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Nat Sec . Fmr . Contemplating nothing but escape and finally making it. Tweeting only in a personal capacity.

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    WSJ SCOOP: In the dark of night, scores of Green Berets and Afghan commandos landed by helicopter on a ridgeline behind the enemy, leading to a dayslong skirmish via

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    8 hours ago

    Putin is going make women work 8 more years and men 5 more years so he can balance the books. Hugely unpopular but necessary move comes after his election 4th term last month

    Russia’s government is expected to approve a plan to raise the pension age, sources say
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    12 hours ago

    Hug: Avdiivka will be out of drinking water in coming days. Parts of Yasynuvata & Donetsk city too. The sides have it in their hands to prevent this.They need to agree with no delay on plan & action for safe & secure access for DFS workers. SMM ready to facilitate any proposal

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  4. 9 hours ago

    . this morning: "I love our country, I have been Russia's worst nightmare...but that being said, Russia should be in this meeting. ...It may not be politically correct, but we have a world to run. ...We should have Russia at the negotiating table."

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  5. 9 hours ago

    .: "I'm a big believer in the free press. But I'm also a believer that you cannot leak classified information."

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    9 hours ago

    Today in pictures: Gaza, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

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    9 hours ago

    Trump on G-7: "Why are we having a meeting without Russia being in the meeting? ... Russia should be in the meeting."

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    9 hours ago

    Please read this, share it, and take care of each other today

    That I was fixated on suicide used to confuse (and embarrass) me. "You had family, people who loved you. Didn't you know that?" Now that I have crossed through the dark, I finally understand: I didn't want to die. I wanted not to hurt.
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  9. 9 hours ago

    Trump Calls for Russia to Be Readmitted to G-7

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    Jun 7

    Combined, the other G7 countries have a larger economy than the United States.

    The American President may not mind being isolated, but neither do we mind signing a 6 country agreement if need be. Because these 6 countries represent values, they represent an economic market which has the weight of history behind it and which is now a true international force
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    Jun 7

    That's news: says has indicated to him "personally" that "he is prepared to denuclearize"

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  12. Jun 7

    "What do you do?" "I cover national security and foreign affairs for U.S. News." "I love USA Today!" "No, U.S. News. And World Report." "Can you improve my alma mater's ranking score?"

    "What do you do?" "I'm a defense policy analyst." "Oh, cool, so you make policies about defense?" "No, I contribute specific analysis to a given topic for consideration by policy makers." "...." "I make PowerPoints and reply to emails passive aggressively."
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    Jun 7

    : U.S. President Trump says he will invite 's Kim Jong Un to U.S. if summit goes well

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    Jun 7

    .: It will be the most dysfunctional G7 meeting — by a long margin — since the first in 1975.

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  15. Jun 7

    The real China threat isn’t even on Trump’s radar

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  16. Jun 7

    “This isn’t a question of preparation — it’s a question of whether or not people want it to happen.”

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    Jun 7
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    Give the people what they want, Paul.

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  18. Jun 7

    a senior trial counsel for the Justice Department called the Pentagon’s release plan “consistent with the traditional military practice employed in the United States Central Command area of responsibility.”

    Trump admin couldn't transfer ISIS suspect it held in Iraq to Saudi Arabia, so now it's releasing him back into Syria. From :
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    Jun 7

    Car rammed into US Embassy in Seoul by 'asylum seeker screaming "help me!"'

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  20. Jun 7

    “It’s like ray-ee-aiiiiiin...”

    Isn’t it Ironic? Getting ready to go to the G-7 in Canada to fight for our country on Trade (we have the worst trade deals ever made), then off to Singapore to meet with North Korea & the Nuclear Problem...But back home we still have the 13 Angry Democrats pushing the Witch Hunt!
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