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Stevenson’s army, November 21
RollCall has the tentative Senate 2024 calendar — here
Senate voted to halt Azerbaijan aid.
Economist has story on Hamas financing.
CFR has links to background materials on international law and Gaza:
- What Is International Law?
- How Do Humanitarian Corridors, Cease-Fires, and Pauses Address Violence in Conflict?
- Summary of Resources on the Israel-Hamas War
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Stevenson’s army, October 10 and 11
I was traveling yesterday, so here is a double edition:
October 11:
– WaPo explains what a siege in Gaza looks like and how Hamas breached the wall
– NYT assesses Israel’s failures
– WSJ says Hamas got money through crypto financing
– Atlantic reminds what Hamas believes
-Kenya force to Haiti blocked
– Polish generals resign over politicization
– US may send another carrier toward Israel
– Analyst summarizes US failures in Afghanistan
-Op-ed writer says Space Force needs own lobbyist on Hill
October 10:
– At the Atlantic Andrew Exum questions the quality of the IDF conscript soldiers.
– NSC calls for Israel to make “proportionate” response.
– Politico sees a “high tech failure”
– US now calls Niger coup a coup
– DOD seems to run the best schools in US
– Susan Glasser examines Jake Sullivan’s actions on Ukraine.
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Stevenson’s army, June 7
– Politico sees split between GOP Senators and Representatives over defense spending and Ukraine.
– NYT sees split between Russia and Saudi Arabia over oil.
– WaPo sees generational GOP split over debt ceiling.
– In another Discord leak found by WaPo, it seems US knew of Ukrainian plans to damage Nordstream pipeline.
– Evan Thomas has a new book about the end of WWII. FP runs an excerpt on the A-bomb decision.
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Stevenson’s army, June 5
– NYT weighs the evidence on Biden’s aging.
– CNN tick tock on the debt ceiling says veterans programs helped Biden prevail.
– Tim Wu has good ideas on how the government should deal with AI.
– The Hill says Sen. Klobuchar has a way around the Tuberville hold on nominations.
– Semafor’s Ben Smith says Ukraine works hard to control the war news.
– FP writer tells of watching Russian TV all day.
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Stevenson’s army, April 21
– US has moved troops to prepare for possible difficult evacuation from Sudan.
– WSJ reports on Yellen speech at SAIS; here’s the text.
– FT says China is developing weapons to hijack satellites.
– Another Discord leak says Russia worked to build antiwar movement in Germany.
– AMLO rebuffed on new military plan.
– CSIS has new report on critical military technologies.
– Research shows early schooling in 19th century America strengthened democracy.
– 29 Republicans question US Ukraine aid, urge peace.
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Stevenson’s army, April 19
– Discord docs say Egypt paused on arms to Russia after US pressure.
– Tucker Carlson used altered docs.
– Russia claimed only 1% of faked profiles caught.
– Saudis & UAE buy Russian oil.
– US will sell F16 equipment to Turkey
– Ukraine war changed IMF.
–China is retaliating against US companies
– Politico lists likely contenders for top military jobs.
– Bob Gates says US needs to be much better at strategic communications.
– Researchers say partisan media works.
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