Stevenson’s army, December 14

The Electoral College members meet and vote today in the various states. Early voting starts in Georgia. Congress is moving toward a two-pronged Covid relief bill.
Russia achieved a major hack of Treasury and Commerce.
Congress fears US nuclear command, control and communications is vulnerable

The president now has 10 days to decide whether to veto the NDAA. In a puzzling statement, he says the bill favors China..  [Maybe he hasn’t read the sections on the Pacific Deterrence Initiative and other China sections.]
CFR has summary of new ideas for better crisis management at NSC.

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).