Lee Hudson
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Covering defense tech & influence @politico. Former @aviationweek, @insidedefense. 🖤 Reese is my greyhound🐾 Send scoops to [email protected]. ON LEAVE.
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https://www.politico.com/staff/lee-hudson 14-01-2013 15:03:37
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NEW: Nearly a dozen European countries pledged this week to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16s — but they're still waiting on the U.S. to formally approve the program before it can actually begin. W/ Paul McLeary politico.com/news/2023/07/1…
Fascinating story here from Lee Hudson on customer relations gone pear-shaped and how sometimes that can turn lawmakers into mere observers. $BA politico.com/news/2023/07/0…
Apparently the Senate also has a defense bill too? Lee Hudson has a rundown of all the big stuff you might've missed in the Senate NDAA: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2023/0…
New: Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz proposes an amendment to the NDAA that would end marijuana testing for military personnel when they enlist or accept a commission. politico.com/news/2023/07/0…
.POLITICO Playbook has the first look at the cover of my book, The Internationalists.
It’s an inside view of the Biden admin’s handling of foreign policy, including Afghanistan fall & defense of Ukraine vs Russia.
Out Feb 2024.
You can preorder here: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/704738/t…
Starting July 10, half of the eight-member Joint Chiefs of Staff will begin retiring. And if Tuberville’s blockade holds, it’ll mean the leaders of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, along with the chair, will have no successor in place
politico.com/news/2023/06/3… Paul McLeary
If the Air Force reopens the bidding for Space Command headquarters, Mike Turner says Ohio will “will be vigorously competing.' w/ Connor O'Brien & Lee Hudson
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Russia mutiny revives stagnant talk of increasing Ukraine aid in Congress politi.co/440aGDL Maybe the first quad byline with Joe Gould Connor O'Brien Lee Hudson & Paul McLeary
NEW: The turmoil in Russia is giving Ukraine’s allies on Capitol Hill new ammo in the fight to secure more weapons and aid for Kyiv. w/Joe Gould Lee Hudson Paul McLeary politico.com/news/2023/06/2…
Excellent move by Michael McCaul, Rep. Gallagher Press Office, Seth Moulton - establishing/leading a Technical, Industrial, and Governmental Engagement for Readiness (TIGER) Task Force to get relevant equipment out the door w speed/at scale. Will #software figure into TF mandate? - Palantir