– Some Senators want NSA to spy inside USA
-HFAC votes repeal of 2002 AUMF.
– Chinese planes harass Taiwan.
– Saudis drill with Greeks.
I’ve noticed that many news media now spell the term for the Turkic people in Xinjiang Uyghur instead of Uighur. And it’s supposed to be pronounced oy-gher instead of wee-gher. Get with the new program.
We talked in class about the budget deficits. WaPo has a easy way to raise money.
CNAS has a new sanctions newsletter.
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).
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