Stevenson’s army, September 13

-About 8000 US troops are being deployed to help in what the Pentagon refuses to call an evacuation from Afghanistan.

– AEI’s Fred Kagan says Biden could have stopped the Taliban

-In the Atlantic, a retired Army colonel says US training of Afghan forces was flawed.

-Speaker Pelosi says House staff can now earn more than Members. 

We’ll have an exercise in week 2 where you get to decide on the jobs and pay for a House office. Here’s more background from CRS.

-The Guardian profiles Biden’s head of legislative liaison.

-Venezuelan government and opposition are talking.

– FP profiles new Chinese ambassador to US, who used to work for UPI.

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