Day: October 19, 2021
Stevenson’s army, October 19
Colin Powell: WaPo has several articles, including a valedictory interview by Bob Woodward. Fred Kaplan discusses how Powell was outmaneuvered by Rumsfeld & Cheney. Spencer Ackerman criticizes him over the Iraq war.
Chinese missile: The DBrief cites some who see it as similar to Russia’s FOBS. Politico’s NatSecDaily cites the worriers.
Treasury releases its sanctions review report.
Former SecDef Gates warns of extreme polarization.
Senate appropriators support 5% boost in defense spending.
Ian Bremmer says big tech companies should be treated like states.
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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