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Stevenson’s army, September 27

– Politico lists the obstructive tactics open to Senate Democrats fighting the Barrett nomination.
– Politico also details how the GOP has lawyered up for election fights.
– WaPo says administration is divided over how to deal with Houthis.
– NYT notes lots of talk, little action using the Defense Production Act.
A White House report released last month claimed that Mr. Trump has wielded the act nearly 80 times to alleviate shortages of masks and other medical supplies. Yet all but six of the examples cited in the report were either executive orders unrelated to the production of medical equipment or Defense Department expenditures that do not address the nation’s supply shortages. Article links to WH report and to CRS study.

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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