Stevenson’s army, Decemberr 15

– Former SAIS prof Mara Karlin, stepping down at DOD

– WaPo reports Chinese cyber attacks on US infrastructure

– NYT says US & Ukraine are working on a new strategy

– Economist has valuable report on Indian military, including strategy, organization, deployments, and civil-military tensions

– NBC says promised US-Chinese military hotline still hasn’t been started

– New NDAA, expected to pass this week, will allow some military program starts despite normal CR blocks

– French analyst explains internal Hamas debates–

And this from Legistorm:

Time to hand out those holiday bonuses: The average House personal office is on track to end the year with more than $360,000 left in its annual operating budget.

The average House personal office used just 61% of its office budget in the first nine months of the year, according to a LegiStorm analysis. That puts each office on pace to use 81% of its budget by the year’s end, leaving close to $363,000 unspent per office.

The personal average office ended 2022 with 10% of its budget left unspent, or more than $176,000.