On this day before the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, there are many articles and links to books, TV programs, and other memories. Politico rounds up former officials.WaPo’s magazine reported on the early onset dementia among first responders and those who worked the sites.
As a longtime fan of folk music, I want to draw your attention to Tom Paxton’s powerful tribute to the first responders, The Bravest.
In other news, NYT says Russian hackers aren’t directly controlled by the government. Politico says the Hill has a staff retention problem.
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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