Stevenson’s army, April 19

It doesn’t matter whether he was really saying thank you, it was a nice gesture with which to begin a gloomy day:

– Courting the Solomon Islands — reporting by Reuters  and FP.

– NYT investigation concludes Ukrainians used forbidden cluster munitions.

– Reuters says US & Cuba are talking about migration issues.

– Good WOTR piece on changing US security assistance.

On the 80th anniversary of the Doolittle raid, reports from Defense One and Task & Purpose.

In case you haven’t heard enough about the war in Ukraine, here are some intelligent commentators, including SAIS doctoral student Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman:

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