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Oct 20, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
JUST IN: White House NSC coordinator John Kirby says Iranian military personnel were on the ground in Crimea assisting Russian pilots who bombarded Kyiv with Iranian drones on Monday.
"Iran is now directly engaged on the ground," Kirby says.
"Relatively small number" of Iranians sent to Crimea to assist Russians "to use [the drones] with better lethality" after early failures, Kirby says.
US also concerned about potential advanced missile transfers from Iran to Russia "almost certainly" for use in Ukraine.
Jan 22, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Among the many gems from @VanityFair 's embed with former acting SecDef Christopher Miller:
Kash Patel casually bragging about his role in various assassinations.
vanityfair.com/news/2021/01/e…
...Ezra Cohen-Watnick throwing Kash under the bus as he distances himself from his reputation as a Trump loyalist following the Capitol ransacking...
Jan 21, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Senators voting against Lloyd Austin's waiver so far by my count:
- Jeff Merkley
- Elizabeth Warren
- Richard Blumenthal
- Tom Cotton
- Josh Hawley
- Susan Collins
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Marsha Blackburn
- Ben Sasse
Senate votes against waiver for Austin, cont'd:
- Cynthia Lummis
- Rick Scott
- Tammy Duckworth
- Roger Marshall
- Tammy Baldwin
- Marco Rubio
- Mike Lee