Stevenson’s army, February 27

WSJ first reported, others now follow, that Energy Dept now believes with low confidence that lab leak caused covid 19.  Jake Sullivan notes there is still disagreement in intelligence community.

CID director Burns thinks China has doubts about invading Taiwan.

State Dept blames production bottlenecks for slow arms deliveries to Taiwan.

Politico Europe notes that Zelensky has weaknesses, not just strengths.

For some unexplained reason, he fired his top commander on Sunday.

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