Tag: Congress
Stevenson’s army, September 4
Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg cites 4 unnamed sources to report disparaging remarks Pres. Trump made about US military personnel, including calling war dead “losers.”
AP has confirmed the story. [Since Goldberg is close to Jim Mattis, I suspect Mattis and John Kelly as likely sources.]
WSJ says WH is likely to nominate Koch Institute analyst who favors rapid US withdrawal as ambassador to Afghanistan. Previous ambassadors were career diplomats.
FP says political appointee to USAID conflict prevention bureau has done damage there.
SAIS prof Ed Joseph has background on Serbia-Kosovo conflict with WH meeting today.
A student in Congress class shares a “reform Congress’ article from the late John DIngell [D-Mich].
CJR editor explains how ratings drive TV news coverage at CNN and MSNBC
Reuters reports US troops to Lithuania because of Belarus unrest.
More from Military Times poll: troops want to rename bases.
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Stevenson’s army, September 2
- DOD’s annual report on China’s military power was released yesterday. Here’s a story. And here’s the report.
- NYT notes increased Russian military provocations around the globe.
Facebook & Twitter say Russians are spreading election disinformation now. - But ABC says DHS politicized an intelligence report about that.
- Senate Democrats consider changes to filibuster rules.
[FYI, I favor keeping the filibuster but making it rarer and harder to pursue.] - Fred Kaplan says US military are far better than most police at crowd control.
- SAIS grad Robin DIckey has written a report on US policy toward space militarization.
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Stevenson’s army, September 1
On this 81st anniversary of the Nazi attack on Poland that started WW2 in Europe, here is some news.
– US government has declassified the “6 assurances” the Reagan administration made to Taiwan. [Only the FT had the story, but here are the documents.]
– President Trump has routinely said, including last night, that he sent National Guard troops to Kenosha and calmed the situation. In fact, no federal action was taken, and the troops were deployed under an interstate agreement. Trump really doesn’t understand the law under which the Guard operates.
– NYT notes how few officers of color have been general officers in the Marine Corps.
– The Hill explains the crazy month Congress faces.
-House Democrats threaten subpoenas to get State/Defense testimony on Afghanistan.
– Opposition party won elections in Montenegro, with complications for NATO.
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Stevenson’s army, August 19
– State is denying documents to House, not Senate
– SecState Pompeo cancels briefings for HFAC
– I share the basic political science judgment that there are few truly Independent voters; most lean regularly to one party. But there are changeable voters, though few, as WSJ reports.
– Rare good news from Afghanistan: Taliban stopped attacking US troops.
– Administration drops insistence on China, willing to discuss extending New START with Russia.
– WSJ says Xi is purging domestic security forces.
– Now that reporters have had time to review Senate Intell report, here are some key points from NYT and Vox.
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Stevenson’s army, August 7
So I’m back from a few days by a river, relaxing and canoeing. What did I miss?
– The Saudis may be developing nuclear capability.
– CIA isn’t helping GOP investigation of the Bidens. But the real issue it seems to me is to preserve exclusive responsiveness to the intelligence committees.
– Congress may block Trump drone sale policy.
– Provocative US official’s visit to Taiwan.
– We are trying to get Syrian oil.
– Esper may move US troops from Germany to Romania, Baltics, Poland.
– New book by CNN reporter says Pentagon withheld military options from Trump.
– Fred Kaplan has a good piece on Hiroshima,
AEI’s Norm Ornstein laments changes in the GOP over the decades.
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Stevenson’s army, August 1
Please join me in celebrating the anniversary of my home state’s admission to the Union in 1876, just in time to provide 3 electoral votes to the GOP presidential candidate, Rutherford Hayes, who won 185-184.
– NYT has more on the problems in the Postal Service that could mess up the elections.
-GOP speechwriter David Frum tells more about the post-election war game.
-FP reveals Biden has 49 working groups on foreign policy, involving 2000+ people.
-Politico says DOD will play a lead role in vaccine distribution.
– Africom says it’s moving its HQ. Just don’t know where.
– WSJ says Japan is moving toward a “preemptive” [i.e. first] strike option.
– CNAS has a good study on informal tools Congress has to influence defense policy.Conf
– FP says new NDAA has provision to reduce money laundering.
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