Author: Colleen Long
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Biden says nothing of ‘great consequence’ in Pentagon leaks
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DUBLIN • President Joe Biden on Thursday said while he was concerned that sensitive government documents had been leaked, “there’s nothing contemporaneous that I’m aware of that is of great consequence.” It was the first time Biden has commented publicly about the release of Pentagon documents that were posted on several social media sites. They…
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Biden says nothing of ‘great consequence’ in Pentagon leaks
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DUBLIN • President Joe Biden on Thursday said while he was concerned that sensitive government documents had been leaked, “there’s nothing contemporaneous that I’m aware of that is of great consequence.” It was the first time Biden has commented publicly about the release of Pentagon documents that were posted on several social media sites. They…
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Biden urges Northern Ireland to sustain peace
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland • President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Northern Ireland must “not go back” to the violence that scarred it for years before a U.S.-brokered peace deal 25 years ago, nudging politicians to resolve a political crisis that has left this part of the United Kingdom without a functioning government. Speaking of the…
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U.S. downs 4 objects in 8 days, unprecedented in peacetime
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WASHINGTON • A U.S. fighter jet shot down an “unidentified object” over Lake Huron on Sunday on orders from President Joe Biden. It was the fourth such downing in eight days and the latest military strike in an extraordinary chain of events over U.S. airspace that Pentagon officials believe has no peacetime precedent. Part of…
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Biden’s notes part of classified docs probe
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WASHINGTON • President Joe Biden is a man who writes down his thoughts. And some of those handwritten musings over his decades of public service are now a part of a special counsel’s investigation into the handling of classified documents. It isn’t clear yet what the investigators are looking for by taking custody of notes…
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Biden’s lawyer: FBI finds no classified docs at beach house
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WASHINGTON • The FBI searched President Joe Biden’s vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Del., on Wednesday without finding classified documents, the president’s attorney said. Agents did take some handwritten notes and other materials relating to Biden’s time as vice president for review. The search, disclosed by Biden’s personal lawyer, was the latest discomfiting moment for…
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Past U.S. presidents, VPs asked to recheck for classified docs
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WASHINGTON • The National Archives has asked former U.S. presidents and vice presidents to recheck their personal records for any classified documents following the news that President Joe Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence had such documents in their possession, two people familiar with the matter said Thursday. The Archives sent a letter Thursday…
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U.S. military kills senior Islamic State official in Somalia
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WASHINGTON • U.S. special operations forces have killed a senior Islamic State group official and 10 other terrorist operatives in remote northern Somalia, the Biden administration announced Thursday. The operation carried out on Wednesday targeted Bilal al-Sudani, a key financial facilitator for the global terrorist organization, in a mountainous cave complex. “This action leaves the…
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Biden on classified docs: ‘There’s no there there’
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APTOS, Calif. • A frustrated President Joe Biden said Thursday there is “no there there” when he was persistently questioned about the discovery of classified documents and official records at his home and former office. “We found a handful of documents were filed in the wrong place,” Biden said to reporters who questioned him during…
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U.S.: Russia looking to Iran to supply more drones, missiles
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WASHINGTON • Struggling to maintain a steady supply of arms for its war in Ukraine, Moscow is looking to Iran once again to resupply the Russian military with drones and surface-to-surface missiles, according to two officials familiar with the matter. There is growing U.S. concern that Russia may seek to acquire additional advanced conventional weapons…