CSP Daily Brief: April 1, 2013

The Latest From the Center…

• Douglas Feith and R Woolsey and Frank Gaffney, Jr. and Adm. James “Ace” Lyons (Ret.) in the Washington Post: Obama’s ‘Nuclear Zero’ Rhetoric is Dangerous
• Dr. Qanta Ahmed: Islamists’ Media Jihad: The Deadly Embrace

…and From our Colleagues

• Claudia Rosett in the Wall Street Journal: At the U.N., Iran Is a Powerhouse, Not a Pariah
• Andy McCarthy at National Review: Shhhh, Don’t Tell Anyone: Hamas Won
• Gatestone Institute: Jihadis’ Exploitation of Muslim Girls

Secure Freedom Radio

• Can U.S. Founding Principles Survive 21^st Century National Security? with Fred Grandy, Joseph Connor, Michael Duncan, Roger Noriega, Bill Gertz
• Secure Freedom Minute: Marco’s Test

Stand with Israel in 2013: Join Frank Gaffney for a Fact-Finding Tour This Fall. Click here for prices and dates.

News

• Hagel Warns of Big Squeeze at the Pentagon
• Pentagon’s budget fears fall on media’s deaf ears
• Air Force moves forward with restructuring plan
• Senators tell Hagel that VA backlog is ‘simply unacceptable’
• U.S. Lawmakers: CIA Should Keep Armed UAVs
• As Kim Jong Un Likens Nukes to ‘Treasure,’ U.S. Sends More Fighter Jets
• Mali troops hunt for rebels after Timbuktu clash
• Sudan’s Bashir orders political prisoner release
• ‘Mashaal re-elected head of Hamas Political Bureau’
• Kosovo and Serbia near accord to end ethnic partition
• Tikrit Iraq Attack: Insurgents Use Tanker Packed With Explosives To Kill 9
• U.S. Military Cargo Removal From Afghanistan To Cost $5B to $6B
• North Korean secrecy on bomb test fuels speculation on nuclear advances
• N.K. could inflict significant damage
• North Korea taps reformist premier amid nuclear tension
• Pope Francis issues a call for world peace with Easter Mass

Commentary

• BROOKES: The terrorists Europe won’t name
• HOLMES: Five Obstacles to U.S. Arctic Strategy
• NORTH: No better friend, no worse enemy
• RUBIN: Cold War Mentality
• SHACKELFORD & HEINRICHS: Why We Still Need To Stop Sequestration
• SHOEBAT: Zawahiri: Coming To Egypt
• TALENT: Our Growing Security Risks

Hearings and Events of Note

• Tuesday, April 9, 9:30am Oversight: U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Forces Korea (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Tuesday, April 9, 2:30pm Oversight: Emerging Counterterrorism Threats (Senate Armed Service Committee)
• Thursday, April 11, 9:30am Oversight: Defense Authorization Request (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Thursday, April 11, 2:30pm Oversight: Situation in Syria (Senate Armed Service Committee)
• Thursday, April 11, 1:00pm Subcommittee Hearing: TSA’s Efforts to Advance Risk-Based Security: Stakeholder Perspectives (House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Transportation)
• Wednesday, April 16, 9:30am Oversight: Situation in Afghanistan (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Thursday, April 17, 9:30am Oversight: Department of the Air Force (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Thursday, April 17, 2:00pm Oversight: Active, Guard, Reserve, and Civilian Personnel Programs (Senate Armed Service Committee, Subcommittee on Personnel)
• Friday, April 18, Oversight: Current and Future Worldwide Threats (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Tuesday, April 23, 9:30am Oversight: Department of the Army (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Thursday, April 25, 9:30am Oversight: Department of the Navy (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Wednesday, May 8, 9:30am Oversight: Army Modernization (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Tuesday, June 11, 9:30am Legislative: Subcommittee Markups (Senate Armed Service Committee, Subcommittee on Airland)
• Tuesday, June 11, 11:00am Legislative: Subcommittee Markups (Senate Armed Service Committee, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support)
• Tuesday, June 11, 2:00pm Legislative: Subcommittee Markups (Senate Armed Service Committee, Subcommittee on Personnel)

Other Briefs

• Politico Morning Defense: 4/1/13
• Foreign Policy Initiative: Overnight Brief 4/1/13
• Foreign Policy Magazine: Morning Brief 4/1/13
• Morning FRAGO: 4/1/13
• AIA Daily Lead: March 29, 2013