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Common cause.
Conversation. Connection.
Proud of what we started. More to come. #F1
Common cause.
Conversation. Connection.
Proud of what we started. More to come. #F1
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That’s a non-denial on the national security part.
Here's what Nvidia's Jensen Huang sent to staff, admitting to affair:
"To my colleagues at NVIDIA,
I owe my family and all of you an apology.
I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry.
Throughout my life, my family has given me love and support. They deserve my honesty and loyalty. Instead, I let them down and damaged the life we built together. I take full responsibility for what I did and the hurt I caused, and I accept the criticism that comes with it.
To my wife and family: I love you. I know an apology cannot undo what I have done. I hope our family will heal and that, over time, I can earn back your trust.
To my colleagues at NVIDIA, including those I have worked alongside for decades, and to our board, partners, and shareholders around the world: you deserve better from me. Leading NVIDIA is the privilege of my life. My responsibility is to serve you and be worthy of your trust. I have fallen short of that responsibility. I am fully committed to NVIDIA and will work to earn back your confidence.
Regarding the national security concerns raised in news reports, NVIDIA’s Board of Directors has initiated an independent investigation. I support the investigation and will cooperate fully. I love our country and our company. I am committed to protecting NVIDIA and supporting America’s national security. I am proud and grateful to be an American.
My family bears no responsibility for my choices. I do. Please give them privacy.
Jensen"
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“3. The region is on edge. I was in the Gulf last week and officials worry about a disproportionate Iranian response - on them - to a U.S. strike. They fear attacks on energy infrastructure, desalinization plants, subsea cables, and civilian sites.”
U.S. is nearing a go/no-go decision on returning to war with Iran:
1. The military buildup is large. Two carrier strike groups in the Arabian Sea, with a third reportedly en route. Dozens of aerial refueling tankers. Missile defenses. In other words, the U.S. is assembling the force necessary for a major strike.
2. POTUS today said an attack is “highly unlikely” after saying for weeks that he’d strike Iran after the midterms. As with the war’s objectives and status, it’s public cacophony from the administration.Â
3. The region is on edge. I was in the Gulf last week and officials worry about a disproportionate Iranian response - on them - to a U.S. strike. They fear attacks on energy infrastructure, desalinization plants, subsea cables, and civilian sites.
4. No one there thinks that more strikes will topple the regime, as Netanyahu suggests, and most doubt that Iran will be quickly bombed back to the negotiating table. “Finishing the job” is easier said than done.
5. Some newly elected members of Congress want to defund the war and end it immediately. That, however, would leave Iran emboldened, in control of the Strait, and threatening the region.
6. In the meantime, with Iran shooting at ships and the Houthis attacking Saudi Arabia, and the U.S. unable or unwilling to completely stop either, the incentive for countries to cut deals with Iran is growing.
7. The chances are that another round of sustained strikes will be regionally ruinous rather than the path toward enduring peace, especially if Tehran survives them defiantly.
8. Perhaps the best case at this point is to sustain the embargo, which is creating real and significant economic pressure on Tehran. If, in a few months, the government can’t pay the Basij or, eventually, other IRGC elements, it may be more willing to deal.
9. That’s a suboptimal approach, to be sure, but the options - attack, sustain, or walk away - are all bad. It’s a question of the least disadvantageous choice.Â
10. The U.S. at this point can’t “win” the war, at least by its original terms. But unless it emerges with an agreement to reopen the Strait and secures guarantees on Iran’s nuclear program, this will be an unambiguous defeat. Hopefully there is still time to avoid that outcome.
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The drivers championship is done.
The constructors championship is done.
U.S. attacks on Iran are not.
Trump today said escalation “unlikely” IF Iran continues negotiating AND signs an agreement.
Will #F1 run the final races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi, 3 and 4 weeks away?
The constructors championship is done.
U.S. attacks on Iran are not.
Trump today said escalation “unlikely” IF Iran continues negotiating AND signs an agreement.
Will #F1 run the final races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi, 3 and 4 weeks away?
For a record-equalling ninth time for a team boss, Toto Wolff and Mercedes are Constructors' Champions!
Now level with Sir Frank Williams 🤝
#F1
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Kevin Baron retweeted
I consider FSU snapping their road game losing streak to be part of the midterms.
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When you watch the @F1 race today, here’s why @IBM says it puts its name on that Ferrari.
From @Elevation_Live:
What Tech and Defense Companies Really Get From Motorsport Partnerships ... youtu.be/j5h-FGAI4Ds?is… #F1
From @Elevation_Live:
What Tech and Defense Companies Really Get From Motorsport Partnerships ... youtu.be/j5h-FGAI4Ds?is… #F1
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When I’m tried of ridiculous national security memes and “look at me” tough-guy videos, Rich is always there to pull me out and remind me of what serious and competent adults sound like.
(I’d combine No. 2 and 10.)
Bonus: “invigorate”
(I’d combine No. 2 and 10.)
