Tag: Defense
Stevenson’s army, December 12
– RollCall sees movement toward a spending deal.-
– WaPO says Japan is moving toward a defense buildup.
– WSJ says US forces are helping Niger against Islamists.
– WSJ says CIA is falling short on Open Source Intelligence
– Vox sees a new, stronger Chinese-Saudi alliance.
-WaPo op-ed says Republicans and Democrats misperceive each others’ views.
Here’s the cited report.
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Stevenson’s army, December 11
I posted yesterday’s as today’s (now corrected). Apologies. This is today’s:
– WSJ says US faces new era of hostage diplomacy.
– NYT sees US political divisions over hostages.
– Air Force/DOD dispute over drones.
– Warsaw & Berlin dispute over Patriot missiles.
– US disputes WTO decision on steel tariffs.
– US public support for Ukraine lessens.
– WSJ reports increased Iranian support for Russia.
– Ukraine has a landmine problem.
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Stevenson’s army, December 8
– House votes today on NDAA under suspension of the rules –requires 2/3. Senate votes next week.
– Blinken discusses limits on Ukraine weapons.
– NYT explains ChatGPT, while Atlantic says such AI means the end of written essay tests. [OK, let’s do orals.]
-WOTR assesses new digital battlefield.
– Hill lists top lobbyists.
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Stevenson’s army, December 7
– You can read the 4,408 page NDAA, an agreed package to be voted on later this week. What’s in and what’s out? The loss leader was a Democratic concession on the vaccine mandate.
– TPM discusses the deals McCarthy may make to become speaker.
-WSJ says Blinken favors Ukraine return to pre-invasion borders,
– Jeff Shogol has more on US limits on equipment sent to Ukraine.
– Hungary has blocked EU economic aid to Ukraine.
– Diplomats want a State Dept authorization bill.
– Michael Walzer in FP discusses moral obligations of soldiers in Ukraine war.
Fred Kaplan assesses the impact of the drone strikes inside Russia.
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Stevenson’s army, December 5
– WSJ says US secretly modified HIMARS to limit attacks on Russia.
– WaPo reports on scandal involving US officers and Azerbaijan.
– David Ignatius reviews a week of Putin’s activities.
– The Hill tells of GOP demands regarding NDAA.
– Dan Drezner tries to explain Macron.
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Stevenson’s army, December 4
– Just in time for this week’s orals, NYT has long article arguing orals are good for you.
– Brookings’ Michael O’Hanlon assesses the new DOD report on China’s military power.
– Ruth Marcus has long WaPo article arguing originalism is bad legal theory.
– DNI Haines says Russia is using up its ammunition faster than replacement.
– DOD lists problems if there’s a year-long CR.
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