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Jack Detsch retweeted
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth tells the Shangri-la Dialogue the Trump Administration wants to ensure no state including China can impose “hegemony” on the region. Says US will “speak softly but carry a big stick.” Mentions first island chain but not a single mention of Taiwan
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Jack Detsch retweeted
May 17
Follow up -
How many times per year to visiting dignitaries dive or snorkel around the USS Arizona?
May 17
This pathetic hit piece against @FBIDirectorKash Patel is why no one trusts the Failing New York Times anymore.
At the invitation of Admiral Paparo, Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Director Patel led a senior delegation to INDOPACOM to advance joint operations against our adversaries. As part of this engagement, the delegation participated in a similar tour of the USS Arizona.
As is standard practice on these visits, their hosts arranged the same Pearl Harbor tour that has been offered for years to senior administration officials across multiple administrations.
This is not a new or a one-off event. The Fake News media is simply trying to smear Director Patel’s name any way they can.
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Jack Detsch retweeted
May 11
Scooplet: U.S. allies lobbying for arms-sales fast track, warning that America’s “significant drawdown” of munitions stockpiles and replenishment timelines are “undermining deterrence.”
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Jack Detsch retweeted
Apr 30
Is Trump serious about pulling troops out of Germany this time? No one knows, not even the Pentagon. w/ @JackDetsch @StefanieBolzen
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Jack Detsch retweeted
Apr 29
Tune in @SIRIUSXM @siriusxmpotus - another BUSY day- Voting Rights ruling, @JohnFishwick13 joins the conversation, also @DefenseDep_FPS $1.5 Trillion budget with @CongBoyle and @politico @JackDetsch and @JuliaManch from @WhiteHouse on @bhp_ruk King Charles Noon-2pm ET Ch 124
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Apr 29
RT @felschwartz: Two months ago: meeting Putin at the Kremlin alongside Kushner and Witkoff. Now: sharing a building with Kristi Noem.
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Jack Detsch retweeted
Apr 28
Scoop: Julie Davis, the acting US Ambassador in Kyiv, is leaving the State Department having grown frustrated with Trump's dwindling support for Ukraine. Davis's resignation follows that of her predecessor, Bridget Brink, who resigned for similar reasons early last year.
W/@christopherjm
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Jack Detsch retweeted
Apr 28
Hegseth fired the Chief of Staff of the Army and the Navy Secretary this month, but don’t worry - Kid Rock addressed the force at the Pentagon yesterday.
Joined my friend @KidRock — and some of our great @USArmy Apache pilots — for a ride this morning. (More to come on that!)
Kid Rock is a patriot and huge supporter of our troops. The War Department is wasting no time celebrating America’s 250th — home of the free because of the brave.
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Apr 22
Phelan struggled to get the Navy to increase shipbuilding numbers, one of Trump’s top priorities and had seen some of his key responsibilities stripped away in recent months, two people familiar with the matter told me and @JackDetsch.
BREAKING: Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving immediately, the Pentagon announced.
The departure of Phelan, a businessman tapped to shake up a fleet facing shipbuilding and maintenance problems, comes just over a year into his tenure. w/@JackDetsch politico.com/news/2026/04/22…
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BREAKING: Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving immediately, the Pentagon announced.
The departure of Phelan, a businessman tapped to shake up a fleet facing shipbuilding and maintenance problems, comes just over a year into his tenure. w/@JackDetsch politico.com/news/2026/04/22…
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Jack Detsch retweeted
Apr 22
The White House has developed something akin to a naughty and nice list of NATO countries, @JackDetsch and @paulmcleary scoop politico.com/news/2026/04/22…
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Jack Detsch retweeted
Apr 10
"@POTUS couldn’t get over European allies’ refusal to allow the US access to military bases for the Iran war & he made that clear to @SecGenNATO on Wed in an hourslong, closed-door rant that focused on little else." @EliStokols, @paulmcleary, @JackDetsch politi.co/3NUYKjX
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Jack Detsch retweeted
Apr 10
Great to join @1a today with @JackDetsch and @AkbarSAhmed to discuss what's at stake in this weekend's US-Iran talks. Take a listen:
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It's now been at least 8 hrs since the news of the first downed jet broke.
Since then, there has been a SAR effort, reports of another downed aircraft, and reports of U.S. helos taking fire.
...and @CENTCOM, which is usually quite glad to post war footage, has been silent.
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Jack Detsch retweeted
Apr 3
WH put Senate Intel Chair Tom Cotton (R-AR) out as a surrogate on FTN the weekend the war began. He described the exception to "no boots on the ground" premise of war as an aircraft being shot down. He said combat search & rescue assets would "no doubt" go in & extract the pilot
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Jack Detsch retweeted
Apr 3
More: George was in a meeting today when he got a call from Hegseth delivering the news, a US official said.
Another official said senior Army leadership was caught off guard by the announcement that George would be retiring immediately, finding out at the same time as everyone else.
Apr 2
Gen. Chris LaNeve, now poised to take over as Army Chief of Staff, got Trump’s attention in the hours after his inauguration, when LaNeve called into the Commander in Chief’s Ball with his troops from South Korea.
“Sir, on behalf of the brave men and women who serve under my command and the thousands of dedicated service members that are part of the joint team in Korea, congratulations on your victory as the 47th President of the United States,” LaNeve said on a video call. “Welcome back, Mr. President.”
Trump praised LaNeve, saying, “Is this man central casting or what?”
“They’re not going to play games with you. That’s good,” Trump added, according to an official transcript of the event. “I like to see that. Nobody is playing games with that man.”
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Jack Detsch retweeted
“If he really means to pull us out of NATO, I think his presidency will never recover,” Don Bacon tells me of Trump. “Nor will the Republicans be able to field a winning team at national level for several cycles to come.”
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Jack Detsch retweeted
Mar 23
SCOOP: The Office of the Director of Nat'l Intelligence is finalizing a plan to become the top federal steward of CIA-backed VC firm In-Q-Tel, despite opposition from CIA and some key Hill Dems, sources told @johnnysaks130, @felschwartz, @JackDetsch me. politico.com/news/2026/03/23…
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Jack Detsch retweeted
Mar 23
scoop: ODNI is finalizing a plan to become the primary federal steward of In-Q-Tel, the CIA-backed venture capital firm that funds high-tech gadgets and software for the US intel community
w/ @johnnysaks130 @JackDetsch @dlippman
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Jack Detsch retweeted
Mar 20
Scoop: Russia offered to stop sharing intel with Iran if the US would stop doing the same with Ukraine. The Trump admin said no.
W/ @vonderburchard @diana_nerozzi @jacopobarigazzi
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