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11 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
New: The crisis at the top of the Pentagon is just beginning washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/… by me @PostOpinions
As more and more senior Pentagon officials lose their jobs, all eyes are on Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley, who has fallen out of favor with many inside the White House. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/… @washingtonpost
The White House intends to install staunch Trump loyalist Ezra Cohen-Watnick as acting undersecretary of defense for intelligence. The Pentagon Chief of Staff is being replaced by Kash Patel, who previously worked for Devin Nunes

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The moment of truth will come if and when GSA certifies Biden won the election. Trump may order his officials not to comply. That could force every senior official, including Milley, to choose between following the law or staying loyal to the president.

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New: Trump won’t be hosting the G-7 summit this fall. That’s a good thing. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/… by me @PostOpinions
@PostOpinions Trump's Monday comments came as a complete surprise to most of his own staff, not to mention the governments of the other 10 countries involved. #G7 #G7Summit #CampDavid

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@NBCNews The NBC story says that U.S. officials "said they observed" serious safety issues at the lab. That's just wrong. The officials reported the Wuhan Institute of Virology scientists TOLD THEM about the safety issues. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/… There's more...
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The U.S. has ignored so much Chinese government behavior over the years out of fear of damaging the relationship. Now that costs are being imposed, we see the sky won’t fall if we push back. And maybe Beijing will get the message their free ride is ending.
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