JUST IN: US Chairman of Joint Staff Gen. Mark Milley now at @BrookingsInst: “Our military is very very capable.. we are determined to defend US constitution, no one should doubt that.”
Gen Milley On Covid: “we can’t protect the American people if we are all sick... number of sickness and deaths in military is relatively low.” @BrookingsFP
“Next week, 2 or 3 we would like to be distributing the vaccine.” Gen. Milley on US military plans to distribute #Covid19 vax
Gen. Milley on growing information/technology challenge: “I have got a Fitbit on...there’s maybe 22 electronic devices here, the Chinese probably are listening.”
(The event is also live-streamed)
Gen. Milley on key vulnerabilities in modern societies:
• Dependency on electricity
• Cyber threats
• Space (taking out 📡 )
“We are moving at very quick pace to shore up those defenses” @BrookingsFP
Gen. Milley said Military will execute partial withdrawal orders from Afghanistan by Jan 15 but that next admin. may decide differently after Jan 20.
Event just ended. V. interesting domestic, geopolitical, historical statements from the Chair of Joint Staff. Tnx for following
More on Gen. Milley remarks today, military’s commitment “to defend US constitution, protect American people and their way of life”, Afghanistan deliberations + US challenges in multipolar world: thenationalnews.com/world/the-amer…
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Accidentally (not), the first practical lesson I received in Journalism in Lebanon in 2000, was not to use the word “accidentally” without enough evidence.
It was about a story a on local fire. “No such thing as accidentally or coincidentally” my first boss said.
Here we are
UPDATE:
• Virginia Voter Registration back up
• 5 hour disruption due to cable cut
• Texas & Georgia see record early Voting despite glitches
• 11.8 Million Americans have already voted in #Election2020thenational.ae/world/the-amer…
Kamala Harris, the Senator from California, holds an edge as a national figure who ran her own campaign and has held elected office, a source in contact with the campaign told @TheNationalUAE on Tuesday.
• 2 explosions in last 15 min
• One at Port, one inside Beirut
• Reports it’s near ex PM Hariri residence in city center
• Second very loud, shook city, houses
• This week is International Tribunal verdict into killing of Rafik Hariri
While Lebanon is going through economic crisis, Beirut has not seen such explosions in last 5 years.
Moment that the second explosion hit #Beirut Lebanon. Many houses damaged, injuries reported.