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Brett Forrest

United States

National Security Reporter at The Wall Street Journal

Journalist at Freelance

National security reporter @WSJ. Author, LOST SON, an Amazon Editor's Pick: Best Nonfiction. Order here: https://t.co/LlcN7Xa4Di.

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  • 2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Brett Forrest |Joel Schectman

    Former Eagle Scout abandoned his life in the U.S. for Russian-occupied war zone, where he died last yearThe son of a senior Central Intelligence Agency official was killed last year in eastern Ukraine, the CIA said, after signs that he became increasingly disillusioned with the U.S. and joined the Russian military. Michael Gloss, whose mother, Juliane Gallina, is the CIA’s deputy director for digital innovation, died during an offensive in Ukraine’s Donetsk region.

  • 2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Brett Forrest |Joel Schectman

    1 hour agoReporting from Vatican City In a solemn and majestic funeral on the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Roman Catholic Church on Saturday laid to rest Pope Francis, the first South American pontiff, whose simple style, pastoral vision and outsize footprint on the world stage both reinvigorated and …

  • 3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Brett Forrest

    Pentagon chief says he is a victim of leaks but even close aides say the Pentagon has been chaotic in his first three months. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is under pressure over what he contends are leaks by subordinates seeking to sabotage his agenda and what former aides and some lawmakers say is chaos at the Pentagon during his brief tenure.

  • 3 weeks ago | denver7.com | Brett Forrest

    TELLER COUNTY, Colo. — Teller County Commissioner Dan Williams said a U.S. Forest Service (USFS) employee recently revealed the agency was facing a 40% reduction in firefighting capability in the state of Colorado following massive federal cuts. As a result, Williams is calling on Gov. Jared Polis and state agencies not to send firefighting assets out of Colorado this year.

  • 4 weeks ago | denver7.com | Brett Forrest

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Both Fort Carson and Peterson Space Force Base are cutting services for military childcare due to ongoing impacts from President Trump’s federal hiring freeze, according to two memos obtained by Denver7's sister station in Colorado Springs.

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