Stevenson’s army, January 1

May your new year be happy.
WaPo notes that OMBs rescission requests will freeze foreign aid accounts for 45 days. Dana Milbank goes further in blasting the OMB director’s record.
Get ready for more of this:  WSJ notes how SecState nominee Blinken made money in the private sector.  WSJ says Treasury nominee Yellen also got rich.
WaPo says China and Germany are teaming up to dominate technical standards.
Cook Political Report has a list of 36 interesting facts about the elections.
And War on the Rocks lists its most-viewed articles in 2020.

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