Stevenson’s army, August 17

– The Commission studying reform of the DOD budget process has an interim report.

– AEI summarizes the issues in the NDAA conference.

– CNAS has a big report on civilians in national security.

-WSJ notes the big problems facing the Russian economy.

– NPR summarizes China’s stumbling economy.

– NYT sees Russia helped by Niger coup

– WaPo says Iran helped Russia’s drone industry

– David Ignatius praises Biden foreign policy

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