Stevenson’s army, October 6

– Politico draws attention to the important role the Commerce Dept plays in foreign policy, in particular in trade with China.

– David Ignatius sees hope for a deal over Yemen.

– CIA warns its informants abroad are being arrested and killed.

-WaPo explains why using reconciliation to suspend debt limit takes 1-2 weeks.

– Here’s report on HFAC hearing on Afghanistan our guest told about. And here’s a video with transcript.

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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