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Stevenson’s army, April 4

– TR’s great-grandson says that his ancestor, forbidden by the Army to withdraw his Rough Riders from Cuba in 1898 despite rampant yellow fever and malaria, wrote a letter published in many US newspapers that forced the Army to relent.
– President Trump, who still has not filled Inspector General slots at DoD, HHS, Education, Treasury, and CIA now wants to fire the DNI IG, who told Congress about the Ukraine whistle blower.

– Jared Kushner’s ignorance exposed.

– Former SecState [and many other posts] Jim Baker suggests an “American” way of dealing with the pandemic.

Entertainment note for those sheltering in place: BBCs Culture in Quarantine

Library of Congress film archive
British theatre on line

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. 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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