On this Veterans Day, all gratitude and honor to those who have served in uniform!
Get ready for Wednesday. In addition to the start of the impeachment hearings, Presidents Trump and Erdogan will meet and hold a news conference. [Usually these are limited to 2 questions from each country’s media. We’ll see.]
Meanwhile, Leader McConnell wants to know what sanctions Trump will favor. And NSA O’Brien suggests something punishing Russia S-400 purchase
Nikki Haley blames Kelly and Tillerson for thwarting Trump.
NYT has long articles documenting Russian interference in Madagascar and Biden’s activities in Ukraine.
And here’s a good history refresher on presidential cooperation with investigations.
My SAIS colleague Charlie Stevenson distributes this almost daily news digest of foreign/defense/national security policy to “Stevenson’s army” via Googlegroups. I plan to republish here. If you want to get it directly, 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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