Tag: State Department
Stevenson’s army, July 29
– SFRC Democrats blast Pompeo for hurting State. Their report.
– Former DHS head Chertoff says agency has been “hijacked” for political purposes. New Yorker has close look at DHS budget.
-US cooperates with Japan on East China Sea
-Jim Steinberg co-authors critique of China policy.
-James Palmer offers Asian war metaphors to supplant Thucydides.
–CNAS has new proposals for 5G.
– Army War College prof defends strategy of “not losing.”
– Retiring Army officer says retired 4 stars shouldn’t make political endorsements.
– Dean Cohen urges us to memorize poems.
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Stevenson’s army, July 28
– House Democrats target SecState Pompeo for leadership failures at State.
– Richard Haass of CFR blasts his China speech.
-Trump wants top send “renegade colonel” to Germany.
-Meanwhile, ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
– I have a piece in National Interest on the militarization of American foreign policy, including the effect of the NDAA.
-Adam Tooze reviews several books on China and the new world order
-Lawfare has a good piece explaining the congressional notification process for arms sales.
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Stevenson’s army, July 27
– A group of former members of Congress are due to release a report suggesting reforms of Congress. So far, only this article.
– Looks like the US Ambassador to UK needs to change some of his ways, too.
-And things could be a mess after the election, several scenarios show.
– WaPo’s Dan Balz says US global standing is poor.
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Stevenson’s army, July 23
– The forced closure of the consulate in Houston is claimed to be in response to espionage from there. I suspect the real reason is that Houston is the “sister city” to Wuhan, where the US has already abandoned its consulate, thus hoping China would retaliate in kind, closing Wuhan.
– FP says Australia is changing its strategy on China.
– SCMP sees increased danger of US-Chinese war over Taiwan.
– I have a piece in the Hill on the pros and cons of the NDAA
– Fred Kaplan calls for dismantling DHS.
– Politico details gripes about Mrs. Pompeo.
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Stevenson’s army, July 20
– Politico has a long piece trying to show that SecDef Esper is stronger and more independent of Trump than earlier reports suggested. But it has mixed anonymous assessments from inside the Pentagon. It says NSA O’Brien is angling for the job. It says CJCS Milley is domineering over Esper.
– NYT has more on the whistleblower complaint against SecState Pompeo
– NYT excerpts a chapter from a new book about the Iraq war where Colin Powell tries to justify his UNSC testimony.
– NYT says lobbying is changing because of the coronavirus: they’re working mainly in home states rather than DC. But they are working to get special interest provisions in the next pandemic relief bill.
– Former cyber official makes the case against a WH Cyber Czar.
Stay cool. Look at the Celsius temps not Fahrenheit.
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Stevenson’s army, July 19
In a lengthy and curious article describing the changing administration response to the coronavirus, NYT point blame on two new figures, Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Dr. Deborah Birx. On line, NYT has added a short summary article, 5 takeaways. The reports blame Meadows for daily small group meetings to plot strategy to turn the pandemic problems over to the states and thus away from the WH. Key date was April 10. The articles also depict Dr. Birx as the eternal optimist, repeatedly promising that the models forecast declining infections. She reportedly was given a West Wing office and was closer to the discussions and planning than any other medical person. The article has other nuggets, such as the claim that Jared Kushner told California Gov. Newsom he had to praise Trump if he wanted the medical equipment he was seeking.
– DHS was warned that agents sent to Portland lacked training in crowd control.
– WaPo says Russia is gaining in Syria.
– McClatchy says there is a serious whistleblower complaint against SecState Pompeo.
-WaPo has a review of the new book about Newt Gingrich.
– Two respected former members of Congress suggest ending gerrymandering by having the House reject credentials of members from gerrymandered states. Don’t go there!
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