Month: December 2023

Stevenson’s army, December 6

Senators shout and walk out, imperiling Ukraine aid.

– Ukrainian leaders are quarreling

-Reuters describes US war cabinet

Tuberville surrenders

– WSJ says US can’t produce a bigger military

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Stevenson’s army, December 5

– Politico reports State Dept plans for Gaza

– Israeli critical of the war explains targeting plans

– Stimson Fellow says India has a targeted killing program

-WaPo details how Ukraine offensive stalled

– Politico says administration tells where US aid to Ukraine is being spent domestically

-Tom Nichols summarizes new Atlantic issue on a new Trump administration

– CBS reports conservative effort to urge voters

– Author shows how Monroe Doctrine is a shifting meme.

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Stevenson’s army, December 4

Education is not only an issue on the Palestinian side.

– Administration warns Congress on need for Ukraine aid.

– FT says EU also stalled on Ukraine aid.

Border security talks collapse

– WaPo details divisive planning for Ukraine offensive

– Sen Graham disses Sec. Austin

-NYT forecasts more radical Trump administration

– Venezuela moves toward annexation of Guyana

– WaPo says US looks at bad options for Gaza

Drone attacks in Red Sea linked to Houthis

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Stevenson’s army, December 2

– Robert Kagan forecasts the second Trump administration

– WSJ adds some programmatic details

– Lawrence Freedman sees problems in Ukraine

-RollCall says Congress is adding $26 Billion DOD didn’t want

– Politico says US is peacemaking in Congo/Rwanda

– WaPo says US has pressured Israel

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Stevenson’s army, December 1

– NYT says Israeli intelligence got 40-page Hamas attack plan a year ago but dismissed it as “aspirational.”

– Brown University institute says US has counter-terrorism efforts in 78 countries.

-WSJ reports on Israeli plans to get Hamas fighters.

– Avoid a BRAC – what lawmakers want to protect.

– House votes to freeze Iran funds.

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– Carnegie paper discusses legal conditions on aid to Israel

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