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Thomas Watkins

Thomas Watkins

Washington Bureau Chief
Thomas Watkins is US bureau chief and foreign correspondent at The National. He has worked across America, Europe and South Asia and reported from 30 countries, primarily for Agence France-Presse as Pentagon correspondent and Af-Pak bureau chief. He joined The National in 2021 to help set up the Washington bureau and manage its 10-person team. Thomas holds degrees in psychology and journalism.
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CIA chief William Burns appears before a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing. Bloomberg
Not funding Ukraine a 'massive and historic mistake', CIA director warns

Hungary's Victor Orban says Donald Trump told him US would not give another 'penny' to Kyiv if he is re-elected

USMarch 11, 2024
The Pentagon displays images of the temporary pier that will be installed off Gaza at a briefing in Washington. Thomas Watkins / The National
Port for Gaza aid could take 60 days to build, Pentagon says

More than one million Palestinians a step away from famine, UN has warned

USMarch 08, 2024
US President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address. Getty / AFP
Biden lays down election marker with fiery State of the Union address

Opinion polls show American voters are distinctly unenthusiastic about the seemingly inevitable Biden-Trump 2024 rematch

CommentMarch 08, 2024
A Houthi supporter holds up a mock drone during a protest against the US and Israel in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
Iran temporarily 'deterred' in Iraq and Syria but not elsewhere, Centcom head says

US needs to step up development of microwave-directed energy systems to counter drones and missiles, Gen Michael Kurilla says

USMarch 07, 2024
The flag of the Kataib Hezbollah militia group is raised during a protest outside the US Embassy in Baghdad in December 2019. Reuters
Exclusive'Unannounced truce' halts Iraq militia attacks against US forces

The pause agreement involves Baghdad and Tehran and was reached after the last strike on February 4

IraqMarch 07, 2024
Israeli soldiers operating in Gaza amid a ground incursion of the enclave. Reuters
Rafah invasion could cross Biden's line on Israel arms sales

Letter comes as report shows US has shipped weapons to Israel more than 100 times since October 7

USMarch 06, 2024
US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin at a House armed services committee hearing on Thursday. AP
US 'clarifies' Austin's Gaza toll of 25,000 women and children

Defence chief was quoting Hamas numbers and the US is not tracking Gaza casualty figures, Pentagon says

USFebruary 29, 2024
Joe Biden and Donald Trump. AFP / Getty Images
Why age is more than just a number for Biden and Trump

US voters regard both men as too old for the world's hardest job

USFebruary 23, 2024
A Ukrainian serviceman installs shells on a Vampire combat drone before flying it over Russian troops near the frontline town of Horlivka on Saturday. Reuters
Ukraine funding could pass US House, influential Republican says

Pressure mounts on US after Ukraine suffers defeat in Avdiivka

USFebruary 18, 2024
Residential buildings in Avdiivka, Ukraine, in November last year. Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty / Reuters
Russian victory in Avdiivka a sign of things to come as US funding ends

Eastern Ukrainian city encircled by Russian troops as Kyiv's forces run out of ammunition

USFebruary 16, 2024
An image released by Centcom of what it says was an Iranian weapons shipment destined for Yemen's Houthi rebels. Centcom / AFP
US says it seized Iranian weapons bound for Houthis

Iran-made weapons including missile components were seized last month, Centcom says

MENAFebruary 15, 2024
Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce celebrate the Chiefs victory over the 49ers on Sunday. EPA
Shake it off: Taylor Swift is not a secret Pentagon agent after all

One in five Americans believe conspiracy theory that singer is a pro-Biden covert operative

CommentFebruary 14, 2024
US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles fly over northern Iraq in 2014. Department of Defence / AFP
Iran-backed attacks on US forces in Iraq and Syria drop after strikes

Iranian-backed militias increased their attacks on US troop bases shortly after the start of the Israel-Gaza war

USFebruary 13, 2024
Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon on February 1, when he said he 'should have told the President about my cancer diagnosis'. AFP
US Defence Secretary remains in critical care

Pentagon chief is due to travel to Brussels this week for vital Ukraine and Nato meetings

USFebruary 12, 2024
Palestinians inspect a car destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Rafah. EPA
Netanyahu orders military to empty Rafah in readiness for offensive

Israel wants to move on the southern Gaza city, where it says battalions of Hamas militants are smuggling weapons and supplies in from Egypt

Palestine-IsraelFebruary 09, 2024
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