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Mike Stone
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Reuters reporter covering the U.S. arms trade. Mainly focused on Ukraine and Golden Dome for now. Read my stories here: https://www.reuters.com/authors/mike-stone/; RP's≠endorsements. Views=own.
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Famed Pentagon Office of Net Assessment - disbanded.
March 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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DC wheat pasting.
March 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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#Pentagon news release on General Mark #Milley who was CJCS under #45 news on security detail and review of rank.
January 29, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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#Trump says has not spoken to #Oracle’s #Ellison about #Ticktok per WH pool report.
January 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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As the votes come in here is the wager on Pete #Hegseth for Secretary of #Defense.
January 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova making a gift shop purchase at the #rndf24
December 8, 2024 at 3:03 AM
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Last party at the #rndf24 campus.
December 8, 2024 at 2:59 AM
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The last panel at #rndf24 is usually a hoot. Panetta lo es to joke around and he gets to do it with O’Brien And McMaster this year.
December 8, 2024 at 1:09 AM
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Sunset #rndf24
December 8, 2024 at 12:51 AM
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Marine commandant gloats that his service passed its audit “the first service to do so” the room laughs at #rndf24 as the specter of #doge threatens the #dod. (The DoD audit measures how it tracks money, not if $ is wasted)
December 7, 2024 at 6:26 PM
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Panelists:
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Rep. Ken Calvert, Chair, House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee
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Mr. H. Lawrence Culp, Jr., Chairman and CEO, GE Aerospace
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Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, Jr., Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
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Gen. Eric M. Smith, Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps
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December 7, 2024 at 6:19 PM
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Coffee setup in the media center is on brand at #rndf24
December 7, 2024 at 5:54 PM
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The F111 nighthawk si always a favorite at #rndf24
December 7, 2024 at 4:03 PM
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Here is the morning agenda at #rndf24
December 7, 2024 at 3:54 PM
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Beautiful color Ont eh hills driving into the Reagan National Defense Forum. #rndf24
December 7, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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“Do the hustle” playing in the background. #rndf24
December 7, 2024 at 1:27 AM
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I’ll be reporting from the Reagan National Defense Forum this weekend #rndf24
December 6, 2024 at 10:07 PM
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“Missed call from anonymous” the new feature from #msft #teams
November 21, 2024 at 4:02 PM
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Key race for #defense companies still too close to call! #California’s 41st Congressional district is Ken Calvert’s (R) district (House Appropriations Committee Defense subcommittee Chair)

The latest from his (D) challenger:
November 12, 2024 at 4:06 AM
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November 11, 2024 at 1:33 AM
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We made a new map to go with this JASSM story www.reuters.com/world/us-clo...
September 3, 2024 at 11:10 AM
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Live look at truth social
May 30, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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The U.S. Secretary of Defense is back in the hospital. This time with a bladder issue.
February 11, 2024 at 9:40 PM
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Hot take: Puffed cheese crackers like Cheese-Its or Cheddar Bunnies are the Oyster Cracker of chili. Tell me I’m wrong.
January 16, 2024 at 7:13 PM
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US Secretary of #Defense Lloyd #Austin is out of the hospital. He has been recovering from an infection and surgical complications since 1/1/24.
January 15, 2024 at 6:41 PM