Stevenson’s army, April 13

– WSJ says Taliban pulled out of peace talks.

-G-7 expressed concern about Russia threats to Ukraine.

– Israeli openness about Natanz attack causes concern.

– GOP Senators say nominee Kahl disclosed classified information in tweets.

-Economist says war against money laundering is being lost.

– NYT profiles new CISA nominee.

– WaPo looks at cyber budget.

– Blinken talks about Taiwan, Russia

– Last week I sent around Ezra Klein’s analysis of Biden strategy, including his comment that the economists have lost power in the administration. Today I want to share Noah Smith’s careful parsing of administration economic thinking. He sees a big plan there.

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