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Tara Copp
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@WashingtonPost Pentagon correspondent. Signal: taracopp.06. Email: [email protected]
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    Tara Copp
    @TaraCopp
    Feb 27
    NEW: The Trump administration told @washingtonpost Thursday that even as it expands the use of AI, it will keep a human in the loop in nuclear warfare. The hypothetical nuclear attack that escalated the Pentagon’s showdown with Anthropic
    The hypothetical nuclear attack that escalated the Pentagon’s showdown with Anthropic
    From washingtonpost.com
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    Tara Copp
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    Mar 7, 2025
    EXCLUSIVE: The @AP has obtained and tonight published a database of the file names and descriptions of more than 26,000 military images flagged for removal --because the pictures highlight contributions by women or minorities, or celebrate heritage -- or "DEI." A team of us went
    In this image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, Pfc. Christina Fuentes Montenegro prepares to hike to her platoon's defensive position during patrol week of Infantry Training Battalion near Camp Geiger, N.C. Oct. 31, 2013. (Sgt. Tyler Main/U.S. Marine Corps via AP)
    War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge
    From apnews.com
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    Tara Copp
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    Feb 3, 2021
    BREAKING: @SecDef Lloyd Austin has directed a service-wide stand down to take place in the next 60 days. Each military branch will schedule a stand down to allow each service to have "needed discussions" on extremism in the ranks
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    Tara Copp
    @TaraCopp
    Jan 3, 2020
    BREAKING: Pentagon statement from Defense Secretary @EsperDoD on strike against #Iran’s Soleimani in #Iraq
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    Tara Copp
    @TaraCopp
    Feb 17, 2025
    .@FAANews: FAA staff fired over the weekend included personnel that worked radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance, among others. Hundreds were fired, just weeks after a fatal mid-air collision in DC killed 67. One employee said they were harassed on Facebook by @DOGE
    Salvage crews work on recovering wreckage near the site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
    Trump begins firings of FAA staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash
    From apnews.com
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    Tara Copp
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    Feb 11, 2025
    Today our @AP White House reporter was denied access to the Oval Office because the Associated Press recognizes the international body of water on our southern coastline as the Gulf of Mexico, while acknowledging President Donald Trump's order to rename it the Gulf of America.
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    Tara Copp
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    Feb 17, 2025
    Update to this story: #FAA employees fired included one who spoke to me on the record who was partnered with the @DeptofDefense on a classified, urgent need for an upgraded radar system for Hawaii to detect cruise missile threats. Their phone was wiped, institutional knowledge
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    Tara Copp
    @TaraCopp
    Feb 17, 2025
    .@FAANews: FAA staff fired over the weekend included personnel that worked radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance, among others. Hundreds were fired, just weeks after a fatal mid-air collision in DC killed 67. One employee said they were harassed on Facebook by @DOGE
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    Tara Copp
    @TaraCopp
    Apr 24, 2025
    EXCLUSIVE: WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer, two people familiar with the line told The Associated Press. Known
    Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump meets with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
    Hegseth had an unsecured internet line set up in his office to connect to Signal, AP sources say
    From apnews.com
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    Tara Copp
    @TaraCopp
    Feb 28, 2018
    EXCLUSIVE: Trump admin seeking to deport wife of .@USArmy #7th Special Forces Group #veteran -hearing Monday in Arlington, Va. militarytimes.com/news/your-mili…
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    Tara Copp
    @TaraCopp
    Mar 26, 2019
    BREAKING: .@RepAdamSmith @HASCDemocrats just denied DoD the ability to reprogram $1B in counterdrug $$$ for #BorderWall
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    Tara Copp
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    Feb 17, 2025
    New from me: The Trump administration has reversed the firings of all but 28 of the nuclear weapons workers that @DOGE blindly cut last week. One of the hardest hit plants was Pantex -- near Amarillo, Texas -- where 30 percent of the cuts took place. The nuclear weapons role of
    Elon Musk listens during an event in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)
    Trump administration tries to bring back fired nuclear weapons workers in DOGE reversal
    From apnews.com
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    Tara Copp
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    Oct 29, 2020
    #Military absentee ballots will be counted as late as Nov. 23. Re-posting b/c of @realDonaldTrump comments today he hopes vote count will stop Election night. 1 in 5 of those 250,000 military absentee votes was cast in Florida
    Now retired Navy Capt. Gabe Soltero was serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington during the 2000 contested presidential election. He cast his vote from the ship; he still doesn’t know if it was ever counted. He’s volunteering in the 2020 election to help current service members ensure their votes are counted.
    Military absentee ballots may be critical to 2020 election: 1 in 5 went to Florida
    From mcclatchydc.com
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    Tara Copp
    @TaraCopp
    Nov 15, 2024
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was flagged as a possible "Insider Threat" by a fellow service member due to a tattoo he has that’s associated with white supremacists.
    Pete Hegseth walks to an elevator for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York, Dec. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
    Trump Pentagon pick had been flagged by fellow service member as possible 'Insider Threat'
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    Tara Copp
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    Feb 1, 2025
    .@USArmy releases the name of the third Black Hawk crew member in this week’s devastating collision with the American Airlines Jet: Rebecca M. Lobach, of Durham, North Carolina. And a rare, heartbroken statement from her family.
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