Day: November 12, 2019
Stevenson’s army, November 12
– The Atlantic examines changing views of military officers on staying apolitical.
– There’s also an article quoting retired generals who have criticized Trump.
– FP says SecDef Esper is gaining influence.
-Politico has more details on NSA O’Brien’s efforts to downsize the NSC staff.
– Which Dan Drezner says doesn’t matter.
– Pence effect? Politico says Trump wants to condition US aid on religious liberty.
– WOTR has ideas on how to solve Iraq’s political-military crisis.
– NYT has long backgrounder on Ukraine impeachment testimony.
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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