Michael R. Gordon
@mgordonwsj
Author Degrade and Destroy. Co-author The Endgame, Cobra II and The Generals' War. National Security Correspondent, Wall Street Journal [email protected]
“Degrade and Destroy.” My inside account of the counter-ISIS campaign. Coming June 14.
Pentagon Keeping Bolstered Presence in Middle East in Wake of Iran Strike airandspaceforces.com/us-bolstered-p…
Exclusive: For Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, friends created a book of bawdy letters. One was from Donald Trump. on.wsj.com/3TL8s7C
I was pleased to speak with @mgordonwsj @WSJ about the US pause in arms to Ukraine. I said that Trump’s actions show he believes America can’t only prioritize Asia and must remain involved in multiple world regions. wsj.com/politics/natio…
Trump’s agreement to sell advanced arms to European allies so they can pass them to Ukraine is a milestone in Kyiv’s three-year-old war with Russia, but how long will it take to get them to Ukraine @yarotrof and @RobbieGramer wsj.com/world/europe/u…
A memo by Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s top policy official, highlighting U.S. weapons shortages influenced the decision to pause some arms shipments to Ukraine @laraseligman wsj.com/politics/natio…
HAPPENING NOW!! Moving scene - tears, hugs, and cheers - inside the State Dept HQ tonight, as diplomats gathered in the lobby to clap out their laid off colleague, some of which have served for decades 👇🏻
Update:
The Pentagon has now confirmed for the first time since the attack occurred, that at least one short/medium-range ballistic missile fired by Iran was able to evade air-defenses and impact Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar during the Iranian attack against the base on June 23, as…
SOCOM Halves OA-1K Armed Overwatch Buy for 2026 airandspaceforces.com/socom-oa-1k-ar…
Iranian Ballistic Missile Hit U.S. Air Base in Qatar in June, Pentagon Reveals airandspaceforces.com/iranian-ballis…
An Iranian ballistic missile struck Al Udeid Air Base during Iran’s attack on the base June 23, the Pentagon told Air & Space Forces Magazine. Officials have touted the success of U.S. and Qatari Patriot anti-missile systems in blunting the missile attack that Iran launched at…
Trump and Netanyahu to meet as potential Gaza ceasefire looms with @DovLieber wsj.com/world/middle-e…
A U.S. move to withhold Patriot interceptor missiles from Ukraine is a blow to the embattled country’s efforts to withstand Russia’s mounting aerial assaults @JaneLytv and @macdonaldajm wsj.com/world/what-the…
Pentagon intelligence officials assess the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities set back Tehran’s program by up to two years with @laraseligman wsj.com/world/middle-e…
The U.S. has stopped the delivery of air-defense interceptors and other weapons intended for Ukraine and is using them instead to beef up Pentagon stocks with @alexbward wsj.com/politics/natio…
‘15 Years of Incredible Work’: The Inside Story of the Mission to Bomb Iran’s Nuclear Sites airandspaceforces.com/inside-story-b…
U.S. Planned for Years to Destroy Iran's Fordow Nuclear Site wsj.com/livecoverage/i…
Father of 3 Marines arrested by immigration agents raised his sons ‘to serve our country’ trib.al/Fxz1jfJ
"Neither the White House nor the CIA addressed the status of stocks of highly enriched uranium that Iran was known to possess and whether they might have been moved before the U.S. attack." // @mgordonwsj @dnvolz @laraseligman wsj.com/politics/natio…
Iran Nuclear Program Suffered ‘Enormous Damage,’ Says U.N. Atomic Agency Chief with @dnvolz and @laraseligman wsj.com/livecoverage/i…
“I don't think that our force posture is going to change at all Europe,” U.S. Army Europe Gen. Chris Donahue says at @AUSAorg event this morning. “We don't need to generate drama. … The U.S. military will always lead in Europe.”