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White House, national security reporter . a lot of people are saying I have a beautiful head of white hair gordon.lubold@wsj.com

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    Dec 9

    Some personal news ... is creating a new US-China role that I will start next year. Broad job covering all aspects of the relationship from foreign & defense policy to trade & economics. And looking beyond the DC beltway to see what is doing in the rest of America.

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  2. 22 hours ago

    Bob Gates: Austin will be a “superb” secdef. “He is an extraordinary leader with a deep understanding of the intl challenges facing the US and the DOD. Defense Department... “a person of unshakeable integrity, independent of thought and conscience, and a steady hand.”

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  3. 22 hours ago

    a skillset he must learn quickly

    Neither the President-elect, Vice President-elect nor their pick for Defense Secretary, Lloyd Austin, take any questions from the press. Austin was famously reticent as the commander of US Central Command, very much avoiding the press compared to his predecessors and successors
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  4. 22 hours ago

    Biden camp is gonna have to stop referring to Austin as "Gen. Austin" if they want people to believe he can be a civilian. He ain't a general anymore. Or is he?

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  5. Dec 9

    How a suspected Chinese spy gained access to California politics - Axios

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    Dec 8

    Army fires or suspends more than a dozen, including generals, at Ft. Hood following an investigation prompted by the murder of Vanessa Guillen. A House of Representatives committee still has an investigation open on Ft Hood.

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  7. Dec 9

    He’d been in uniform less than seven years before

    Replying to @glubold @brooks_rosa
    Why was it waived for Mattis?
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    Nov 7

    This is hilarious:

    1:41
    Good morning!
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    Dec 8

    One big challenge not mentioned in Biden's Atlantic article defending his Austin pick: China. What does that suggest about the future of the NDS for the incoming administration? With ,

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  10. Dec 8

    Meant *twice

    My math suggests that’s *two in a generation if Reed votes to grant the waiver
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  11. Dec 8

    My math suggests that’s *two in a generation if Reed votes to grant the waiver

    Replying to @glubold @MaxBoot
    LOL "pledges", calm down, man. also we are *still* in "once in a generation" circumstances given the destruction Trump has wrought. Joe gets the team he wants, full stop
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  12. Dec 8

    Sen. Jack Reed, who said waivers like the one for which he voted for Mattis to allow him to serve should be done "once in a generation" now appears to be open to a waiver for Lloyd Austin. How quickly folks fall in line despite past pledges

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    Dec 8

    Sen. Jack Reed, ranking Democrat on Senate Armed Services, said in 2017 that issuing waivers so retired generals can run the Pentagon should be "once in a generation" event. Now Biden wants him to do it again--for Austin. With and

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    Dec 8

    In statement, says Gen. Austin "will serve the country well as Secretary of Defense." Jeffries is among the Democrats who opposed Gen. Mattis receiving a waiver as a recently retired military officer to become defense secretary four years ago.

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  15. Dec 8

    of all the reasons Joe Biden picked former CENTCOM commander Lloyd Austin, not one of them appears to include the security threat that Ds and Rs alike believe is central: China. h/t Biden piece in The Atlantic:

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  16. Dec 8

    preach

    If you don’t know how journalists think, maybe don’t go into PR.
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    Dec 7

    Senators can be reluctant to vocally oppose SecDef nominees for fear they lose access for constituents once confirmed. If D focus turns to opposing civ waiver it will be easier to join growing group of doubters before formal nom process, increasing pressure on Austin to bow out

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    Dec 7

    Exactly. Curious to know who's funding Code Pink these days....

    One of the weirder tweets: Code Pink co-founder endorsing retired 4-star who ran OIF and OIR and was a Raytheon board member...because he is not Michele Flournoy
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    Dec 7

    This quote is from 2017. But it also stands there as a promise. "Will not" does not have any wiggle room, in theory.

    “Congress has enacted an exception one time since the creation of DOD. And waiving the law should happen no more than once a generation. I will not support a waiver for future nominees.” -- Sen. Jack Reed It would be better for the country if Gen. Austin declined the nomination.
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    Dec 7

    Is this the NatSec version of the Lindsey Graham Supreme Court pick promise?

    “Congress has enacted an exception one time since the creation of DOD. And waiving the law should happen no more than once a generation. I will not support a waiver for future nominees.” -- Sen. Jack Reed It would be better for the country if Gen. Austin declined the nomination.
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