Tag: Defense
Stevenson’s army, March 25
Not much besides coronavirus news. Stimulus bill details agreed, more info and votes later today.
Schumer brags about one provision:“Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer has secured a provision in the
agreement that will prohibit businesses controlled by the President,
Vice President, Members of Congress, and heads of Executive Departments
from receiving loans or investments from Treasury programs. The
children, spouses and in-laws of the aforementioned principals are also
included in this prohibition.” Schumer’s Dear Colleague letter
Steve Walt says crisis exposes America’s diminished competence.
DHS halted pandemic modeling in 2017, doubting its value.
Commission on public service recommends registering women for the draft. Report due out later later.
House Rules Committee opposes remote voting.
Defense News questions two carriers in Arabian Sea.
NYT has more on problems in Afghanistan.
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Stevenson’s army, March 24
While nothing’s final until the last vote is cast, it looks like a big bipartisan stimulus/recovery bill is mostly agreed to and ready for unveiling this morning. The Hill had its article on lobbying for inclusion.
As for what the Fed is doing and what it means, NYT has two good explainers, from Neil Irwin and Ben Casselman.
A Cornell prof says to be skeptical about Chinese health data.
SecState Pompeo had a failed mission to Kabul and now wants to cut Afghan aid.
And just in time for next week’s budget topic,WOTR has good piece on understanding the defense budget.
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Stevenson’s army, March 9
– DOD has 60 vacancies, about 1/3 of Senate-confirmed positions, and time is running short for filling them. And Politico says WH is resisting Esper nominees.
– Details of the Afghan deal are also missing — and the president even suggests Taliban may take over.
-Lawfare has a legal analysis of the deal.
– Numerous stories tell of the administration’s missed opportunities to deal with the coronavirus. Consider Dan Drezner and Peter Baker of NYT.
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Stevenson’s army, March 3
-Politico reports State-Defense clash over Patriots to Turkey.
– George Packer describes how Trump has subdued the Deep State, targeting and humiliating career professionals in State and Justice.
-SecState Pompeo says Congress will be informed of secret agreements on Afghanistan.
-Here’s the transcript of his TV interview on the topic.
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Stevenson’s army, February 29
An agreement has been signed; many difficult steps to follow. NYT analysis.
U.S., analyst of military contractors wonders whether they will go or stay.
CNAS has numbers on recent US sanctions.
Authorities matter: NYT says US is considering invoking Defense Production Act of 1950 to force production of masks and other medical items to deal with coronavirus.
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Stevenson’s army, February 28
– WaPo explains Trump administration disinvestment in pandemic capability in recent years.
– Putin or Erdogan? How will Trump choose on Syria?
-Huawei is looking for PR help in DC.
– Duterte says he doesn’t need US military.
– Shame! Shame! WSJ says many states have dropped parallel parking from their driver tests — because too many people were failing.
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