Tag: Civilian/military relations
Stevenson’s army, September 19
– Alexander Vindman says Milley should resign.
– Rosa Brooks says the problem is with civilians, not the military.
-Kori Schake says Milley was indiscreet.
– Longtime journalist says Congress is a cesspool.
– Vox has a good explainer of the Australian submarine controversy.
Clip & save:CRS explains appropriations bills report language.
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Stevenson’s army, September 2
– State defends its handling of refugees, given the immigration law restrictions.
– David Rothkopf has more details on same point.
– Politico tells of evacuations via a CIA base.
-Reuters summarizes the blame game.
– HASC has a bunch of Afghan-related amendments for NDAA.
– Sen. Cotton organizes a Senate letter.
– James Hohmann worries about civilian control.
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Stevenson’s army, August 25
– Congress makes deals that both sides can brag about.
– They take trips to war zones to dramatize their views. But they face a September when they have to fund government and change the debt ceiling.
– WaPo says intelligence report on origins of the coronavirus is inconclusive.
– WaPo says Biden, while keeping August 31 withdrawal date, has ordered contingency plans.
– Dan Drezner summarizes his views on US over-reliance on sanctions in his column, but includes link to excellent new Foreign Affairs article.
– Another good piece in new FA is 3-way debate on US civil-military relations.
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Stevenson’s army, June 28
US air strikes in Iraq and Syria against Iranian-linked militias. NYT background. Official release.
UN told Russian mercenaries commit war crimes in Africa.
Bruce Riedel remembers the Khobar Towers bombing 25 years ago. He notes how US retaliated against Iran. The incident also led to a civ-mil clash when SecDef Cohen wanted to punish senior officers and USAF Chief of Staff wanted to punish only those immediately responsible. The chief retired early in quiet protest. For me it was a clash between the Navy and Air Force approaches to command responsibility.
Fred Kaplan reviews West Point’s long history of teaching about race.
Tucker Carlson attacks Gen.Milley.
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Stevenson’s army, June 22
– US & EU joined in new sanctions on Belarus.
-NYT says Eastern European populists aren’t popular nowadays.
– WOTR piece argues for State Dept reorganization to deal with digital issues.
– Retired army colonel Joe Collins says US civil-military relations aren’t broken.
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Stevenson’s army, January 13
State Dept says Sec. Pompeo cancelled his planned European trip in order to work on the transition. Reuters said the real reason was that he was denied high level meetings.
FP says Pompeo is ‘bluffing his way to a legacy.”
NYT piles on by reporting but disputing his claims about Iran and al Qaeda.
SASC hearing heard opposition to waiver for Austin. Hearing recording is here. I was especially impressed by statement from Naval War College Prof Lindsay Cohn on why no waiver is important for civil-military relations.
Smart move: WSJ says Biden will appoint several acting heads of agencies pending approval of nominees.
FT reports on Turkey’s many overseas operations.
FBI tries to explain why warning of Capitol violence didn’t have impact.
Parler users were at Capitol.
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