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Stevenson’s army, August 26

News:

Biden meets with Israeli PM Bennett today.

NYT notes problems in recent intelligence sharing.

WaPo says Taliban seeks political deal to keep money flowing.

Reps. Moulton & Meijer now say they support Aug 31 deadline.

With no more military aid going to Afghanistan, Politico says lawmakers seek to grab the funds.

WSJ says US is conducting missions to get people to the airport in Kabul.

Opinions:

Another senior US officer [3 star] acknowledges mistakes in Afghanistan.

Afghan 3 star feels betrayed.

NYT says Pakistan is big winner in Afghanistan.

Pompeo has to answer to GOP on Afghanistan.

Media are overhyping Afghan fiasco.

Former officials say bring in the UN.

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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