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Reporter, The New York Times. Formerly of @amnesty, @KPCC, & U.S. Navy EOD. Iraq vet. john.ismay@nytimes.com

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The WWII-Era Plane Giving the F-35 a Run for Its Money

The WWII-Era Plane Giving the F-35 a Run for Its Money

In Afghanistan, US troops didn't need airplanes that could evade detection from enemy radar; they needed plan…

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SEAL Team 6: A Secret History of Quiet Killings and Blurred Lines

SEAL Team 6: A Secret History of Quiet Killings and Blurred Lines

They have plotted deadly missions from secret bases in the badlands of Somalia. In Afghanistan, they have eng…

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Examining a Rare Nerve-Agent Shell That Wounded American Troops in Iraq

Examining a Rare Nerve-Agent Shell That Wounded American Troops in Iraq

The attack began like many others. Early on May 15, 2004, an American patrol was sweeping a highway in Baghda…

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An Iraq Veteran's Experience With Chemical Weapons

An Iraq Veteran's Experience With Chemical Weapons

We found chemical weapons my first week in Iraq. At Contingency Operating Base Speicher, I was a lieutenant w…

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How the US Pulled Off Its Humanitarian Aid Missions to the Yazidis

How the US Pulled Off Its Humanitarian Aid Missions to the Yazidis

US Air Force cargo planes have flown seven missions over northern Iraq this week to drop humanitarian aid to …

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Sending Ammunition to Israeli Military, US Shows a Legal Loophole

Sending Ammunition to Israeli Military, US Shows a Legal Loophole

The United States has transferred tank ammunition and grenades to the Israeli military in order to refill sto…

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Trump Says He’ll Let Ukraine Make Patriot Missiles, but It Could Take Years

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By Constant Méheut Verified, Nicholas Kulish Verified, John Ismay Verified
| Reader Supported News
With Patriot interceptors in short supply, President Trump’s statement that he would allow Ukraine to build them is a boon to Kyiv as it fights off Russian missile attacks. But it is just the start. President Trump on Wednesday appeared to give Ukraine one of the things it wanted most — permission to produce the Patriot air defense interceptors sorely needed to defend against Russia’s deadly ballistic missile attacks. Now comes the hard part.
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Trump Says He'll Let Ukraine Make Patriot Missiles, but It Could Take Years

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By Constant Méheut Verified, Nicholas Kulish Verified, John Ismay Verified
| Breaking One
KYIV, Ukraine -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to give Ukraine one of the things it wanted most -- permission to produce the Patriot air defense interceptors sorely needed to defend against Russia's deadly ballistic missile attacks. Now comes the hard part. The ballistic missiles are raining down on Kyiv now, but the fruits of Trump's seemingly impromptu policy announcement may not be ripe for years. Patriot systems are complex and time-consuming to manufacture.
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Trump’s National Guard Deployment in Washington Expands Ahead of Holiday

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By John Ismay Verified
| The New York Times Verified
Trump’s National Guard Deployment in Washington Expands Ahead of Holiday Nearly 5,000 Guard troops are in the capital, double the number initially deployed. Many have passed the time washing off graffiti and picking up trash.
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Awards

George Polk Award

2015 - Military Reporting

Reporting for The New York Times, Nicholas Kulish, Christopher Drew, Mark Mazzetti, Matthew Rosenberg, Serge F. Kovaleski, Sean D. Naylor, and John Ismay will receive the Polk award for Military Reporting for an investigation showing that elite U.S. Navy SEAL teams took on far broader roles than ever publicly acknowledged and often operated with little accountability, even after verifiable accusations of battlefield abuses. Their first story detailed how the classified SEAL Team 6 has been transformed into a global man-hunting machine over more than a decade of shadow war. The second revealed that after four American soldiers reported that three SEAL team members joined in beating Afghan detainees so severely that one died, a SEAL captain dismissed charges against the men in a closed procedure typically reserved for minor infractions.

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