Stevenson’s army, April 6

This is not a “Pearl Harbor moment” or another 9/11; those were traumatic surprises. This is a monster category 5+ storm we saw inching toward America and we failed to take the long-prescribed defensive measures.
Multiple stories about Capt. Crozier: David Ignatius first reported that Acting NavSec Modly relieved Crozier of command to preempt a demand for that action by President Trump. Today he gives Modly’s side of the story — that he lost confidence in Crozier. SecDef Esper calls this good accountability. NYT has more, also reporting Crozier has the coronavirus.
Jonathan Swan learned of a Navarro-Fauci shouting match.

In other news, Trump is threatening new tariffs against Russia and Saudi Arabia over oil…
Bill Burns has some post-pandemic strategic advice.

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