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Stephenson’s army, February 5

– The tropes of reality television dominated the presidential address aspects of SOTU, as noted in Atlantic and Politico.
– The budget comes out next Monday. Already, those who want more or were given less are leaking. FP notes complaints about F15 funding.

– The SecDef’s office leaked their own talking points.

– The speech and debate clause of the Constitution lets members break laws — like the whistleblower protection act — with impunity, as Sen. Paul [R-KY] did yesterday in revealing a name said to be the Ukraine whistleblower.
– Axios reportrs that Israel and UAE  had a secret White House meeting.
– You can’t escape the internet. GOP nominee withdraws.
– Fred Kaplan [whose new book on nuclear weapons is excellent] fact checks Trump on foreign policy.

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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