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W.J. Hennigan
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national security correspondent.
Washington, D.C.clippings.me/wjhenniganJoined August 2009

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We have had several reports across northwest MO of a large balloon visible on the horizon. It is now visible from our office in Pleasant Hill and the KC Metro. We have confirmed that it is not an NWS weather balloon.
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When reporter Jeff German was killed in September, he had a file folder of documents on his desk. The Washington Post partnered with his paper, the Las Vegas Review Journal, to complete his work because no one should be able to ever kill the story. (1/2)
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SEOUL, Jan 30 (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urged South Korea on Monday to increase military support to Ukraine, citing other countries that have changed their policy of not providing weapons to countries in conflict following Russia's invasion.
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Jack ReVelle found and defused two nuclear bombs that accidentally fell on North Carolina. He couldn’t talk about it for 50 years. He fought the VA to prove his cancer was caused by radiation exposure. He died, quietly, 3 years ago today. Here’s his story:
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John Walker Lindh was supposed to stay away from extremists while out on parole. Instead, he met with an ISIS convict three times while the FBI watched. But there was no attempt to revoke his parole and it expired in May. New piece by and me.
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Now comes a follow-up statement from SECDEF Austin that says US forces killed Bilal al-Sudani, an ISIS leader in Somalia & a facilitator for ISIS’s global network.
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BERLIN, Jan 24 (Reuters) - "Scholzology" - the art of understanding German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's decisions - is in vogue as critics at home and abroad question his reluctance to supply the German-made battle tanks Ukraine wants to repulse Russian forces.
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Today in 1954 Ernest Hemingway's plane crashed in Uganda. He and his wife were badly wounded, survived a night in the bush and then boarded a rescue plane the next day. Which exploded on take off, causing even more serious injuries. He ended up in hospital reading his own obits.
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“Nine military officers who worked decades ago at a Montana nuclear missile base have been diagnosed with blood cancer. There are ‘indications’ the disease may be linked to their service, according to military briefing slides obtained by ⁦
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We’d planned to publish a story this morning about a 6-year-old who shot his teacher, but didn’t, because someone else shot two dozen people last night. I can’t recall how many times I’ve still been immersed in the coverage of one awful shooting when another one happened.
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In his short career JOHN CAZALE only made 5 movies: THE GODFATHER - THE GODFATHER 2 - THE CONVERSATION - DOG DAY AFTERNOON - THE DEER HUNTER. All 5 were nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, with 3 winning.
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The U.S. State Department wouldn’t confirm Swift’s identity but said in a statement that an American was killed in action & that they "are in touch with his family and providing all possible consular assistance."
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The Navy Absentee Collection and Information Centers said that Swift has been in “an active deserter status since March 11, 2019,” according to releasable service records obtained by TIME.
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