Stevenson’s army, August 22

– NYT suggests Trump will follow 1988 playbook.
– FP’s James Taub infers a Biden foreign policy doctrine.
– CIA DIrector Haspel will go.
– SAIS Prof Todd Harrison coauthors CSIS report on defense budget.
-Anti-Trump Duke prof explains why he didn’t sign latest letter.

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