Tag: Defense
Stevenson’s army, March 3
-Politico reports State-Defense clash over Patriots to Turkey.
– George Packer describes how Trump has subdued the Deep State, targeting and humiliating career professionals in State and Justice.
-SecState Pompeo says Congress will be informed of secret agreements on Afghanistan.
-Here’s the transcript of his TV interview on the topic.
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Stevenson’s army, February 29
An agreement has been signed; many difficult steps to follow. NYT analysis.
U.S., analyst of military contractors wonders whether they will go or stay.
CNAS has numbers on recent US sanctions.
Authorities matter: NYT says US is considering invoking Defense Production Act of 1950 to force production of masks and other medical items to deal with coronavirus.
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Stevenson’s army, February 28
– WaPo explains Trump administration disinvestment in pandemic capability in recent years.
– Putin or Erdogan? How will Trump choose on Syria?
-Huawei is looking for PR help in DC.
– Duterte says he doesn’t need US military.
– Shame! Shame! WSJ says many states have dropped parallel parking from their driver tests — because too many people were failing.
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Stevenson’s army, February 20
– More details on John Rood’s firing. NYT links it to policy disagreements with the WH; FP says he had a toxic work environment and many staff left.
– Amb. to Germany Richard Grenell has been named acting DNI. His major qualification for the job is fierce public loyalty to the president. He can only serve until mid-September, and would have to step down immediately if formally nominated for the job [as SecDef Esper had to do].
This lets me remind you of two of the most consequential but little known laws — the Vacancy Act and the Administrative Procedures Act. The former limits the use of non-Senate confirmed officials and people in “acting” positions. The latter prevents replacement of older executive orders and regulations without a lengthy and detailed process. The new team can’t just say, we want to change.
-Georgetown had a special event featuring former Amb. to Ukraine Yavonovitch.
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Stevenson’s army, February 19
– Background on Trump visit to India.
– CNN says USD/P Rood is being forced out.
-IG finds waste in US support for Syrian forces.
– Congress debates Libya policy.
– A smart idea for how to prepare for future war better.
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Stevenson’s army, February 11
– When even the Republican Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee says Trump’s new budget is “dead on arrival” and he won’t even have a hearing on it, you figure it must be true. In fact, all presidential budgets can be called DOA because what matters is what Congress does. But it’s also true that the presidential budget is the baseline from which puts and takes occur,and about 95% or more gets approved.
I found this helpful on defense plans. Was glad somebody discovered this change regarding Europe. And recommend 3 items from CSIS people: Kath Hicks suggesting how to cut defense wisely as well as analyses of the budget and its future implications.
OMB’s big package is here. Each agency has its own budget page. [I’m still waiting for an analysis of the international affairs budget [function 150].
WaPo says CIA has read encrypted communications of allies and adversaries for years.
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