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Stevenson’s army, May 7

-WSJ has a detailed report on how most government agencies are adopting policies to challenge or punish China
A review of the China policies of the Trump administration’s 23 cabinet and cabinet-level officials reveals that nearly all of them have adopted adversarial policies toward China or curtailed cooperation with the country..
– New example: DOD warns of predatory foreign investment in US tech firms.

– As expected Trump vetoed the war powers bill trying to bock a war with Iran.  Here’s the veto message.  The Senate is likely to fail to override today.
-FP says a Pence aide has been sent to DOD to purge the Department of disloyal officials.
– AP says CDC has been told its phased plan for reopening various activities will be shelved.
– Lawfare reports the partisan divide over remote voting by Congress.

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. 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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