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Priya Sridhar

@PriyaReporting

@msnownews pentagon correspondent.

Joined May 2009
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EXCLUSIVE: Navy leaders are planning for longterm blockade, while informing USS Bush Carrier Strike group families that they should be prepared for a potential year long deployment in the Iran War. My latest for @MSNOWNews ms.now/news/navy-iran-war-us…
‘Unsustainable and unaffordable’: USS George H.W. Bush families confront Navy leaders over Iran...

‘Unsustainable and unaffordable’: USS George H.W. Bush families confront Navy leaders over Iran...

MS NOW reviewed exclusive audio of Navy leaders telling families of sailors in the USS George H.W. Bush carrier strike group that the carrier would not be home before the holidays. Family members...

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Happy Veterans Day to all who served! One of the greatest honors of my life was wearing this uniform 🇺🇸⚓️
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EXCLUSIVE: For the first time, a Pentagon official explains exactly how @SecWar blocked the promotions of women and people of color from the military's most senior ranks. Some say the new process is illegal. My latest for @MSNOWNews ms.now/news/pete-hegseth-pen…
‘Gotta be kidding me’: Pentagon official reveals Hegseth’s criteria for senior promotions

‘Gotta be kidding me’: Pentagon official reveals Hegseth’s criteria for senior promotions

A senior official exclusively told MS NOW how decorated military officers with decades of experience were withheld from promotion after Pentagon staff printed out internet searches showing they had...

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Some military veterans say firing @SecWar isn't enough. They want to see him impeached. My latest for @MSNOWNews ms.now/news/hegseth-veterans…
Some veterans think firing Hegseth wouldn’t be enough. They want to take it a step further.

Some veterans think firing Hegseth wouldn’t be enough. They want to take it a step further.

After the Iran war contributed to GOP losses in the midterms, there are growing calls for President Trump to fire Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. But some veterans groups warn that just axing him...

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The Pentagon is preparing an "offensive" to fight calls for impeachment of @SecWar and now more Republicans say they believe the votes are there for impeachment to succeed. Latest for @MSNOWNews with @JulesJester & @mychaelschnell ms.now/news/hegseth-prepares…
Hegseth prepares for his next battle: Impeachment

Hegseth prepares for his next battle: Impeachment

Pete Hegseth’s team met this week to plan a strategy for fighting the defense secretary’s likely impeachment vote in the House next week. Then the memes started.

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Letter to @SecWar on Bahrain evacuees following our exclusive reporting from @RepDeluzio @PatRyanUC @SenBlumenthal @RepAdamSmith @SenDuckworth @RepGoodlander @RepSaraJacobs @SenGillibrand @SenWarren @JasonCrowCO @RepGaramendi @RoKhanna @RepJoeCourtney @RepSarahElfreth
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FIRST ON @MSNOWNews 30 Democratic lawmakers demand answers, after our reporting, from @SecWar about the Bahrain evacuation and why military families are losing their entitlements at the end of the month ms.now/news/navy-bahrain-eva…
Democrats demand answers on Navy’s evacuation of military families from Bahrain

Democrats demand answers on Navy’s evacuation of military families from Bahrain

Democratic lawmakers want Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to answer questions after exclusive MS NOW reporting detailed the hardships military families are facing following Iranian attacks on the...

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Had a really incredible time speaking to the national security professionals @TrumanProject about my Lincoln reporting:
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Repeated extensions kept the USS Lincoln deployed for 10½ months amid the war in Iran. Speaking with Truman Project members, @MSNOWNews’s Priya Sridhar (@PriyaReporting) discussed her reporting on how supply shortages and exhaustion threatened sailors’ safety and wellbeing.
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President Trump won't rule out sending troops to polling sites, but a new survey found that most Americans are against it. My latest for @MSNOWNews ms.now/news/trump-troops-ele…
Trump won’t rule out sending troops to polling sites. Most Americans are against it, a study finds.

Trump won’t rule out sending troops to polling sites. Most Americans are against it, a study finds.

A survey of Americans by the German Marshall Fund and NORC found that 59% of respondents agreed the president should not use the federal military to monitor or administer elections.

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Secretary Hegseth gave troops the day off to vote. While he didn't tell them who to vote for experts say low active duty turnout rates and an unpopular war may limit benefits to Republicans. Latest for @MSNOWNews with @peggyhelman01 ms.now/news/hegseth-troops-d…
Hegseth gave troops a day off to vote, but those votes may not break the way he hopes

Hegseth gave troops a day off to vote, but those votes may not break the way he hopes

The secretary told commanders to give service members a “stand down” day to vote. But traditionally low turnout rates and an unpopular war may limit the benefit to Republicans.

