Tag: Defense
Stevenson’s army, May 22
– FT says China snubs SecDef Austin’s requests for mil-to-mil talks.
– NYT says Congress is disagreeing with the generals
– DefenseOne reports fights over what belongs in the Space Force.
– Defense experts say Congress should get more budget details.
– Rose Gottemoeller tells how hard it is for a woman to negotiate with the Russians.
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Stevenson’s army, May 18
Sally Quinn says there’s not much left of the DC social scene.
Dan Drezner explains the lack of leaks from the Biden WH
Politico says DOD may keep Trump boost in DOD psyops.
Administration approves new arms for Israel, probably too late for Congress to block.
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Stevenson’s army, May 17
– Jonathan Swan of Axios has Politishocking story of how, right after the election, President Trump used his personnel office to prepare a memo ordering US troop withdrawals from Afghanistan, Somalia, Germany, Iraq & Syria by January 20. The memo, never shown to NSA O’Brien or WH Counsel Cipollone, was sent to newly installed acting SecDef Miller. Pushback from O’Brien and CJCS Milley led to a meeting where Trump agreed to less drastic withdrawals.
-NYT reports that Biden, in private meetings, is often deliberative, temperamental, demanding of information, slow to decide. Sounds pretty normal to me.
-Politico questions whether Biden has too many Special Envoys.
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Stevenson’s army, May 13
– WH released a 34-page executive order on cybersecurity. And a shorter fact sheet. And the transcript of a press briefing. Now you know what I know.
– 3 defense think tanks released a defense budget simulator. But it doesn’t seem to be working yet. Bookmark for later.
-Experts released a plan to prevent the next pandemic.
-Peter Feaver asseses the old officers’ screed.
-DOD refuses to discuss Afghan relocation in open session.
– And Politico says the Afghan blame game is on.
Note: I’ll be away for a few days but a neighbor will save my papers. I’ll have more news next week.
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Stevenson’s army, May 12
– Are the Russians conducting microwave attacks against Americans? Or is that implausible?
– Are retired officer attacks on Biden beyond the pale?
– Do we need a new ICBM? [My view: if the costs are low enough, it makes sense to force an enemy to have to worry about taking out ICBMs as well as other nuclear capable systems.]
– WSJ says US tariffs have sharply cut US imports from China
– CFR has new backgrounder on Taiwan.
– Lawfare writer doubts private sector owns 85% of US critical infrastructure
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Stevenson’s army, May 8
– Maybe the IP waiver decision was just for show, since it now looks unlikely to be approved by WTO.
– Need more info — about cyber attack on pipeline.
– Internal study shows SOCOM problems.
-FP lists problems not on Biden radar.
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