Stevenson’s army October 17
The president had two angry meetings yesterday, one with the press while the Italian president looked on, and one with congressional leadership, supposedly about Syria. You can’t make this up. Here’s the transcript of the first meeting, and here the blow-by-blow of the second.
Obviously the president was unhappy that 129 House Republicans voted for this measure criticizing his actions in Syria.
NYT also has a good outline of what’s in, and not in, the latest trade agreement with China.
In WaPo, the new National Security Adviser explains why he’s slashing the staff. [No mention of leaks]
In the budget weeds, Lawfare explains the laws and regs on OMB releasing Ukraine aid.
My SAIS colleague Charlie Stevenson distributes this almost daily news digest of foreign/defense/national security policy to “Stevenson’s army” via Googlegroups. I plan to republish here. If you want to get it directly, To get Stevenson’s army by email, send a blank email (no subject or text in the body) to stevensons-army+subscribe@googlegroups.com. You’ll get an email confirming your join request. Click “Join This Group” and follow the instructions to join. Once you have joined, you can adjust your email delivery preferences (if you want every email or a digest of the emails).
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