Stevenson’s army, March 25

CNN says he has been preparing for today’s [1315] news conference the way most presidents have done — reading briefing materials and practicing some answers.
He also has been using Sen. Coons as a “shadow secretary of state.“
And he has been woefully delayed in making national security nominations.
China has been sanctioning US allies.
Vox has background on the debt ceiling, which looms over US on August 1.
NSA warned of Soviet activities in Cuba months before 1962 missile crisis.

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