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1	Mar 18, '20	EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. Air Force quietly flew 500,000 COVID-19 testing kits from Italy to Memphis on Monday \| @MarcusReports	113×	0	8.2k	3.9k	193
2	Dec 22, '21	EXCLUSIVE: Walter Reed scientists expect to announce that they have developed a vaccine that protects people from COVID-19 and all its variants, even Omicron \| @TaraCopp	112×	0	8.6k	2.9k	460
3	Oct 13, '21	BREAKING: Catholic Troops Can Refuse COVID Vaccine, Archbishop Declares \| @ECBHowe	47.7×	0	2.4k	670	82
4	Oct 22, '17	EXCLUSIVE: US Preparing to Put Nuclear Bombers Back on 24-Hour Alert \| @MarcusReports	31.7×	0	762	1.4k	0
5	Jan 17, '20	Eleven American troops were wounded in Iran’s Jan. 8 missile attack on Iraq’s al-Asad air base, @DefenseBaron reports.	31.4×	0	1.3k	1.2k	33
6	Oct 11, '20	The Army Is Working on Augmented Reality Goggles for Military Dogs \| @BrandiVincent_	29.5×	0	905	182	90
7	Jun 29, '23	Raytheon Calls in Retirees to Help Restart Stinger Missile Production \| by @marcusreports	28.9×	161k	376	97	15
8	May 27, '21	BREAKING: US Planning to Evacuate Afghan Interpreters, Top US General Says // Milley: “…for not just the interpreters but a lot of other people that have worked with the United Sta	22.5×	0	2.2k	494	32
9	Oct 27, '19	UPDATE: ISIS leader #Baghdadi is believed to have detonated his own suicide vest, multiple sources confirm to @DefenseOne. #Syria	19.7×	0	941	889	11
10	Aug 16, '21	"The Crew Made the Decision to Go:" Inside Reach 871, A US C-17 Packed With 640 Afghans Trying to Escape the Taliban \| @TaraCopp and @MarcusReports	16.6×	0	1.1k	469	42
11	May 18, '20	Hong Kong Is Losing its Freedom \| Commentary by @Doug_Bandow	15.8×	0	943	889	2
12	Apr 19, '24	ULA has an ambitious plan to ‘reuse’ Vulcan rocket: keep it in space \| The heavy-lift rocket’s upper stage might extend its service as a tug or defender. by @audrey_decker9	14.8×	82k	126	22	10
13	Oct 27, '19	BREAKING: ISIS Leader Baghdadi Believed Dead After US Special Ops Raid - Defense One #Syria #Baghdadi	13.3×	0	823	547	12
14	Aug 1, '17	EXCLUSIVE: Trump Wanted a Cheaper Air Force One. So USAF Is Buying a Bankrupt Russian Firm’s Undelivered 747s	12.7×	0	286	503	0
15	Aug 18, '21	EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s Pledge to Exit Afghanistan Was a Ruse, His Final SecDef Says \| @DefTechPat	12.5×	0	525	299	78
16	Mar 8, '20	US, UK Agree to ‘Further’ Restrict Huawei, Defense Secretary Says	11.2×	0	646	632	1
17	Mar 1, '18	"Over the last decade, individuals and groups fueled by this virulent ideology have committed 71 percent of the known politically or religiously inspired killings in our country —	11×	0	665	579	2
18	Aug 31, '18	Russia’s requests to Interpol for Red Notices—the closest instrument to an international arrest warrant—against Kremlin opponents are being met with increasing deference by the Dep	10.4×	0	389	533	8
19	Oct 15, '25	Defense Trade Press Statement on Media Restrictions at the Pentagon For decades, the defense trade media has been a trusted source of news and insight about Defense Department prog	8.4×	47k	125	50	7
20	Aug 16, '21	Inside Reach 871, A US C-17 Packed With 640 People Trying to Escape the Taliban \| @TaraCopp and @MarcusReports	8.1×	0	605	254	18
21	Mar 1, '16	Military-Funded Study Predicts When You’ll Protest on Twitter	7.1×	0	378	420	0
22	May 18, '20	Hong Kong Is Losing its Freedom \| Commentary by @Doug_Bandow	7.0×	0	396	378	0
23	Jul 24, '16	How Putin Weaponized Wikileaks to Influence the Election of an American President by @DefTechPat #dncleaks	6.0×	0	219	314	0
24	Dec 22, '21	The achievement is the result of almost two years of work on the virus. The Army lab received its first DNA sequencing of the COVID-19 virus in early 2020.	5.9×	0	741	117	3
