Stevenson’s army, January 12

SecState Pompeo seems determined to change many existing policies before January 20
 in order to lock in Trump views and box in Biden. This week he did it with Taiwan and the Houthis. Yesterday he put Cuba on the terrorist supporter list. And today he going to link Iran to al Qaeda.
Meanwhile, Reuters says DOD is violating the new law blocking troop withdrawals from Afghanistan.

Dean Cohen calls for punishment of Capitol rioters.
Interesting case: MD Senators defend head of military medical school. 
Politico warns of extremists in US military ranks.

As the son of a policeman, I’ve long been concerned about the militarization of local police. TNSR has good  article.

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