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White House Partially Walks Back Its Smear Of HuffPost Journalist

National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said an earlier statement “wasn’t an attempt to question the journalism” of an article about a plan for postwar Gaza.
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White House: We’re Finding More High-Altitude Objects Because We’re Looking For Them Now

It's not clear what China could have learned from a spy balloon that it wouldn't have already known from its armada of satellites.
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Second 'High-Altitude Object' Shot Down Over U.S. Airspace

The object was detected about 40,000 feet above Alaska.
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'Democracy Is Done' If Trump Wins White House In 2024, Warns Fiona Hill

America is already "looking dangerously like Russia," said the former top analyst on Russia on the National Security Council.
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Here's Video Of Trump Trying To Explain Why He Cut The Pandemic Response Team

Trump cut the National Security Council team in 2018, and now says "I didn't do it."
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The Man (And The Mission) Behind Trump’s Clash With Venezuela

Ousting Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro is Trump's dream and NSC official Mauricio Claver-Carone is eager to make it come true.
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Bolton Arrives At White House, And Current National Security Staff Start Leaving

A top National Security Council staffer may have been the first to go in an effort to plug leaks there.
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This Is What John Bolton Will Be Responsible For As National Security Adviser

Bolton has a long history of supporting military, rather than diplomatic, answers to foreign policy questions.
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Trump Nominates John Kelly's Deputy As New Homeland Security Secretary

Kirstjen Nielsen has been central to Kelly's effort to bring order to the White House.
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National Security Veterans Worry Trump Transcript Leaks May Have Nasty Impact

Some say it'll perturb allies and make the president even more secretive. But the striking content leads other commentators to support the revelations.
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