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EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon ending safe haven entitlements for Bahrain evacuees. Navy leaders say region is still very hostile and dangerous. Latest for @MSNOWNews ms.now/news/navy-bahrain-att…
‘Violence every day’: Navy warns families evacuated from Bahrain base region remains dangerous

‘Violence every day’: Navy warns families evacuated from Bahrain base region remains dangerous

MS NOW reviewed exclusive audio of a town hall where Navy leaders told military families who evacuated Bahrain in March that payments to cover their expenses will stop Nov. 30 and that it will take...

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Five evacuees from Bahrain share their stories of "chaotic" evacuations following Iran's retaliatory strikes after American airstrikes were launched on Feb 28. They tell me their savings have been drained, their kids are traumatized and they're angry: ms.now/news/military-familie…
‘I was terrified’: Military families describe their harrowing evacuation from a Navy base in Bahrain

‘I was terrified’: Military families describe their harrowing evacuation from a Navy base in Bahrain

In exclusive interviews with MS NOW, military family members said that after a hasty and traumatic evacuation from Naval Support Activity Bahrain in March they have been living out of hotels and...

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Excited for this opportunity tomorrow!
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Join Truman Project members and Emmy Award-winning reporter Priya Sridhar (@PriyaReporting) for a conversation on Sailors’ health and welfare aboard the USS Lincoln and what her reporting reveals about the human cost of the war with #Iran. RSVP here: bit.ly/4yr6X0p
The image is an event poster for "The USS Lincoln and the Human Cost of the Iran War" hosted by the Truman National Security Project. Featured is Priya Sridhar, a Defense Correspondent for MS Now. Details include the date, Tuesday, October 20, and the event time, 2:30–3:30 PM ET / 11:30 AM–12:30 PM PT. A QR code is provided for RSVP.

ALT The image is an event poster for "The USS Lincoln and the Human Cost of the Iran War" hosted by the Truman National Security Project. Featured is Priya Sridhar, a Defense Correspondent for MS Now. Details include the date, Tuesday, October 20, and the event time, 2:30–3:30 PM ET / 11:30 AM–12:30 PM PT. A QR code is provided for RSVP.

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Secretary Hegseth has talked a lot about testosterone testing and "high T" in his speeches, but military medical experts say they have a a lot of serious concerns about the new policy and servicemembers I spoke to agree. Latest for @MSNOWNews ms.now/news/hegseth-military…
Hegseth’s military imposes testosterone testing despite concerns about the science

Hegseth’s military imposes testosterone testing despite concerns about the science

Former military doctors say the new policy won’t do what the Pentagon wants. Troops worry it will affect their careers.

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From limiting the number of religions airmen and marines can choose from to the "Send me" campaign and the implementation of an office of religious affairs, many troops are expressing concerns over Hegseth's use of Christianity in the military ms.now/news/hegseth-christia…
Hegseth’s Christian nationalist crusade at the Pentagon riles troops

Hegseth’s Christian nationalist crusade at the Pentagon riles troops

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s rhetoric has prompted hundreds of service members to file complaints with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.

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65 days after our first story about the USS Lincoln. The ship and its crew are home. Our story on the journey of the Lincoln as it finally reached its homeport for @MSNOWNews with @LP_Reports ms.now/news/uss-lincoln-home…
USS Abraham Lincoln makes its long-awaited return home

USS Abraham Lincoln makes its long-awaited return home

Sailors and Marines reunited with their families in San Diego on Thursday as the aircraft carrier returned home from a record-setting combat tour in the Iran war that was marred by food shortages and...

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As the Lincoln heads back to San Diego this week, concerns mount over how the military treats mental health. For some, they're turning their hardship into action to spread awareness of resources at homecoming. My latest w @LP_Reports for @MSNOWNews ms.now/news/uss-lincoln-vete…
As the USS Abraham Lincoln heads home, concerns mount over how the military treats mental health

As the USS Abraham Lincoln heads home, concerns mount over how the military treats mental health

The experience of sailors and Marines during the aircraft carrier’s grueling deployment has motivated veterans and military families to insist that mental health crises be met with treatment and not...

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More from the great @JimLaPorta
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CBS News National Security Coordinating Producer James LaPorta: "We are there to inform the American public of what is being done in that name...it is obvious that we would not report something that would jeopardize the safety of a servicemember."
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Watch the entire panel with the fired journalists from @starsandstripes @eslavin_stripes @lara_korte and their publisher who resigned @StripesPublishr along with @JimLaPorta about press freedom hosted by @MVJNetwork at @MedillSchool c-span.org/program/public-af…
Fired Pentagon Journalists Discuss Freedom of Press & Editorial Independence

Fired Pentagon Journalists Discuss Freedom of Press & Editorial Independence

Military journalists fired from independent military newspaper "Stars and Stripes" by the Pentagon sat down for a discussion on freedom of the press and editorial independence. They discussed how the...

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More on what happened @starsandstripes
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Former Stars and Stripes publisher Max Lederer says the Pentagon directed him to fire journalists: "I was just told, 'do what you're instructed and serve these notices.'"
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