Tag: Defense
Stevenson’s army, January 8
– Why does DNI think Israel will be in trouble if war expands to Lebanon?
– Why does MITRE think US intelligence is deficient in covering China?
– How dramatic is the new Japanese defense posture?
– What’s behind ouster of so many Chinese defense officials?
– Why didn’t we know about SecDef Austin’s hospitalization?
– What’s in the new budget deal?
– Can US keep its base in Niger?
– How bad are new threats linked to Iran?
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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Stevenson’s army, January 4
–The Hill says GOP may give Trump an effective veto over any border security legislation, thus jeopardizing any Ukraine-Israel-border package.
-Punchbowl says House GOP now wants to tie border issue to government funding fight, making shutdown more possible after Jan 17.
– New poll says 25% believe FBI instigated Jan 6 attacks.
– WaPo debunks Trump claim about Jan 6 Guard troops
– US says Iran blasts may have come from ISIS groups, not Israel
– WSJ says DOD wants drone bases in West Africa
-WSJ says Russia will buy Iranian missiles
-In FT, sanctions expert warns against seizing Russian assets.
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Stevenson’s army, December 29
– Sarah Binder explains what happened/didn’t happen in Congress this year
– Axios has word of latest Bibi-Biden phone call
– USA Today has DOD report on extremism in the military2
– Here’s Maine Secretary of State ruling barring Trump from ballot
– UK sends warship to Guyana, Venezuela responds
– WSJ revisits Marine transformation
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Stevenson’s army, December 20
– The Senate left town for the year, but cleared military nominations first.
– Here’s the Colorado Supreme Court decision barring Trump from the primary ballot
– CNBC says crypto PACs have a lot of money
– Dan Drezner sees incentives for political games over foreign policy
– Politico discusses Trump attacks on civil service
– WSJ says Hamas is planning postwar governance
– Paul Musgrave defends academic freedom by citing the margarine battle in Iowa
– New York magazine tells of Kissinger’s post-government business and partying
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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Stevenson’s army, December 14
– The Senate passed the NDAA; House plans 2/3 suspension of rules vote today.
– Hill reports McConnell-Hawley feud
– Agriculture and business interests disputed China committee proposals
– WSJ says US blocked shipment of rifles to Israel because of settlers
– NYT analyzes Israeli war cabinet
– Netanyahu reply to Biden — by WaPo, by NYT
– Fred Kaplan on GOP fight on Ukraine
– Long blast against NYT by its former editorial page editor
– Law profs analyze use of force against Mexican cartels
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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Stevenson’s army, Decemberr 15
– Former SAIS prof Mara Karlin, stepping down at DOD
– WaPo reports Chinese cyber attacks on US infrastructure
– NYT says US & Ukraine are working on a new strategy
– Economist has valuable report on Indian military, including strategy, organization, deployments, and civil-military tensions
– NBC says promised US-Chinese military hotline still hasn’t been started
– New NDAA, expected to pass this week, will allow some military program starts despite normal CR blocks
– French analyst explains internal Hamas debates–
And this from Legistorm:
Time to hand out those holiday bonuses: The average House personal office is on track to end the year with more than $360,000 left in its annual operating budget.
The average House personal office used just 61% of its office budget in the first nine months of the year, according to a LegiStorm analysis. That puts each office on pace to use 81% of its budget by the year’s end, leaving close to $363,000 unspent per office.
The personal average office ended 2022 with 10% of its budget left unspent, or more than $176,000.
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