- WaPo says CIA Director Burns met with de facto Taliban leader in Kabul on Monday. - Former CJCS ADM.…
- AP notes eagerness to recruit veterans to run for Congress in both parties. - Breaking Defense says DOD wants…
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- NYT has its own ticktock of DC policymaking. -Fareed Zakaria says there were too many meetings that didn't matter,…
- WSJ has another good ticktock, this one of what was happening in Kabul. - WSJ also has a collection…
- WSJ says 2 dozen US embassy staffers sent warning of Afghan collapse via the dissent channel in July, urged…
Judging from my inbox, a lot of people around the world are thinking the US withdrawal from Afghanistan could be…
- Pentagon on defensive. - WSJ says Afghan pilots flew to Uzbekistan. - GOP divided on Afghan refugees. - Sarah…
- Somebody is leaking intelligence reports showing that the IC warned of Afghan weaknesses. - Others are describing the slow…
Tony Cordesman offers a set of "negative" policy options for the US in dealing with the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan:…