman of the JCS & the Army Chief have already talked with him, telling him to report if he experiences any negative action.
LTC Vindman is a Ukr/RU expert & his expertise is needed. He will also be visible as he walks the rings of the Pentagon, so he will experience support & he will experience negativity. The latter is unfortunate, as Vindman did his duty. He will have to gain strength from that.
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@sam_vinograd @andrewzimmern IMO, it is likely because he doesn’t understand the standards of the profession of arms, the requirements of a professional military, the ethos and values associated with soldiering, the individual accountability required in military organizations, the need for discipline in war.
@sam_vinograd @andrewzimmern He has likely never been curious about or studied the nature of modern warfare, the dynamics of just war theory, or the essence of the uniquely American way of war.
@sam_vinograd @andrewzimmern Most importantly, he doesn’t understand the elements of transformational leadership or the need for shared trust - built on character and understandable actions - found on the battlefield. He wrongly thinks soldiers are “killing machines” that should be “unleashed.”
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