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Conor Finnegan
@cjf39
@ABC News State Dept reporter-producer. Hoya, New Yorker. It is only kindness that makes sense anymore. conor.j.finnegan@abc.com / cjf39@protonmail.com
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Jan 19, 2021 • 14 tweets • 7 min read
In his first remarks on China, @ABlinken tells @SenateForeign there's "no doubt that it poses the most significant challenge of any nation state to" US, w/"rising adversarial aspects to the relationship, certainly competitive ones, and still some cooperative ones." Blinken tells @RonJohnsonWI of Trump's decision to kill Qassem Soleimani, "I think on balance that that action actually left us less safe," citing TBIs to US troops in Iraq, pulling back troops from countering ISIS, possibly closing US embassy in Baghdad abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden…
Jan 19, 2021 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
NEW: @ABC News confirms State Dept will issue a determination that Chinese govt has committed “genocide” and “crimes against humanity” against Uighurs and other Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang province. More tk but it’s a huge final swipe at China. abcnews.go.com/International/ In lengthy statement, @SecPompeo says, “This genocide is ongoing, and .. we are witnessing the systematic attempt to destroy Uyghurs by the Chinese party-state .. the forced assimilation and eventual erasure of a vulnerable ethnic and religious minority group.”
Dec 15, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
In intv today, SecPompeo says Trump admin has imposed “real costs” on Russia for use of chemical agent to poison ⁦@navalny⁩—but admin has failed to brief Congress on any probe of attack or implement new penalties on Moscow over it, which are required under CBW Act. 1/4 Last Thurs, @HouseForeign Dem chair @RepEliotEngel + GOP ranking member @RepMcCaul urged WH to provide probe findings: “If the Russian govt is once again determined to have used a chemical weapon..then it must be held fully accountable, incl thru the imposition of addl sanctions”
May 20, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Pompeo confirms he has answered Qs in writing to OIG "some time earlier this year" for a "particular investigation," but he does not say which one. @ABC and others have reported it was into State's use of 'emergency' declaration to sell arms to Saudi Arabia, UAE. That undermines his comment to @CMorelloWP Monday that IG's firing wasn't retaliation bc he doesn't know about any OIG probes. Despite that, he shifted goal posts today and maintained that argument, saying he didn't know scope, nature, or timeline of probe
Oct 3, 2019 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
NEW w/@KFaulders: In texts obtained by @ABC, top career diplomat in Ukraine warns it's "crazy to withhold" military aid "for help with a political campaign." Trump's envoy to EU responds there's "no quid pro quo's" and asks to take convo offline abcnews.go.com/Politics/top-d… @KFaulders @ABC MORE TEXTS:
Sondland and Volker chatting directly appear to draft language for Zelenskiy to announce an investigation into political interference in US.
Volker sends draft. Sonland replies: "Perfect. Lets send to Andrey after our call," a Zelenskiy aide.
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