25	Aug 24, '24	A group of 20-somethings built a GPS-independent drone in 24 hours—and caught the eye of US special operations forces \| Here’s what that says about the new class of defense industr	5.9×	33k	123	42	28
26	Mar 24, '23	The Air Force Is Rebuilding Its Pacific Plans Around the B-21 \| via @DefTechPat	5.8×	32k	98	22	2
27	Sep 26, '22	U.S. troops are volunteering to fly people seeking an abortion from states that have banned the procedure to states where they can receive care, arguing that they donned a uniform	5.4×	0	626	138	6
28	Mar 6, '20	US, UK Agree to ‘Further’ Restrict Huawei, Defense Secretary Says \| @DefTechPat	5.3×	0	305	303	1
29	Jan 13, '17	JUST IN: Putin’s DNC Hackers Actively Targeting French Elections - @DefenseOne @DefTechPat	4.9×	0	162	279	0
30	Apr 24, '24	The plane China built to rival the United States’ B-21 stealth bomber doesn’t even come close to U.S. capability, a U.S. intel official said Monday. Read the story by @audrey_decke	4.8×	27k	121	38	15
31	Apr 14, '21	BREAKING: Petraeus Trashes Biden Decision to Quit Afghanistan \| From @DefenseBaron	4.6×	0	118	46	10
32	Apr 25, '24	The Pentagon had already begun moving new aid toward Ukraine in anticipation of its release this morning by the U.S. president, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs said Wednesday. Rea	4.5×	25k	114	33	2
33	Sep 9, '20	U.S. Army Chief Denies Trump’s Claim That Generals Make War for Arms Makers \| @KatieBoWill	4.2×	0	318	164	2
34	Nov 18, '21	EXCLUSIVE: Army to Begin Forcing Out Soldiers Who Refuse COVID Vaccine, Including Guardsmen \| @TaraCopp	3.9×	0	362	98	5
35	Sep 26, '17	ICYMI: No, We Cannot Shoot Down North Korea’s Missiles by @Cirincione	3.7×	0	175	154	0
36	Jul 24, '16	Considerable evidence shows that the Wikileaks dump was an orchestrated act by the Russian government.	3.6×	0	145	213	0
37	Dec 24, '23	DARPA puts millions behind effort to power drones with ground-based lasers \| Raytheon gets $10 million to develop energy “webs” that could keep drones in the air indefinitely. #dar	3.3×	18k	156	65	27
38	Dec 5, '22	BREAKING: Army Chooses Bell V-280 to Replace Its Black Hawk Helicopters via @DefenseOne	3.2×	0	249	128	9
39	May 31, '17	Everything That’s Wrong With That McMaster Op-Ed \| @davidfrum	3.2×	0	188	137	0
40	Aug 23, '21	JUST IN: US Has Evacuated 42,000 from Kabul; 16,000 in last 24 Hours Alone, Pentagon Says \| @TaraCopp	3.2×	0	258	101	4
41	Sep 10, '18	So far, only House Democrats have chosen to hold themselves publicly accountable for how they plan to handle any stolen documents that come their way. \| @NatashaBertrand	3.1×	0	241	138	3
42	Sep 17, '17	No, We Cannot Shoot Down North Korea’s Missiles - @DefenseOne @Cirincione	3.1×	0	130	158	0
43	Aug 29, '22	IN COMMENTARY: FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Affidavit Reveals How Trump May Have Compromised National Security	2.9×	0	297	97	7
44	Nov 19, '21	EXCLUSIVE: Army to Begin Forcing Out Soldiers Who Refuse COVID Vaccine, Including Guardsmen \| From @TaraCopp	2.8×	0	206	74	7
45	Aug 31, '21	JUST IN: No US Military Dogs Were Left Behind in Afghanistan, DOD Says \| @ECBHowe	2.8×	0	191	49	5
46	Mar 18, '20	NEW: US Air Force Flew a Half Million Coronavirus Test Kits From Italy to Tennessee \| @marcusreports	2.6×	0	134	78	3
47	Jan 19, '22	NEW in IDEAS: Ukraine Needs Help Surviving Airstrikes, Not Just Killing Tanks \| Commentary by @massdara	2.6×	0	201	97	13
48	Nov 29, '22	Turkish Airstrikes Have Slowed the Fight Against ISIS, Officials Say via @DefenseOne	2.5×	0	182	72	6
49	Dec 19, '20	BREAKING: Trump Officials Deliver Plan to Split Up Cyber Command, NSA - @DefenseOne ⁦@KatieBoWill⁩	2.4×	0	89	80	9
50	Sep 24, '22	IN COMMENTARY: Putin’s War, and His Rule, Are In Trouble \| @elisabethbraw	2.4×	0	245	68	6
51	Jun 8, '19	Ready for a new-look Air Force One? Lawmakers aren't. A House panel drafted legislation requiring congressional approval if President Trump wants to change the aircraft's Kennedy-e	2.4×	0	198	64	2
