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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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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…

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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…

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NEW: I read the Senate NDAA, so you don't have to! Highlights for industry include a higher progress payment rate, changes to intellectual property negotiations and bringing back the Pentagon Chief Management Officer. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/articl…

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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…

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This should be interesting 👀 Elon Musk will be chatting with Reps. Mike Gallagher (R) and Ro Khanna (D) to talk all things artificial intelligence, per a congressional aide

It’ll live on Twitter Space around 7pm ET tomorrow night

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It's NDAA Week™ in the House! Time for a DoD policy bill 🧵.

Over 1,500 amendments (1,502) have been filed so far for this week's floor debate. That is almost certainly a record. (Last year was 1,230, which was called a record.)

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Connor O'Brien(@connorobrienNH) 's Twitter Profile Photo

First off, Lee Hudson Joe Gould and I read all 1,502 amendments so you don't have to.

Here's our rundown of the big issues: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2023/0…

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ICYMI: Boeing and the Navy are fighting, and it’s costing the military essential jets needed to phase out aging aircraft and be prepared for potential conflict with China.

politico.com/news/2023/07/0…

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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…

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.⁦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…

.⁦@playbookdc⁩ 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…
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NEW: Navy poised to get fewer fighters (16 vs. 20) as data rights negotiations drag on with Boeing.

“I’m just flabbergasted and, frankly, just beside myself that the Navy would behave this way,” said Rep. Mike Garcia, a member of House Appropriations.

politico.com/news/2023/07/0…

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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

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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

politico.com/minutes/congre…

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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…

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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 figure into TF mandate? - Palantir

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