Tom Squitieri

Hungry journalist, parallel parker extraordinare, educator, published poet, animal lover. Rarely follow the crowd, believes in kindred souls.

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Balkan arms dance

Serbia makes a $3 billion deal to buy 12 French war planes, in a shift away from Russia

Serbia had been considering the purchase of the new Rafale jets for more than two years, since neighboring Balkan rival Croatia purchased 12 used fighter jets of the same type for about 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion).

The sale has raised has raised some concerns, one of which is how France plans to prevent sophisticated Rafale technology from being shared with Russia.

Croatia wasted no time.They purchased M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and related equipment and services for an estimated cost of $390 million.

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beyond the best

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"Fair winds and following seas to Brian. We'll miss you."

Tribute to C-SPAN Founder Brian Lamb on his last day in the office. He will continue to host Booknotes+ podcast: https://t.co/PcTIEWU3UZ

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what a wonderful moment

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Bee Gees acapella of "How Deep Is Your Love" might be better than the original version (1998)

Beautiful performance.
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Late headlines: World Health Organizations announces that Israel has agreed to limited ‘humanitarian pauses’ to allow for vital polio vaccinations in Gaza.

Austin to meet Umerov on Friday.

Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, UN says.

Elephants, zebras, hippos among more than 700 animals being killed for meat in drought-stricken Namibia.

Israel's Right to Defend Itself Has a Limit': Top EU Diplomat Borrell on Israel, Netanyahu and the Gaza war.

Homeland Security has requested "additional military support capabilities" from the Pentagon for major presidential candidates, according to Deputy Pentagon Spokesperson Sabrina Signh.
Sec. Austin has now told Northern Command to assist the Secret Service during the campaign.

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What happened at Arlington?

is a U.S. Army statement on the incident at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday where an employee of the cemetery was "abruptly pushed aside" by a Trump campaign staffer. Fox has confirmed this with multiple U.S. Army sources that the incident did occur, despite Trump’s denials.

Attached is the Army statement.

When the Army issues a statement like this, someone has stepped way over the line.

You can’t bring your own photography crew to Arlington without permission…The family of MSG Andrew Marckesano, whose grave was in images from the visit, said Trump camp "did not adhere to the rules" of Section 60 & "hope that those visiting this sacred site understand that these were real people who sacrificed for our freedom.”

ANC gave Trump clearance after the Speaker of the House got involved and called the SECDEF. That’s why no federal charges are considered.

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wonderful journalist

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News from the @nytimes newsroom: Robert D. McFadden is retiring after 63 years and 4,200 articles.

"Bob set the standard for a gifted generalist capable of delivering a literary synthesis of the most important story of the day under impossible deadline pressure."

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Great headline..

A Pennsylvania ammo plant that makes a key artillery shell in Ukraine’s fight against Russia has managed to boost production by 50% to meet surging demand.

The Scranton Army Ammunition Plant cuts and forges 2,000-pound (907-kilogram) bars of steel into 155 mm howitzer rounds that are then shipped to Iowa to be packed with explosives and fitted with fuses. From there, many of them make their way to the fight in Ukraine, where they are highly sought.

The Scranton plant, along with two other ammunition plants in nearby Wilkes-Barre, recently increased production from 24,000 rounds per month to 36,000 rounds per month. Three new production lines are under development that will allow the Scranton facility to churn out even more of the critical munitions, the factory’s top official said.

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another good scoop

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The Pentagon's #UAP investigation hub, also known as the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), has a new leader. @BrandiVincent_ has the latest:
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@DefenseScoop @BrandiVincent_ another good scoop

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Israel hit Hezbollah in a pre executive strike on Saturday, with Hezbollah hitting back Sunday.

Hezbollah says it hit 11 Israeli military sites on Sunday, fired more than 320 Katyusha rockets, according to Reuters.

Israeli said that 6000 pieces of Hezbollah ammunition were destroyed in the Israeli strikes. Missiles, rockets, UAVs. Not all of them were about to be launched at Israel.

It said that 2/3 of what was about to be fired was destroyed during the strikes and that 100+ Israeli fighter jets participated in the strikes.