Day: December 14, 2019
Stevenson’s army, December 13
Along with agreement on the NDAA and USMCA, congressional leaders now have a deal on spending bills, avoiding both a government shutdown and another CR.
First time ever, the Senate unanimously approved a resolution condemning Armenian genocide.
Here’s the language.
The president seems to have a deal rolling back sanctions on China for some trade concessions.
How many wars are we in today? Still 19, according to the 6-monthly report to Congress under the war powers law.
Who loves us, hates us? Pew has a new international survey.
Politico’s London branch reviews UK election results.
The latest in the Post’s Afghanistan series,this time on the security forces. But former Amb.Ryan Crocker pushes back.
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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