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Erin Burnett
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Anchor of Erin Burnett OutFront.
Joined June 2011

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This issue has also been handcuffing highly skilled Ukrainian refugees - I’ve talked to a crane operator, lawyer, accountants. They all want to work. They’re explicit that they don’t want “handouts” in their words. They want to work.
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Asylum seekers shouldn't have to wait 180 days to apply for a work permit. They want to work and support their families, and many businesses want to hire them. It’s why I cosponsored @ChelliePingree’s bill to reduce the waiting period from 180 days to 30 days – we can do better. twitter.com/chelliepingree…
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Former Army Ranger says Ukraine pilots can be fully trained on F-16s within 3-6 months. Says senior US military leaders tell him this. This is not the year long time frame being pushed by the Biden Admin.
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58 out of 61 companies will continue 4 day work week for same pay. Revenues ⬆️, sick days ⬇️
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The study revealed a significant decrease in rates of stress and illness among the approximately 2,900 staff who participated in the shorter working week thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/
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Nina Khrushcheva, professor of international studies and great-grandaughter of former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, talks to CNN's about Russian President Vladimir Putin's transformation into an isolated figure. Watch:
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She took 7 different cars to escape house arrest and worse in Russia. The last one broke down in a field. The person helping her and her 11 year old daughter used the stars to guide them. At that moment she thought “what is the Big Dipper? Where are we?”
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He is in Mexico now. He’s approached border guards and says he got nowhere. He is now seeking political asylum to the U.S. “I believe the United States of America is the center of democracy where human rights are upheld.”
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He fled Russia in early Jan. He shared his dismissal papers with us. In part “this serviceman refused to go to the territory of Ukraine to perform his service and combat mission. Senior Lieutenant Yefremov Konstantin Vladimirovich, committed a gross disciplinary offense”
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He served in an anti-mine unit and joined the Russian military in 2013. Says he did not fight in Donbas or Syria. “My function in the army was mine clearing. That’s what I did in Chechnya and in fact, I liked it”.
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I asked him about the 500K Russians UKR Def Min says have been mobilized: “These people who are coming out are not prepared,have not being trained and are not aware of what’s waiting them there. This number is just a bubble because we are talking about handymen, not servicemen.”
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Says his deputy commander tortured Ukrainian POWs taken by the Russian 36th Navy Division. Says commander was “drunk nonstop”. He says no one spoke up because “just like he shot Ukrainian POWs he could have shot me or anyone else who disagreed”.
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Just spoke to a former Russian Lieutenant- highest ranked soldier who fought in ukraine to speak out. He says the men fighting now talk of “hunger, cold, their conditions are very dire”. THREAD
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“I intentionally say that this was a police lynching” - Tyre Nichols family attorney, . “They hunted him down…And what is a lynching? When a Lynch mob chases the victim down and captures him and they torture him. How can you say that this wasn’t torture?”
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“I’m confident that the former Prime Minister is speaking the truth” - Former US Amb to Russia John Sullivan on saying Putin threatened to take him out with a missile. “Russians often went from zero to 60”, taking “arcane convos” to threats of “nuclear standoff”.
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xenial: xenial (comparative more xenial, superlative most xenial) Hospitable, especially to visiting strangers or foreigners. Of the relation between a host and guest; friendly.
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I’ve known - who fought Putin when Russia invaded Georgia - for many years. He went from vibrant, global leader to emaciated, slurring prisoner in months. See him *today* on tape. His story vimeo.com/783807815/69d4 His son and tapes:
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I find this picture moving. The entire composition of emotions. And it’s quite beautiful - love, service, commitment.
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Senate Pat Leahy, a Democrat from Vermont, delivered his final floor speech following 48 years in the Senate this morning, and was joined by his wife, Marcelle Pomerleau, family, and staff. #Leahy
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This phone conversation is … yes. Listen to it
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How are Russian soldiers surviving life on the frontlines? Well, according to this epic phone conversation between a solider and his mother (intercepted by the Ukrainian military)...'drinking themselves into oblivion.' @ErinBurnett @OutFrontCNN
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