Ed O'Keefe

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NEWS: ⁦@GovKathyHochul⁩ chooses state Senator Sen. ⁦⁦@NYSenBenjamin⁩ as New York's next lieutenant governor, a source familiar tells me/⁦@CBSNews⁩. Pick gives the Gov geographic/racial/gender balance going into the 2022 campaign. https://t.co/2YkIqSU5fg — PolitiTweet.org

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WATCH: @POTUS Biden admits the longer the U.S. stays in #Afghanistan, the greater the threat of terrorist attacks on American forces. Our report for Wednesday’s @CBSThisMorning… https://t.co/z7SqoJJiOW — PolitiTweet.org

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UPDATED EVACUATION NUMBERS: From 3amET on 8/24 to 3amET on 8/25, approx 19,000 people evacuated from Kabul. 42 US military flights (37 C-17s and 5 C-130s) carried approx 11,200 evacuees; 48 coalition flights which carried 7,800 people, White House says. — PolitiTweet.org

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(Also: @GovKathyHochul is set to appear Wednesday AM on @CBSThisMorning.) — PolitiTweet.org

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Q: Do you plan to use your influence to help Democrats expand the House majority through the redistricting process? ⁦@GovKathyHochul⁩: “Yes. I am also the leader of the New York State Democratic Party. I embrace that.” Lots in this @nytimes Q&A… https://t.co/Wy0xIPfOrz — PolitiTweet.org

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NOTABLE: In a letter sent to Pentagon leaders, the @HispanicCaucus recommends Latino servicemembers for the renaming of Fort Hood and Fort Bragg. Among the recommendations: Renaming Fort Hood after the late Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen, who died last year: https://t.co/uvCuvBLz7q — PolitiTweet.org

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WATCH: Important just-the-facts analysis from @CBSDavidMartin: "The Taliban are telling us when to get out. We lost. In victory, you usually dictate the terms of surrender or, in this case, the terms of evacuation and the terms of the withdrawal of U.S. troops." — PolitiTweet.org

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A big congrats to an #Iowa institution, but a huge loss for Hawkeye State viewers and lovers of all-things Iowa politics. — PolitiTweet.org

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@StateDept @CBSNews @EenaRuffini @VP The "anomalous health incident" over the weekend in Hanoi was not the first reported case of “Havana Syndrome” in Vietnam, @StateDept official tells @EenaRuffini. — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW: @StateDept official tells @cbsnews's @EenaRuffini that "anomalous health incident" in Vietnam ahead of @VP's arrival is consistent w/ previous reported cases of “Havana Syndrome” around the world. At least 1 official had to be medevaced over the weekend. — PolitiTweet.org

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@CBSNewYork @GovKathyHochul In remarks after the ceremonial swearing-in, @GovKathyHochul says she spoke Monday night with @POTUS Biden about her new role and the recent storms in New York. — PolitiTweet.org

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WATCH LIVE via @CBSNewYork: @GovKathyHochul holds a ceremonial swearing-in from Albany: https://t.co/AomdJmbMVp — PolitiTweet.org

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@VP @StateDept IMPORTANT NOTE: "Anomalous health incident" is the term the U.S. government uses to describe Havana Syndrome, or the mysterious, debilitating illness that is thought to have already afflicted scores of U.S. personnel around the world since 2016. https://t.co/MFFFrtesvR — PolitiTweet.org

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JUST IN: @VP's office flags this @StateDept statement from the US Embassy in Hanoi that helps explain her three-hour delayed departure from Singapore. But bottom line: "After careful assessment, the decision was made to continue with the Vice President’s trip." https://t.co/fsWoyGL9iQ — PolitiTweet.org

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CONFIRMED: A source familiar tells @cbsnews’s @Olivia_Gazis: @CIA Director William Burns met Monday with Abdul Ghani Baradar, the #Taliban's de facto leader, in what marks the group's highest-level encounter with the Biden administration since the fall of #Kabul. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Nataliekitro: SCOOP: In June, a witness told Guatemala’s top anticorruption prosecutor he’d delivered a rolled-up carpet stuffed with c… — PolitiTweet.org

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New York's new governor holds a ceremonial swearing-in event later this morning and addresses the state at 3 p.m. ET. — PolitiTweet.org

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The White House adds: "Since August 14, the U.S. has evacuated and facilitated the evacuation of approximately 58,700 people. Since the end of July, we have re-located approximately 63,900 people." — PolitiTweet.org

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UPDATED EVACUATION NUMBERS: From 8/23 at 3AM EDT to 8/24 at 3AM EDT, a total of approx 21,600 people were evacuated from Kabul.  37 US military flights (32 C-17s and 5 C-130s) carried approx 12,700 evacuees; 57 coalition flights which carried 8,900 people. — PolitiTweet.org

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IT’S OFFICIAL: @NYGovCuomo has resigned as governor of the Empire State of New York. https://t.co/2mr1vUtH79 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @weijia: NEW from @ellee_watson: A @DeptofDefense official tells CBS that military planners are hoping for a decision tomorrow on wheth… — PolitiTweet.org

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@NYGovCuomo @TishJames Cuomo wishes incoming Gov. @ltgovhochulny and presumptive NYC Mayor @ericadamsfornyc well. Says Adams will bring a new way of governing to the city (that is shade THROWN at de Blasio one last time). — PolitiTweet.org

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@NYGovCuomo @TishJames CUOMO: "We didn't get everything done that we wanted to, or even everything we should have done. And we didn't always get it quite right. But I want you to know, from the bottom of my heart, that everyday I worked my hardest, I gave it my all and I tried my best." — PolitiTweet.org

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@NYGovCuomo @TishJames "Political procrastination is COVID collaboration," Cuomo says as he calls for NY State to aggressively prepare for/fight the delta variant of #COVID19. — PolitiTweet.org

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@NYGovCuomo @TishJames Cuomo says NY State must focus on fighting the "immediate threat" of the delta variant of #COVID19. — PolitiTweet.org

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@NYGovCuomo @TishJames "It's not what we say in life that matters. It's what we do. And the same is true of our elected officials and our government," Cuomo says. Touts "a government that actually works" that he led. "We cannot go backwards." — PolitiTweet.org

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@NYGovCuomo @TishJames "Somewhere along the way, government lost its competence and people lost their confidence in government," Cuomo says as he continues discussing his legacy. — PolitiTweet.org

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@NYGovCuomo @TishJames "Taking actions that cause businesses to flee the state, taking jobs with them, only weakens our tax base and our ability to do good things for people," @NYGovCuomo says as he criticizes progressives in his party. — PolitiTweet.org

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@NYGovCuomo @TishJames Touting his legacy, @nygovcuomo says: "No governor in the nation has passed more progressive legislation" than he has. But says he disagrees with progressives in his party, including the push to defund the police. — PolitiTweet.org