Stevenson’s army, February 11

– Politico says administration is preparing defense budget bigger than this year.

– WSJ reports Moldova government collapse.

– WSJ says quake recovery is hurting Erdogan politically.

– Poll has new insights into extremists.

– AEI’s Kori Schake calls Biden foreign policy a “mess”

– RAND analysts lists Russian mistakes in Ukraine.

– RollCall notes how committees chairs bought votes.

– I mention tick-tock stories a lot. WSJ’s Ben Zimmer has derivation.

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