Stevenson’s army, October 23

– David Sanger explains the confusion over Biden’s Taiwan policy.-– WaPo does the same.

– Also confusion over US hypersonic missile programs: CNN says the latest one failed.

Defense One says 3 of 4 succeeded.

– NYT details how Russia is censoring the internet.

– Emma Ashford argues that Colin Powell deviated from his own military doctrine.

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