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.@USAToday's @JoeyGarrison: "And it was shot down within the last hour. When did you -- when did the first -- when did the U.S. first get intelligence that it existed? WH's John Kirby: "The knowledge about the balloon and the track first came to our attention last evening." https://t.co/3UshVFIzul — PolitiTweet.org

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.@USAToday's @JoeyGarrison: " Where specifically in Alaska was the high altitude object shot down?" Kirby says "the general area would be just off the very, very northeastern part of Alaska, right near the Alaska/Canada border...on water that is frozen" near the Arctic Ocean https://t.co/S7jxBM8vF3 — PolitiTweet.org

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.@NewsNation's @BlakeBurman: "Is the policy still considering the 1st one was shot...off the east coast & this...was shot...off the west coast, is the policy...you can shoot it down if it is over...water? Kirby: "I wouldn't derive from these 2 incidents some sort of policy" https://t.co/72MK5SUtVg — PolitiTweet.org

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.@Weijia: Would the U.S. give any credence to the Chinese argument...this...accidentally veered off course & ended up where it did? Kirby: No. @Weijia: So was it targeting...military sites? Kirby: What we know is...the flight path...took it over sensitive military sites. https://t.co/H64azzZQ4I — PolitiTweet.org

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CBS's @Weijia Jiang: "So to follow up on what you JUST said about civilian aircraft, is that what you meant initially when you said there was a reasonable threat to shoot it down?" Kirby: "Yes, my exact words were reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight." https://t.co/aGIpFyUKqm — PolitiTweet.org

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AP's @ZekeJMiller: "[D]o you know what you shot down? That it wasn't just a harmless weather balloon...that there was some motivation to fly this over U.S. air space, or is it truly--" Kirby: "I think we're going to try to learn more...[I]t was an object at 40,000 feet." https://t.co/l6IBQi3MLj — PolitiTweet.org

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AP's @ZekeJMiller: "Was this latest object...detected based upon any information gleaned from...the last balloon...in terms of what you learned about that Chinese program? Did that inform the decision to shoot this down? Kirby: "I think I'd be careful saying anything specific" https://t.co/gTkBAIiu6h — PolitiTweet.org

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.@JacquiHeinrich: "We don't don't know what intelligence or communications could have been collected or what devices they were targeting...How can [Biden] say it was not a major breach"? Kirby says "we knew the basic flight path" & thus took "steps at sensitive military sites" https://t.co/TjFqTqGK6G — PolitiTweet.org

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JACQUI TIME: "Is it Is it a fair takeaway then that the Pentagon regrets not taking down the first balloon before it crossed the entire U.S.? Kirby: "I'm not going to speak for the Pentagon...[T]he President doesn't regret the way that we handled [that]...apples & oranges here" https://t.co/vG60QyLk4r — PolitiTweet.org

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NBC's @KellyO: "Is it now the policy...if unidentified aircraft are over U.S. territory that it is likely the President will...shoot it down? Kirby: Biden "will always act in the best interest of our national security and in the safety and security of the American people." https://t.co/rkcioBI149 — PolitiTweet.org

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NBC's @KellyO: "Was its appearance like the Chinese aircraft?" John Kirby: "No, it was -- it was much, much smaller than the spy balloon that we took down last Saturday. The way it was described to me was roughly the size of a small car." https://t.co/oK3rx5ZLJc — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Banned_Bill: Why did we shoot it down over land? What about the hospitals and kindergartens??? https://t.co/rHiLphNEaR — PolitiTweet.org

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John Kirby to NBC's @KellyO on a "high-altitude object" being shot down over U.S. air space in Alaska: "[T]he President absolutely was involved in this decision. He ordered it...We're calling this an object b/c that's the best description we have rn. We do not know who owns it" https://t.co/nuYTyWceDE — PolitiTweet.org

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#BREAKING: John Kirby confirms the Biden administration ordered fighter aircraft shot down "a high altitude object over Alaska air space...within the last hour" that we had been tracking for "the last 24 hours," adding "the object...posed a reasonable threat" https://t.co/8Aa70xZ3zj — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ThePowersThatBe: Everybody knows that none of this is why Biden's handlers don't want him taking questions from Bret Baier. https://t.c… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Cernovich: Had Ron DeSantis not redrawn the Florida congressional map, Democrats would be in control of Congress. https://t.co/qW2qWu7… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @henryrodgersdc: NEW: Top Fetterman Aide Says Campaign Might Have Caused Permanent Damage, Contradicts Donor Doctor’s Letter Read more… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ChuckRossDC: Fetterman's story doesn't add up. Per NYT, he now concedes he did not take "recommended amount of rest" during campaign.… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @a_newsman: “You could make an easy case that a journalist was too tough on The President of the United States” - said no actual journal… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @just_mindy: This just slays me. @giselefetterman misrepresented so much of her past, her immigration story, her poverty, her Uncle’s st… — PolitiTweet.org

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Those who eagerly supported the GOP ticket in Pennsylvania deserve more than a helping of blame for where we are right now with a mentally and physically incapacitated senator representing the Commonwealth. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Panzenbeck: Read this and be reminded that while Republicans squabble over etiquette and civility and purity, Democrats will get togeth… — PolitiTweet.org

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No on-air correction today. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @just_mindy: There should be some baseline expectation of truthfulness. @Alyssafarah really went on TV and pretended like Florida school… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @just_mindy: The show is over and there was no on air apology. Apparently @Alyssafarah @TheView think it’s ok to basically call a Gover… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @chriswithans: Anna Paulina Luna story seems like a nothingburger, nothing even close to what Elizabeth Warren did. Not even worth ment… — PolitiTweet.org

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Where does Dasha Burns go to get an apology for being dragged by fellow journalists for daring to point out John Fetterman isn't able to be in charge of his most basic faculties? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @greg_price11: Back in October, John Fetterman's campaign released a note from a doctor, who donated to his campaign, that granted him a… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @apublictrust: 🚨 NEW: We’ve obtained internal Department of Energy documents revealing that Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm met with… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @redsteeze: It's a mystery staring right at us with the headline itself that will never be solved. https://t.co/7aqESXoF9k — PolitiTweet.org