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Pelosi Statement on Airstrike in Iraq Against High-Level Iranian Military Officials — Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after the Trump Administration conducted a deadly airstrike targeting Iranians and Iraqis at the Baghdad International Airport:
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Thinks Attacking Iran Will Get Him Reelected. He's Wrong. — Beginning in 2011, and continuing through the next year, Donald Trump began obsessively predicting that President Obama would start a war with Iran in order to be reelected. Trump stated it publicly, on at least a half-dozen occasions …
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Wesley Clark / Washington Post:
Killing a top Iranian military leader was a whack-for-tat move — Soleimani was no stateless outlaw like Osama bin Laden. This U.S. action sets us on a dangerous path of escalation. — Like the killing of Osama bin Laden, the strike on Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad …
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Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Soleimani posted memes antagonizing Trump on social media — Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq early Friday, wasn't just an infamous terrorist organizer and one of the regime's most powerful officials — he was also one of President Trump's social media antagonists.
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
How Trump decided to kill Iran's Soleimani — Hours before the U.S. military sent a Reaper drone to kill one of the most wanted men on the planet, President Donald Trump was relaxing at his palatial Florida properties. In the morning, he played 18 holes at Trump International, his West Palm Beach golf club.
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
For Trump, a Risky Gamble to Deter Iran — The goal was to prove American resolve in the face of Iranian attacks. Now, American officials have no doubt the Iranians will respond — but they don't know how quickly, or how furiously. — President Trump's decision to strike and kill …
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Robin Wright / New Yorker:
The Killing of Qassem Suleimani Is Tantamount to an Act of War — On orders from President Trump, the United States killed Major General Qassem Suleimani, the leader of Iran's élite Quds Force and the mastermind of its military operations across the Middle East, in an overnight air strike at Baghdad's International Airport.
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CBS News:
“There will be dead Americans” as a result of Iran general being killed, ex-CIA deputy director says — The targeted killing of Qassem Soleimani, one of Iran's top military leaders, has escalated tensions between the U.S. and Iran, with Iran vowing revenge.
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NBC News:
Planned attacks against U.S. targets in Syria, Lebanon were reason for Soleimani strike, say officials — Targets in Syria under threat included military outposts, officials said. In Lebanon, Soleimani was allegedly planning attacks on diplomatic targets.
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New York Times:
Iranian General Traveled With Impunity, Until U.S. Drones Found Him — President Trump's decision to kill General Suleimani was one that his predecessors had rejected, fearing it would lead to war. — WASHINGTON — One night in January 2007, American Special Operations commandos tracked …
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George Packer / The Atlantic:
Killing Soleimani Was Worse Than a Crime — There was a case for killing Major General Qassem Soleimani. For two decades, as the commander of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, he executed Iran's long game of strategic depth in the Middle East—arming and guiding proxy militias in Lebanon …
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Associated Press:
Trump says Iranian should have been ‘taken out’ years ago — PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that the targeted killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani was ordered because he was “plotting to kill” many Americans. — In his first comments since the early Friday strike …
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Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
Four Years Ago, Trump Had No Clue Who Iran's Suleimani Was. Now He May Have Kicked Off WWIII. — President Donald Trump makes a video call to the troops stationed worldwide at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 24, 2019. — Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images
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Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
Trump Cultivated His Own Credibility Crisis on Iran
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Noga Tarnopolsky / Los Angeles Times:
Israel had advance notice of U.S. plan to kill Iranian general Suleimani, report says
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Marc Champion / Bloomberg:
Iran Options Seem Narrow as It Seeks to Avenge Slain General
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Ryan C. Brooks / BuzzFeed News:
Trump's Strike Has Drawn A Sharp Line Between The Democrats Running For President
Richard Sisk / Military.com:
Thousands More US Troops Deploying to Middle East in Response to Iranian Threats
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump has considered killing Iran's Soleimani since last summer, sources say
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Suzanne Maloney / Washington Post:
Iran knows how to bide its time. Don't expect immediate retaliation for Soleimani.