52	May 13, '20	Donald Trump Has No Plan, writes @GrahamDavidA via @TheAtlantic	2.4×	0	210	79	4
53	Dec 27, '23	A U.S. senator is stalling the promotion of an Air Force colonel who urged his peers to talk about racism and its effects on the military. Read:	2.3×	13k	101	68	3
54	Dec 22, '18	Mattis is telling you that the president lacks respect for allies and a clear-eyed view of malign actors and strategic competitors, writes @davidfrum \|	2.3×	0	207	84	0
55	Mar 10, '17	Possible ties between Trump's Azerbaijani project and Iran's Revolutionary Guard, plus other updates to our tracker	2.2×	0	107	126	0
56	Feb 2, '21	The Boogaloo Bois Have Guns, Criminal Records and Military Training. Now They Want to Overthrow the Government.	2.2×	0	147	91	2
57	Aug 13, '18	Nationwide router reboot was related to a massive Russian attack still infecting global systems, warns NSA’s top hacker, writes @DefTechPat \|	2.2×	0	105	112	4
58	Sep 3, '17	Trump Doesn’t Have the Authority to Attack North Korea Without Congress by @Profepps via @TheAtlantic	2.1×	0	145	84	0
59	Feb 11, '17	A Suspicious Death and Three Cyber Arrests Point to a New Twist in the US Election Hack	2.1×	0	102	118	0
60	Sep 27, '19	Acting DNI Shows Why Generals and Admirals Should Not Become Top Civilians Commentary by @Sarah_Chayes	2.0×	0	185	53	3
61	Jan 5, '23	Senior White House Official: Wagner Mercenaries More ‘Aggressive’ Than Russian Military \| The Wagner group is doing what the regular Russian military can’t. But it’s still losing.	2.0×	11k	149	59	2
62	Sep 15, '20	Alexander Vindman: Trump Is Putin’s ‘Useful Idiot’ \| @JeffreyGoldberg	2.0×	0	198	67	1
63	Aug 6, '20	Why Would Biden Pick Susan Rice? His ticket doesn’t need another foreign-policy expert — nor another easy Obama-era target. \| Commentary by @DefenseBaron	1.9×	0	134	26	3
64	Apr 15, '24	Russia stole US agencies' emails from Microsoft systems, CISA says \| The alert comes a week after DHS faulted the company for a security culture that enabled a similar China-backed	1.8×	10k	145	87	14
65	Nov 10, '20	BREAKING: Anthony Tata Tapped to Perform Duties of Defense Undersecretary for Policy \| @MarcusReports @KatieBoWill	1.8×	0	150	46	3
66	Feb 6, '18	“The women’s movement in northern Syria is more like a women’s earthquake. In this sliver of the Middle East a tectonic shift of politics & governance is underway in which wome	1.7×	0	108	84	0
67	Dec 24, '18	Mattis is telling you that the president lacks respect for allies and a clear-eyed view of malign actors and strategic competitors. \| Commentary by @davidfrum	1.7×	0	152	67	1
68	Nov 13, '18	“I think it’s going to be vitally important that Congress step into the void and become the champion of democracy and human rights,” says Rep. Adam Schiff. \| @UriLF	1.7×	0	175	56	2
69	Apr 16, '20	No Military Has Done More for Corona-Stricken Allies Than Germany’s \| Commentary by @elisabethbraw	1.7×	0	152	60	1
70	Mar 1, '18	National Security Pros, It’s Time to Talk About Right-Wing Extremism \| Commentary by @peterwsinger	1.7×	0	92	75	2
71	Jan 17, '18	White Supremacists Killed More Americans Last Year Than Any Other Domestic-Extremist Group \| @JGreenblattADL via @TheAtlantic	1.7×	0	87	81	0
72	Feb 5, '21	NEW: The Biden administration will not lift the Trump administration’s ban on Turkey buying F-35 stealth fighters, which was a punishment for Ankara’s 2019 purchase of a Russian ai	1.6×	0	139	45	2
73	Dec 6, '22	Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin urged lawmakers to pass a full-year defense budget arguing investments in new, more modern weapons are needed to counter China and Russia.	1.6×	0	164	53	4
74	Dec 7, '19	GOP lawmakers used to oppose Trump's embrace of Russia. But not anymore, writes @RonBrownstein	1.6×	0	124	57	0
75	Apr 4, '22	The U.S. Navy may become like the Russian fleet if it focuses solely on the quantity of ships instead of on whether vessels are properly maintained, armed, and crewed by well-train	1.6×	0	149	46	4
