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Stevenson’s army, February 16

– CBO says interest on the debt will cost more than defense this year.

– CBO also says immigration will add $7 trillion to GDP

– RAND analyst says DOD needs reform, not more money

WH briefing on Russian ASAT and Ukraine

– Vox summarizes US space capabilities

– US has new satellite system

– Politico says Sullivan worked with Van Hollen on military aid conditions

IG report on Ukraine aid

Ecuador sets referendum

– NYT investigates how Iran evades sanctions  and how Russia mitigated them

– Politico says nobody knows which political ads work

From Punchbowl: Ten House members (five from each party) have drafted a compromise Ukraine-Taiwan-Israel-border security bill. You can read the text here, and the summary here.

My SAIS colleague Charlie Stevenson distributes this almost daily news digest of foreign/defense/national security policy to “Stevenson’s army” via Googlegroups. I republish here, with occasional videos of my choice. 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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