Tag: Congress
Stevenson’s army, July 1
FYI, I [Charlie Stevenson] have grandparent duty for much of the next few weeks and won’t be able to read and report on the news as often as usual.
Meanwhile. note that the Army has paused its rule allowing enlistment of kids without a high school degree.
Sen. Leahy’s hip surgery really complicates Democratic plans in the 50/50 Senate.
Sen. McConnell threatens to block action on the popular bipartisan America Competes Act if Democrats push a reconciliation bill.
Commerce plans to increase limits on technology exports.
Yesterday, Charlie posted this, while I was traveling, under the heading NATO and more:
– WaPo summarizes the meeting. Here’s the official communique and the new NATO Strategic Concept.
– Reuters says there’s a deal on Kaliningrad.
– Norway suffered a cyber attack.
-Former SASC staffer wants more for Pacific Deterrence Initiative.
– VA reform blocked by parochial Senators, WaPo says.
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Stevenson’s army, June 27
– Russia defaults, first time since 1918.
– Army drops requirement for high school diploma.
– Congressional games over LCS.
– Georgetown prof says US has unrealistic training of foreign troops.
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Stevenson’s army, June 22
– NYT says China and India are buying a lot of discounted Russian oil, thus undercutting the effect of sanctions.
– Stars & Stripes has background on US forces in Lithuania.
– Biden restores landmine ban.
– GAO deplores aircraft readiness rates despite big budget boosts.
– Mitre has good study on competing with China in defense systems.
– RollCall catches GOP members who oppose earmarks but have asked for them.
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Stevenson’s army, June 14
Charlie isn’t the only one distracted. I’ve been failing to post while vacationing with extended family in Asheville, NC. He writes today:
I haven’t forgotten you. I’ve been busy and the news isn’t very newsworthy. Mostly more of the same — in Ukraine, where Russian artillery is laying waste the land they want to seize; in NATO, where Turkey is still a roadblock to Sweden and Finland; in the Pacific, where US & China are trading angry words. At least in Congress, there’s the drama of the Jan. 6 hearings.
Some other items: Chaos in Iraqi politics.
– WSJ says some former Afghan officials are living the high life.
– WOTR gives good reasons not to ignore Africa.
– And SAIS Resident Fellow James Mann says a new book about the founder of the John Birch society has lessons for how the GOP might deal with Donald Trump.
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Stevenson’s army, June 7
– Swedish govt survived a no confidence vote after deal with Kurdish MP.
– WSJ has more on Erdogan.
– AMLO won’t attend this week’s summit.
– India may be part of the Quad, but Walter Russell Mead notes the many differences with US
– NYT notes troubles Ukrainians have learning new weapons.
– US is bombing al-Shabaab again. When the class talks abut Congress, I’ll want you to devise a new AUMF to handle this situation.
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Stevenson’s army, June 6
On this 78th anniversary of the allied invasion of France, YouTube has a short cut from a newsreel report later shown in US theaters and the audio of CBS radio’s reporting that day, supplemented with newsreel footage.
The Biden foreign policy team is mostly people he has known a long time. [BTW, the most collegial and leak-free team was Bush 41’s] They show consensus and cooperation but little policy innovation. If you don’t like what they agree on, you call it group think, as Peter Beinart does.
WaPo reports China is building a naval base in Cambodia.
Economist reports CCP now bans grumbling about the party.
WSJ reports the diplomatic missions the CIA director has been sent on.
Politico has background on this week’s Latin American summit
Morning Consult compares what China has been doing in the region..
AP questions how long Ukraine can fight.
And a tweet shows the battlefield.
New WSJ poll shows Americans are pretty sour about things.
BusinessInsider notes Hill staff can double dip, working for Congress and campaigns.
NYT’s Charles Blow has good career advice, applicable far beyond his journalism. I’d say the same to people working on the Hill.
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