Stevenson’s army, October 8

– WaPo says Ukraine admits hitting Russian bridge to Crimea.

– Biden order tightens rules on drone strikes.

– Another order tries to limit Chinese access to US semiconductors.

– Also new sanctions on North Korea.

– And there’s now an official Arctic Strategy.

– Commerce has draft rule for new category of bad guys — Foreign Adversaries.

– New Yorker reviews new books on CIA with great headline, Has CIA done more harm than good?

-Fred Kaplan discusses nuclear options.

– UNC prof reminds that Hitler gained power legally.

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