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Stevenson’s army, September 24

– Vox says both Pompeo and O’Brien have been campaigning for Trump. contrary to norms and past practice. FP notes how much politicking Pompeo has been doing for himself.
-Unfortunate politicizing of the military: days after the Trump campaign released a list of military supporters, the Biden campaign has its own list.
– Just Security has a good rundown on the law on use of federal troops and agents during elections.
-Speaker Pelosi introduced a catch-all bill responding to administration behaviors on IGs, vacancies, etc.
The EU is struggling to put together an Africa force

Two retired diplomats have ideas on strengthening the State Dept.

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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