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Jan 24 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
NATO membership/expansion & #Russia demands

"We are ready to sit down & discuss many situations w/#Russia...but we are not ready to discuss core issues for European security" per @NATO SecGen @jensstoltenberg

"My message is NATO's door remains open"
"We have not made any decision to withdraw those ppl working for @NATO in #Kyiv" per SecGen @jensstoltenberg, asked about moves by US, others to evacuate some personnel from #Ukraine

"This has to be a nat'l decision" he says
.@NATO bolstering defense in Eastern Europe -"What we do is defensive, it's proportionate" per SecGen @jensstoltenberg, adding it is "in no way threatening" to #Russia

Stoltenberg adds NATO considering bolstering security on the southeastern flank
#Germany "has agreed to send the same messages as we have in @NATO" per @SecGen @jensstoltenberg, asked about Germany-#Russia-#Ukraine

"NATO allies are united in their response"

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Jan 24
NEW: Pentagon taking steps to heighten readiness over #Ukraine - inclu for @NATO response force if activated,
per @PentagonPresSec

US "keenly focused" on #Russia's military build-up along #Ukraine & in #Belarus
MORE: @SecDef has placed "a range of units on a heightened readiness to deploy" - about 8,500 personnel - per @PentagonPresSec
"As of now the decision has been made to pace these units on heightened alerts & heightened alert only" per @PentagonPresSec

Some units been told to be ready to deploy in as little as 5 days, he says

"No final decision has been made to deploy them"
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Jan 23
UPDATE: Fighting raging for a 3rd day in/around al-Sina'a prison in #Hasakah #Syria

#SDF statements say the US-backed forces continue to battle cells of #ISIS fighters, both inside the northern section of the prison & in neighborhoods to the south of the prison
MORE: #SDF officials says an estimated 200 #ISIS fighters were involved in the initial attack on the prison in #Hasakah

An estimated 175 #ISIS have been killed

SDF says 27 of their own soldiers have died in the fighting
The US-led coalition w/ongoing support for #SDF vs #ISIS in #Hasakah

The coalition has said that support includes airstrikes

Apache attack helicopters, F-16s have been active

Bradley armored vehicles also seen in the area
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Jan 22
JUST IN: US @StateDept condemns #ISIS attack, attempted prison break in #Hasakah, NE #Syria

"Attacking the detention facility was a top ISIS priority for more than a year" per @StateDeptSpox Ned Price, praising #SDF for limiting "the severity of this one [attack]" Image
UPDATE: Pro-#SDF @RojavaIC, citing SDF officials, says #ISIS attack on al-Sina'a prison in #Hasakah killed 22 SDF soldiers & wounded 17

45 ISIS members killed, including 22 on Saturday

5 civilians & 1 journalist have also been killed

110 ISIS prisoners were recaptured
MORE: @RojavaIC also reporting fighting continues at the al-Sina'a prison in #Hasakah, w/ #SDF getting help from US Apache attack copters.

Observers say Bradley Fighting vehicles also spotted in the area

On Friday, @DeptofDefense confirmed it was launching airstrikes vs ISIS
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Jan 11
Waring from @SenatorDurbin to open Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "The Domestic Terrorism Threat One Year After January 6"

"Whether boosters of of the 'Big Lie' know it or not, they are playing with fire..."
"...By supporting the false narrative that the 2020 election was somehow stolen or rigged, they have rationalized the worst assault on our Capitol since the War of 1812" per @SenatorDurbin "And, in turn, they are normalizing the use of violence to achieve political goals..."
"Congress, this is how democracies die"per @SenatorDurbin
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Jan 11
ICYMI: @INDOPACOM on latest #DPRK missile launch:

"We are aware of the ballistic missile launch & are consulting closely with our allies & partners" per statement "We have assessed that this event does not pose an immediate threat to US personnel or territory, or to our allies"
More: "The missile launch highlights the destabilizing impact of the #DPRK’s illicit weapons program" per @INDOPACOM "The US commitment to the defense of the Republic of #Korea & #Japan remains ironclad"
US @StateDept on #NorthKorea missile launch

"The United States condemns the #DPRK’s ballistic missile launch. This launch is in violation of multiple @UN Security Council Resolutions & poses a threat to the DPRK’s neighbors and the international community"
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Jan 10
NEW: "We've seen no major changes to the force posture by the #Russia|ns" around #Ukraine, per @PentagonPresSec

"We have not seen any decreases. They continue to have a sizable force posture..." he says
#GITMO / #GuantanamoBay - "We continue to be committed to closing that facility" per @PentagonPresSec

"We continue to look & have looked for ways...to transfer, relocate detainees"

Says 13 of the remaining detainees are eligible for transfer, 14 up for review board
US-#Ukraine-#Russia: "We have & we will continue to provide security assistance to Ukraine as appropriate going forward" per @PentagonPresSec

Nothing specific on what that assistance will look like going foward
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