76	Mar 15, '20	America Is Acting Like a Failed State, writes @DKThomp, because the White House has failed to perform the most basic function of a state: to accurately assess a threat to the count	1.6×	0	127	62	3
77	Feb 15, '21	Confederate Military Base Names Just Met Their Gettysburg	1.6×	0	175	35	1
78	Sep 28, '24	Companies that left Russia after 2022 invasion saw reputation boost, study shows	1.5×	8.5k	128	55	3
79	Dec 4, '22	Austin Urges Congress to Pass a Budget, Citing China Threat via @DefenseOne	1.5×	0	136	62	1
80	Oct 13, '24	Russian casualties have topped 600,000 in Ukraine war, US says	1.5×	8.4k	148	63	6
81	Mar 15, '20	NEW: Pentagon Will Shift to ‘Maximum Telework’ on Monday #coronavirus \| The Prognosis: Latest News on COVID-19 & National Security	1.5×	0	97	79	0
82	Apr 6, '20	Under SecDef Esper, senior defense officials and uniformed military commanders have begun to appear on right-wing talk shows. That’s not taking care to avoid partisan politics; tha	1.5×	0	107	54	4
83	Nov 26, '22	Commentary by @DefenseBaron: I’m Thankful for American Troops – All of Them \|	1.5×	0	156	49	1
84	Oct 15, '18	Saudi Arabia must be held accountable for Jamal Khashoggi. \| Commentary by Sen. @RandPaul	1.4×	0	142	33	0
85	Jul 25, '22	“What we're learning from the war in Ukraine is big, slow things are big, slow targets, whether it's warships or tanks,” Raytheon Technologies CEO Greg Hayes said in an interview l	1.4×	0	116	34	10
86	Apr 26, '21	Biden Must Press Armenia to Hand Over Minefield Maps \| Commentary by @ElinSuleymanov	1.4×	0	141	50	0
87	Mar 2, '22	A Minuteman III ICBM test launch scheduled for this week is now postponed, @PentagonPresSec says at the Pentagon just now, so there is no possibility of the U.S.'s intentions being	1.4×	0	135	37	5
88	May 27, '22	Today's D Brief: • Russia progressing slowly in E. Ukraine • Incendiary use spreading? • US mulls long-range rockets • Iran's new ship; And a bit more. (illustration via @TheStudyo	1.4×	0	147	35	9
89	Aug 19, '17	10 U.S. Army installations are named for Confederate officers. It's time for that to change, writes @markondefense.	1.4×	0	101	60	0
90	Oct 10, '17	Mattis to Generals: Start Talking to the Press \| @DefenseBaron	1.3×	0	93	58	0
91	Sep 25, '18	Stalin ignored his spies when their findings contradicted his assumptions. Now Trump is doing the same, writes @john_sipher \|	1.3×	0	98	56	2
92	Nov 6, '22	Elon Musk is not the only defense-industry exec who showed up for the Space Force’s first change-of-command ceremony. But the SpaceX founder and controversial new owner of Twitter	1.3×	0	170	26	0
93	Apr 5, '22	A group of Ukrainian hackers says it has found ways to disrupt Russian military units’ navigation and is working on ways to disrupt artillery fire as well \| @DefTechPat	1.1×	0	108	35	7
94	Sep 25, '19	Until now, there was room for reasonable disagreement over impeachment as both a matter of politics and a matter of tactics. But not anymore, says @RadioFreeTom	1.1×	0	113	37	2
95	Apr 26, '24	US will ‘continue to provide' ATACMS for Ukraine, National Security Advisor says \| Months of work to build up stocks means the U.S. can give Ukraine more of the sought-after long-r	1.1×	6k	110	43	1
96	Apr 7, '20	So Much for Keeping the Military Out of Politics \| Commentary by @DefenseBaron	1.0×	0	93	33	2
97	Dec 18, '24	Biden admin will send aid to Ukraine through the end of term \| More than $1B in remaining security assistance likely to be spent by end of 2024. by @meghannmyers_	1.0×	5.6k	228	89	6
98	Jun 5, '19	Exclusive commentary by @tedlieu and @SenMarkey: New, More Usable Nukes for Trump? No.	1.0×	0	89	36	0
99	Mar 14, '22	Colombia will bring the total to 19 countries \| @caitlinmkenney, @jacqklimas, @TaraCopp	1.0×	0	108	20	3
100	Jul 5, '19	UK Defense Secretary: We Need a Stronger NATO Now More Than Ever	0.9×	0	104	29	0

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