New York Times:
Qassim Suleimani, Master of Iran's Intrigue, Built a Shiite Axis of Power in Mideast
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Mohammad Ali Shabani / The Guardian:
Donald Trump's assassination of Qassem Suleimani will come back to haunt him
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
Statement by the Department of Defense
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Ray Takeyh / Politico:
Why the Death of an Iranian Commander Won't Mean World War III
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U.S. Embassy / U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Iraq:
Security Alert - U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq, January 3, 2020
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Sean Illing / Vox:
An expert on why the Soleimani assassination was almost certainly illegal
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Barbara Slavin / New York Times:
Qassim Suleimani's Killing Will Unleash Chaos
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Julia Ioffe / GQ:
Trump's Faithful Will Follow Him to War
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Michael Doran / New York Times:
Trump's Ground Game Against Iran
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Erielle Davidson / The Federalist:
Trump Derangement Prevents Media From Praising Trump For Iranian Terrorist Soleimani's Demise
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Nancy Dillon / New York Daily News:
Ex-Fox News reporter Courtney Friel claims Donald Trump invited her to Trump Tower to ‘kiss’ — Former Fox News reporter Courtney Friel says Donald Trump called her with a creepy come-on before he became president — while they were both married. — Friel, who sometimes worked as a fill …
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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Fox News reporter says Trump invited her to his office ‘so we can kiss’
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Fox Reporter Says Trump Asked Her to Visit His Office for a ‘Kiss’
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Clare Foran / CNN:
McConnell defends communication with White House on impeachment and says it's a ‘fantasy that the speaker of the House will get to hand design’ trial — Sen. McConnell: House Dems ‘flinched’ on impeachment — Washington (CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday firmly rejected …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Impeachment impasse deepens as McConnell rejects Pelosi's bid to shape trial: ‘Their turn is over’
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Trump Rule Would Exclude Climate Change in Infrastructure Planning — WASHINGTON — Federal agencies would no longer have to take climate change into account when they assess the environmental impacts of highways, pipelines and other major infrastructure projects, according to a Trump administration plan …
Julie Zauzmer / Washington Post:
United Methodist Church is expected to split over gay marriage, fracturing the nation's third-largest denomination — Church leaders said Friday they had agreed to spin off a “traditionalist Methodist” denomination, and allow the remainder of the denomination to permit same-sex marriage …
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Politico:
The Hill's owner seeks potential buyers, investors — Under fire for its role in promoting alleged Ukraine conspiracy theories, the D.C.-based publication faces new questions about its future. — Jimmy Finkelstein in 2012. Jimmy Finkelstein, owner of The Hill, is shopping his publication …
Whitley Alexander / U.S. Representative Phil Roe, M.D.:
Congressman Roe: “Thank you for giving me the opportunity to represent East Tennessee.” — f t # e — JOHNSON CITY, TENN.- Today, Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.) released the following statement after announcing he will retire at the end of the 116th Congress:
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Preston Ayres / WCYB:
Roe Retiring: Congressman won't seek another term
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Wall Street Journal:
Carlos Ghosn Sneaked Out of Japan in Box Used for Audio Gear — Two men, providing names matching those of private security contractors, flew with Ghosn to Turkey — A pair of men with names matching those of American security contractors accompanied former auto executive Carlos Ghosn …
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Harmeet Kaur / CNN:
Two Delaware GOP leaders are facing backlash over homophobic and anti-Semitic comments — (CNN)Two state Republican Party leaders in Delaware are facing backlash for comments on Facebook that their colleagues called homophobic and anti-Semitic. — New Castle County Republican Party Chairman Chris Rowe …
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Sarah Gamard / delawareonline:
Two Delaware GOP leaders under fire for Facebook posts called ‘homophobic,’ ‘anti-Semitic’
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CBS Boston:
Elizabeth Warren Says Killing Of Iran General Part Of ‘Escalating’ Attacks From Trump — BOSTON (CBS) - Former public school teacher turned big-time law professor Elizabeth Warren is an academic at heart. So when the Massachusetts senator/Democratic presidential candidate sat …
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