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Stevenson’s army, March 22

Military cooperation with India.  Unless they buy Russia air defense.

US-Chinese cooperation on climate, despite Anchorage nastiness.

Limits on US operations in East Africa.

I’ve now read Adam Jentleson’s Kill Switch, a strong attack on the filibuster. Some of you recommended it, and I also urge that. It certainly shows that filibusters mainly stopped good laws and was rooted in white supremacy. But it also shows that overuse of the filibuster coincided with growing partisanship and uncertainties over control of the Senate. Jentleson, who worked for Sen. Harry Reid [D-Nevada], even reports that Reid deliberately started filling the amendment tree before the Republicans did. That action triggered GOP abuse of the filibuster. Both sides to blame. Ruth Marcus wrote a column this weekend supporting the filibuster on progressive grounds.

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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