John Hudson
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The $2.8 billion package, which would be purchased with U.S. taxpayer dollars, includes 40,000 bombs that weigh 2,000 pounds each, including 20,000 MK-84s and 20,000 BLU-117s. The sale also includes 20,000 I-2000 Penetrator warheads.
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NEW: The Trump administration is preparing a multibillion-dollar sale of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel in the largest single sale of the controversial munition in recent years, per U.S. officials
NEW: CIA had ‘low confidence’ in Iranian threat to Trump in Turkey, but Secret Service took no chances
The assassination threat was relayed by the Israeli government to the CIA, where analysts viewed the intelligence skeptically. 🧵
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My favorite part: This Turkish catering truck nonchalantly moving from Air Force One to the other plane
tfw you used Claude to write your NDAA amendment but forgot to hide your tracks
