Stevenson’s army, July 1

FYI, I [Charlie Stevenson] have grandparent duty for much of the next few weeks and won’t be able to read and report on the news as often as usual.

Meanwhile. note that the Army has paused its rule allowing enlistment of kids without a high school degree.

Sen. Leahy’s hip surgery really complicates Democratic plans in the 50/50 Senate.

Sen. McConnell threatens to block action on the popular bipartisan America Competes Act if Democrats push a reconciliation bill.

Commerce plans to increase limits on technology exports.

Yesterday, Charlie posted this, while I was traveling, under the heading NATO and more:

– WaPo summarizes the meeting. Here’s the official communique and the new NATO Strategic Concept.

– Politico on Erdogan.

– Reuters says there’s a deal on Kaliningrad.

– Norway suffered a cyber attack.

-Former SASC staffer wants more for Pacific Deterrence Initiative.

– VA reform blocked by parochial Senators, WaPo says.

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