Michael R. Gordon
mgordonwsj.bsky.social
Michael R. Gordon
@mgordonwsj.bsky.social
Author "Degrade and Destroy." Co-author "The Endgame," "Cobra II" and "The Generals' War." National Security Correspondent, Wall Street Journal. Former New York Times
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Many "Warfare" reviews mention that it (deliberately) lacks context: what is this SEAL platoon doing? Why? Where?

You can find a lot of that context in the battle-of-Ramadi chapter (ch. 14) of @mgordonwsj.bsky.social's 2012 book THE ENDGAME.

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April 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
NEW: Senators Wicker and Reed, the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, have sent a letter to the DOD IG asking for an investigation of policies and practices on sharing classified info over unclassified messaging services. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Hegseth Comes Under Scrutiny for Texting Strike Details as Fallout Grows
Several Democrats called for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign after more details emerged showing he posted plans of an imminent military strike against Houthi militants on an unclassified grou...
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March 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
FBI Director Kash Patel declined to say whether his agency would investigate whether the chat discussion of the military operation vs the Houthis violated security procedures, saying he learned of it Monday night

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Trump Administration Denies Signal Chat Shared Classified Details With Journalist
Senate Democrats challenge testimony over the nature of messages reported by the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg.
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March 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The hearing raised the question of whether and when Hegseth had formally declassified Pentagon information on the pending military operation against the Houthis he put into the Signal chat

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Trump Administration Denies Signal Chat Shared Classified Details With Journalist
Senate Democrats challenge testimony over the nature of messages reported by the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg.
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March 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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NEW: U.S. Air Force U-2 spy planes are flying along the southern border, Air Force and defense officials disclosed. www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-u-...
Air Force U-2 Spy Planes Flying Along Southern Border
The Air Force has been flying U-2 Dragon Lady spy planes along the southern border on intel missions, USAF and defense officials disclosed.
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March 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Red and white color-coordinated outfits, aluminum pens and Trump trolling. The scene from a G7 foreign ministers meeting like no other. wsj.com/world/canada... via @wsj.com w/ @mgordonwsj.bsky.social
Canada Finds Solidarity at G-7 in Push Against Trump’s 51st State Idea
Top diplomats from the world’s industrial democracies gathered with an extraordinary question looming: How to respond to the president’s threats to economically target, and potentially absorb, the mee...
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March 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM