6-time Emmy Award winning producer for CBS News. I cover national security & defense issues. University of Texas grad - proud Longhorn + 1976 Daily Texan editor
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Soldiers will receive a daily check-in from their leadership through Jan. 15, 2026, to combat suicide and self-harm, Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll said. armytimes.com/news/your-army…
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This holiday season, some Soldiers are carrying more than we know.
From now through 15 January, leaders will check in on every Soldier, every day.
Call, text, or visit—just pick up and reach out.
If you need help now, dial 988 and press 1.
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My latest: Dick Cheney spent decades as the ultimate GOP insider. He died an outsider. washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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As of today, the following U.S. Navy warships are in the Caribbean:
USS Iwo Jima
USS San Antonio
USS Stockdale
USS Jason Dunham
USS Gravely
USS Lake Erie
USS Wichita
USS Gettysburg
There's also the MV Ocean Trader, a special operations vessel, and the USS Newport News, a submarine.
The Gettysburg arrived in the Caribbean yesterday from Norfolk, VA.
USS Fort Lauderdale was in the Caribbean, but is now in port in Mayport, FL.
The Ford carrier group is still in the Mediterranean at the moment and was ordered west last Friday:
USS Gerald R. Ford
USS Mahan
USS Winston S. Churchill
USS Bainbridge
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.@CBSNews will not sign the Pentagon’s press policy. See our joint statement with ABC News, CNN, Fox News Media and NBC News:
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The second B-21 Raider has taken flight! With two B-21s now flying, our test campaign accelerates.
We're advancing mission system & weapons evaluations to ensure this aircraft delivers unmatched strategic deterrence and combat power for the @usairforce.
#B21Raider #AirPower
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The United States’s Air Force chief of Staff announced on Monday that he planned to retire in the coming months, but did not provide a reason. - Reuters
RT @JenniferJJacobs: Operation Midnight Hammer included seven bombers that took an 18-hour flight into the target area, Joint Chiefs' Dan C…
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Gen. Caine: One submarine fired more than two dozen Tomahawk cruise missiles at Isfahan.
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“In a matter of weeks this went from strategic planning to global execution,” Gen Caine says.
Hegseth also warned: “The U.S. does not seek war but let me be clear, we will act swiftly and decisively when our peoples our partners, and our interests are threatened.”
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EXCLUSIVE — Trump officials are working on an asylum deal with El Salvador that would allow the U.S. to deport migrants from different countries there, sources tell @CBSNews.
One plan would allow the U.S. to deport Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador.
cbsnews.com/news/trump-eyes-…
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After five years in the anchor chair, @NorahODonnell signs off from the CBS Evening News tonight. Her reporting has not only made history, but also resonated deeply with viewers across the nation. This isn’t goodbye — Norah will remain a vital part of the CBS News family as a senior correspondent. Join us as we look back at her extraordinary work.
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I just spoke with the painters this morning after they had finished patching the holes of the wall and painting over the patching. They told me they were simply doing what they were instructed to do. No reason given to them as to why.
#Milley
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Update: this Milley portrait is no longer up in the Pentagon hallway, just 10 days after it was unveiled… h/t @OrenCNN
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The office of the White House Press Secretary announced a slate of policies and actions that Trump will take including:
-withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord
-use the Armed Forces in border security
- return federal workers to work in person
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This is what’s left of the Pacific Palisades. The mall survived. Most everything else is gone. Homes, apartment complexes… businesses.
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Lloyd Austin spent more than four decades in uniform and has led America's military for the last four years since President Biden appointed him the nation's first African American Secretary of Defense. cbsn.ws/41zKYri