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** Hawks blow a lot of hot air over proposed budget cuts ([link removed])
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By William Hartung on Jan 10, 2023 03:00 am
Usual suspects wrongly claim that any DoD reductions in Rep. Kevin McCarthy's speakership deal would harm national security.
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** Turns out ‘rethink’ was a threat not a promise in US-Saudi spat ([link removed])
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By Daniel Larison on Jan 09, 2023 03:32 am
Once the midterms were over, all mention of holding MBS accountable disappeared, and in fact Biden now seems to be catering to him.
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** How the two Koreas use the Ukraine war against each other ([link removed])
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By Jong Eun Lee on Jan 09, 2023 03:00 am
Seoul and Pyongyang appear to have calculated that being on opposing sides bolsters their relative positions on the Peninsula.
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** McCarthy weighing $75B defense budget cut in quest for speakership (update) ([link removed])
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By Connor Echols on Jan 06, 2023 01:44 pm
Reportedly, part of the deal with Republican detractors would be capping entire federal budget to 2022 levels.
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** What foreign policy elites really think about you ([link removed])
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By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos on Jan 06, 2023 03:25 am
If public opinion doesn't match up with the Washington program then it must be wrong, misunderstood, or worse, irrelevant.
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** Where the war in Ukraine could be headed in 2023 ([link removed])
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By Anatol Lieven on Jan 06, 2023 03:00 am
Any of the three most likely scenarios are fraught with difficulties absent a successful negotiated settlement.
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