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Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, Susan Collins urge Pentagon not to sideline Havana Syndrome research Senators Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and Susan Collins of Maine sent Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth a letter warning against any changes that could affect victims' care.

www.cbsnews.com/news/senator...

☕️☕️☕️☕️ I’m up! Dodging falling ice from roofs (careful out there people!) heading to the DC studio!!! Best early morning show in 🇺🇸, let’s go!! @alivitali.bsky.social

On @ms.now 530am tomorrow (Tuesday), to discuss upcoming Iran talks, plus my recent trip to Europe. ☕️☕️☕️

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Thoughtful comments from former CIA Middle East hand @mpolymer1.bsky.social supporting @andy-milburn.bsky.social’s analysis of IDF conduct in Gaza (which predictably is coming under attack on Twitter from those you’d expect to attack it).

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I’m back from travels! Lots to talk about in foreign policy world today- on 8 am bloc on this lovely frigid Sat morning in DC with @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social

🔥 Sad to say that the @CrisisRoomPod podcast is coming to a close on Global. To all the listeners in UK and around the world – thanks for a wild ride! We pulled no punches+made news on occasion. To my cohosts @markurban.bsky.social and Amber Rudd-you made me smarter, our friendship means a ton. 🫡🙏🇺🇸🇬🇧

bumped for North Korean cabinet meeting :)

moved to 1140am....

Back from travels across the pond. On @ms.now today 1030 am bloc. Venezuela and Iran front and center per Rubio testimony, plus some of my observations how Europe hates us (not everyone, but sadly, most…)

My latest, in @engelsbergideas.bsky.social

Device that may be tied to "Havana Syndrome" obtained by U.S. government The device was purchased by the Biden administration and cost millions, two sources said.

www.cbsnews.com/news/device-...

Extraordinary reporting. Validation for the victims. Massive questions for a corrupted analytic intelligence community, whose head was buried in the sand. That’s the story.

Do you have a burning question you’d like Amber, @markurban.bsky.social & @mpolymer1.bsky.social to answer in the next Q&A episode? 🤔

Drop your suggestions below 👇🏻 or email us at thecrisisroom@global.com ✉️

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Pentagon bought device through undercover operation some investigators suspect is linked to Havana Syndrome | CNN Politics The Defense Department has spent more than a year testing a device purchased in an undercover operation that some investigators think could be the cause of a series of mysterious ailments impacting sp...

www.cnn.com/2026/01/13/p...

I’m up! Heading to the studio soon. No better place to be on a Monday morning, talking foreign policy with the great @alivitali.bsky.social !! ☕️☕️☕️☕️

On @msnownews.bsky.social 540am tomorrow, on Iran and Syria....

look, we all know the evil empire lives in the Bronx, not Tehran.....

Treasonous talk 😡

😡 not happy

Just kick me right in the nuts. Full throttle… I want to vomit. 😡😡😡

Tomorrow

First, it would be national security malpractice to sit back and do nothing. Cyber at a minimum. Ultimately, I think it all depends on which faction within the administration wins out – essentially it’s about the Vance vs Rubio wings. The isolationists vs the neocons. And who has Trump’s ear last…

All a jumble of contradictions. Interesting times ahead…

Ordinarily, it takes great leadership to manage. Yet I worry that this admin doesn’t hav the competence, leadership, experience, personnel to handle all. There is also no consistency in our approach -and what we believe in. Neocon/isolationist/transactional/imperialist/mercantalist….what r we?

There are a number of potentially enormous foreign policy issues breaking all at once, critical junctures- in Iran, Venezuela, Russia/Ukraine, and Gaza. (Do I add Greenland?) I can’t remember a confluence of near or current crises like this in some time...

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“This is not regime change”

After Trump’s capture of Venezuela’s President Maduro, @markurban.bsky.social & @mpolymer1.bsky.social explain why appointing Vice President Delcy Rodríguez is not a victory for the Venezuelans

Listen to The Crisis Room on @globalplayer.com 🎧

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