Stevenson’s army, May 27

– The Endless Frontier Act to counter Chinese technology has been re-branded as the Innovation and Competition Act and expanded to 1,445 pages — even before Senate amendments this week.
 Several committees contributed sections. The markup in the Commerce Committee was criticized by an advocate of the original version.  But to me that’s just the regular order, with the usual parochialism included.
OMB will release more detailed budget figures later today. DHS isn’t getting more, but military cyber is.
– WaPo has a good description of the interagency fight over the origins of the Covid19 virus.
 It’s rare for a dispute between intelligence agencies is admitted.
– FDD calls for greater limits on Chinese technological investments in US.
– Australia is reviewing a Chinese port lease.
– My former colleague at the National War College, Dave Auerswald, has good ideas for an Arctic strategy.

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