Stevenson’s army, September 19

– Politico’s story on the farm bill shows how lobbyists work.-

– National review shows Europe is helping Ukraine.

– NATO members have also been increasing their own defense budgets

– WSJ says Chinese Foreign Minister was fired for having an affair while ambassador to US

– NYT says US wants a security treaty with Saudi Arabia modeled after Japan treaty

– House GOP pretends they have a plan to balance the federal budget

– Meanwhile the House GOP has failed to move either its spending package or the DOD appropriations.

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