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9 Dec, 13 tweets, 10 min read
NEW: @POTUS was speaking w/#Ukraine's @ZelenskyyUa as WH briefing began "to provide an update [on his call w/#Putin] ....& underscore our support for Ukraine sovereignty & territorial integrity" per @PressSec Jen Psaki Image
.@POTUS also conveyed to @ZelenskyyUa "his deep concerns w/#Russia's buildup on #Ukraine's borders & his commitment to respond w/strong measures in the event of a #Russia|n military engagement" per @PressSec
#Iran: "Given the ongoing advances in Iran's nuclear program, the president has asked him team to be prepared in the event that diplomacy fails" per @PressSec "That requires preparations..."
"If diplomacy cannot get on track soon & if #Iran's nuclear program continues to accelerate then we will have no choice but to take additional measures to further restrict Iran's revenue producing sectors" per @PressSec

declines to share specifics...
per @PressSec, conversations about those "further restrictions" to take place next week in #UAE, along with outreach to others...
"We are laying the groundwork for another path entirely" per @PressSec on what's next if diplomacy w/#Iran on nukes stalls
"The #Russia|ns are know for their rhetorical escalations as they are also know for their ways of providing misinformation" per @PressSec, asked about "genocide" comments by Putin
"The aggression here is on the #Russia|n side. The military build up is on the Russian side" per @PressSec

"I would take their words with a little bit of a grain of salt"
re #Ukraine
"We're not going to get into specifics of private requests made thru diplomatic & defense channels" per @PressSec on possible asks from #Ukraine
"Our objective is to make clear the significant & severe economic consequences if #Russia were to invade #Ukraine, not just from us but from the global community" per @PressSec

"Our objective is to prevent that from happening"
"Absolutely false" @PressSec says of reports that the US is pressuring #Ukraine to cede some land to #Russia
Is @POTUS strategy on #Russia working?

"It's going to be up to President Putin to make a decision" per @PressSec "You would know if they had made the decision to invade [#Ukraine]. They have not.."
NEW: White House announces @POTUS call w/#Ukraine's @ZelenskyyUa began at 1:34pm EST and ended at 2:50pm EST

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9 Dec
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Still about 2,500 US troops to help Iraqis fight #ISIS
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re: #ISIS
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9 Dec
NEW: @CJTFOIR confirms, in Arabic, that its combat mission vs #ISIS in #Iraq is over
More from @CJTFOIR on anti-#ISIS ops in #Iraq:

"Today our transition from a combat role is complete. We remain committed to #AdviseAssistEnable our Iraqi partners to maintain the enduring defeat of #Daesh"

"As we complete our combat role, we will remain here to advise, assist, & enable the ISF, at the invitation of Republic of #Iraq" per @CJTFOIR Cmdr MajGen John Brennan

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7 Dec
NEW: "While we have significantly degraded the terrorist threat w/the last 20 years of sustained pressure, we still face a potent challenge" @DeptofDefense Deputy Asst Sec for Special Operations &Combating Terrorism Milancy Harris tells House lawmakers
"The terrorist threat to the US homeland from externally directed attacks is at its lowest since 9/11" per @DeptofDefense's Harris

"But we still face a number of terrorists groups committed to targeting US interests & personnel abroad"
Today's terror groups are agile, creative & "remain ideologically influential enough to motivate generations of new ppl to join them or to conduct attacks on their behalf" per @DeptofDefense's Harris
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26 Oct
HAPPENING NOW: From Sept 1 - Oct 25, "The US gvt has directly facilitated the departure of 240 US citizens & 157 lawful permanent residents, as well as others who have come out on out charters" @DOD_Policy Undersecretary Colin Kahl tells Senate Armed Services Committee
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25 Oct
US still talking to countries about making 'over-the-horizon' counterterrorism strikes in #Afghanistan easier

"We continue to have conversations w/neighboring nations & partners in the region" per @PentagonPresSec
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3,000 in @CENTCOM

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No comment from @PentagonPresSec about @Microsoft warning on #Russia #SVR #Nobelius attempts to infiltrate the supply chain

But he says, "Our networks on under siege every single day" and that @DeptofDefense, @SecDef is focused on the problem
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25 Oct
White House reax to continue hacking attempts by #Russia

"The federal government is aggressively using our authorities to protect the nation from cyber threats, including helping the private sector defend itself..." per @KJP46
Per @KJP46 those efforts include increased intelligence sharing, bilateral/multilateral diplomacy and "measuress we do not speak about publicly for national security reasons"

re #Russia #cyber
"Obviously we don't talk about what we do in the in cyberspace" per @PentagonPresSec on @Microsoft warning about #Russia's SVR, adding "I don't have any particular knowledge of this latest report"
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