Stevenson’s army, June 23

– Defense authorizers and appropriators split on how much money for Pentagon.

– Popular bill for veterans with toxic exposure blocked because it violates the Constitution — which requires bills with tax provisions to originate in the House.

– SAIS prof Ed Joseph reports on the political struggle in Bulgaria.

– 140,000 Cubans have come to US borders recently

– Historians and journalists suggest how to report on threats to democracy by issuing The Authoritarian’s Playbook.

-I’m sending this Economist article on Biden’s Middle East policy mainly because it has an extraordinary color picture of FDR’s meeting with the Saudi king in February 1945.

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