Bonus: “invigorate”
The new Congress will need a national security agenda. It might start with these ten items:
1. Shape the endgame in Iran. Congress should push for a successful outcome to the war rather than simply walking away. It should require the administration to set out clear objectives, explain costs and munitions expenditures, and present a plan first to end the acute phase and then to contain Iranian threats over the long run.
2. Invigorate competition with China. Congress should speed arms deliveries to Taiwan, fund munitions suited to the Indo-Pacific, strengthen export controls on tech to China, and fund AUKUS.
3. Back Ukraine and pressure Russia. Congress should block the Russian diesel deal and amend the Graham sanctions bill, both to repeal the tariff authorities and to require congressional approval of any sanctions waivers for Russia.
4. Go after the axis of upheaval. Congress should sanction Chinese and Russian entities that have helped Iranian targeting, require regular intelligence assessments of Beijing/Moscow/Tehran/Pyongyang collaboration, and hold hearings on policy responses.
5. End the trade war with Canada. Congress should repeal Section 338 tariffs on Canada, restore full USMCA treatment for both Canada and Mexico, and clear the decks for a new, improved North American relationship.
6. Claw back congressional authority over tariffs. Congress should require approval of existing and newly imposed tariffs, narrow presidential power to impose tariffs on national security (Section 232) grounds, repeal Sections 338 and 122, and raise the evidentiary requirement for imposing Section 301 forced-labor tariffs.
7. Maintain defense spending. Having secured commitments from most U.S. allies to boost defense spending in light of new threats (like the NATO Hague summit pledge of 5% of GDP), the United States should put its money where its mouth is and fund a robust defense budget.
8. Encourage a democratic transition in Venezuela. Congress should hold the administration to a specific timeline for holding elections in Venezuela and for completing a transition to restored democracy.
9. Fund soft power. Congress should robustly fund the most effective U.S. soft power tools—humanitarian aid, development assistance, international broadcasting, infrastructure financing, and democracy support—and insist on close oversight of the use of funds.
10. Take on AI safety and innovation. The new Congress may have a unique opportunity to work with the Trump administration, whose approach to AI regulation has evolved quickly, on a legislative framework. It should address U.S. government and third-party testing and evaluating, international efforts to diffuse the benefits of AI, data center security, and much more.
An ambitious agenda for any Congress, and doubly true amid divided government. But none of these ten items need be partisan, and together they would represent a major step toward U.S. global leadership. We could use it.
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If Stephen Miller likes chaos, “that’s the opposite of what the Pentagon loves, which is predictability, planning—a Pentagon that still doesn't have a budget, that still has to pay for the war, in the middle of a rearming and a rearming and a reindustrialization movement…
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in the US and Europe that is quite serious and attractive to Republicans and those very wealthy tech owners. They want stability, they want to be able to invest, they want to be able to plan, none of that can happen when you don't even know the fate of the Secretary of Defense.”
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I thought I was doing five minutes on the fate of Pete Hegseth, when Stephen Miller became the story. Always fun to sit in studio again for breaking news and deliver useful spot analysis for the audience. Good luck predicting the next hour!
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This is real. The national security world is facing its own reckoning btwn civ-mil warriors who try to stay “above” of politics and those who think that’s an outdated dangerous mode.
What role natsec leaders will/should play next in American politics… that’s a story.
What role natsec leaders will/should play next in American politics… that’s a story.
The midterms are over & GOP got wiped, so now we'll see folks come out of the woodwork with a newfound set of balls. After Trump's 2024 victory, a lot of NatSec folks began self-censoring; others sought to curry favor with the Administration. I kept receipts & I see you, cowards.
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Hegseth appears in an unusual 5 minute video to denounce “sham articles of impeachment” against himself and all criticism as partisan theater. Possibly the most partisan speech I’ve ever heard from a SecDef. More about the usual DEI, Iran, and an ask for an extra $350B
At the War Department:
We Stand.
We Fight.
We Defend the Republic.
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Remember when they kicked journalists out of the Pentagon and gutted Stars & Stripes during a war?
Introducing "Inside CENTCOM", bringing you insights on the nation's top commander in the Iran fight, like:
"When I retire... I'm going to be a professional free throw shooter."
Introducing "Inside CENTCOM", bringing you insights on the nation's top commander in the Iran fight, like:
"When I retire... I'm going to be a professional free throw shooter."
Listen to the first full episode of CENTCOM's new podcast "Inside CENTCOM" — out now on podcast platforms or on YouTube: youtube.com/@centcom
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Look, the reporting about Hegseth’s demise has been all over the place his entire tenure, both incredibly sourced and wildly speculative and always wrong, so far. I don’t know what to believe. But here’s the latest from the president, which also is never easy to believe:
NEW: President Donald Trump says he is standing by Pete Hegseth, which leaves in place a political lightning rod for newly empowered Dems who are eager to probe the Pentagon and hold the administration accountable for the Iran war. washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/tru…
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