Stevenson’s army, May 2

Hard to believe I am watching The Diplomat, and harder to believe that I am enjoying it, but I am. No, DCMs don’t spend all day outside the Embassy or get involved in their Ambassador’s marital problems. Nor do Ambassadors, especially professional ones, get tapped for VP. But still, it’s amusing. So:

– Congress has barely a month to raise or suspend the debt ceiling. Politico reports the state of play. CBO warns of the deadline. CRS has background on debt legislation and the “extraordinary measures” Treasury has been taking.

– Defense News updates how far DOD has pivoted to Asia.

My SAIS colleague Charlie Stevenson distributes this almost daily news digest of foreign/defense/national security policy to “Stevenson’s army” via Googlegroups. I republish here, with occasional videos of my choice. To get Stevenson’s army by email, send a blank email (no subject or text in the body) to stevensons-army+subscribe@googlegroups.com. You’ll get an email confirming your join request. Click “Join This Group” and follow the instructions to join. Once you have joined, you can adjust your email delivery preferences (if you want every email or a digest of the emails).