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John Hudson
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    John Hudson
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    Feb 26, 2022
    The chairman of Russia’s lower house of parliament had his plane turned back mid-flight by Sweden and then Finland, making him the first top Russian official to face Europe’s denial of airspace permissions in response to the invasion washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/…
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    John Hudson
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    Jun 27, 2020
    We have confirmed the ⁦@nytimes⁩ scoop: A Russian military spy unit offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants to attack coalition forces in Afghanistan. From ⁦@nakashimae⁩ ⁦@missy_ryan⁩ me and ⁦@shaneharris⁩
    Russian operation targeted coalition troops in Afghanistan, intelligence finds
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    John Hudson
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    Jun 6, 2024
    Zelensky appears awestruck as a U.S. veteran in Normandy grasps and kisses his hand, calling him the "savior of the people." Zelensky replies: “No, no, you. You saved Europe."
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    John Hudson
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    Jul 22, 2024
    Macron writes to Biden, saying he wanted to express "France's gratitude for the exemplary way in which you led the Atlantic Alliance when it was faced with one of the most serious crises in its history"
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    John Hudson
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    Dec 16, 2020
    Scoop: Hundreds of people skipped Mike Pompeo’s indoor holiday party today, in wake of health concerns, per two U.S. officials. 900+ invites went out, roughly 70 RSVP’d, fewer actually showed up, per sources.
    Hundreds of invitees skip Mike Pompeo’s indoor holiday party at State Department
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    John Hudson
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    Aug 14, 2021
    The key Biden line: “1 more year, or 5 more years, of US military presence would not have made a difference if the Afghan military cannot or will not hold its own country. And an endless American presence in the middle of another country’s civil conflict was not acceptable to me”
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    John Hudson
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    Nov 10, 2020
    Pompeo just now: “There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration."
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    John Hudson
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    Mar 16, 2022
    Zelensky doesn't get his No-Fly Zone but he gets quite a bit: Biden announces the U.S. will send Ukraine: -drones -9,000 Anti-armor systems - 800 Anti-aircraft systems -7,000 Small arms, 20 million rounds in ammunition
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    John Hudson
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    Aug 30, 2022
    Scoop: Ukraine has developed a fleet of wooden decoys resembling U.S. rocket systems that have tricked Russian forces into wasting expensive long-range cruise missiles on dummy targets, per sources and photographs of the replicas reviewed by The Post.
    Ukraine lures Russian missiles with decoys of U.S. rocket system
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    John Hudson
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    Dec 22, 2022
    Zelensky gives Nancy Pelosi a Ukrainian flag and a big kiss on the cheek
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    John Hudson
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    Aug 5, 2024
    New: Five secretaries of state plan to send an open letter to Elon Musk, urging him to “immediately implement changes” to X’s AI chatbot Grok, after it shared with millions of users false information suggesting that Kamala Harris was not eligible to appear on the 2024 ballot
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    John Hudson
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    Dec 2, 2020
    Scoop: Pompeo and his wife are hosting multiple holiday parties (one on the 8th floor of the State Dept with more than 900 invitees & food & drinks). At the same time, Pompeo’s subordinates are warned against meetings for “non-mission critical events.”
    Pompeo invites hundreds to indoor holiday parties after subordinates are warned against hosting...
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    John Hudson
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    Oct 19, 2025
    EXCLUSIVE: New details on Trump's quid pro quo to use El Salvador's mega prison -El Salvador's president Bukele demanded the US hand over 9 MS-13 leaders in exchange for access to the prison -During a March phone call with Bukele, Marco Rubio noted a problem: some of these men
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    John Hudson
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    May 10, 2025
    New: Pete Hegseth allegedly plagiarized the Washington Post and the New York Times and others in his senior thesis at Princeton, according to the The Daily @Princetonian
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