CSP Daily Brief: April 19, 2013

The Latest From the Center…

• Caroline Glick: Israel – The Happy Little Country
• LATMA: Obama’s brilliant foreign policy and the suicide bombers go on strike
• Shariah Finance Watch: US “ally” Bahrain hosts Jihadi-led AAOIFI Conference
• Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: Obama’s ‘China Syndrome’
  

…and From our Colleagues

• Diana West’s Weekly Column: Another Terrorist Attack, Another U.S.-Saudi Cover-Up?
• Gatestone Institute: Belgium vs. Islamic Jihadists

Secure Freedom Radio

• The Boston Attack Perpetrators are Bucking an Historical Trend: with Peter Pry, Alana Goodman, Clifford May, Luis Fleischman. Richard Miniter guest hosts.
• Secure Freedom Minute: Chechens in Boston

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

News

• One Boston Suspect is Dead, One on the Run
• A Look at Brothers Suspected in the Boston Bombing
• Russia’s Caucasus: breeding ground for terror
• After long period of quiet, Guantanamo grows tense
• Sequestration Threatens Embassy Security Additions
• Kerry argues against new sanctions on Iran
• Hagel Hosts U.N. Secretary General at Pentagon
• Congress still at cyber odds after CISPA passage
• African Islamists Free French Captives
• U.S. receives reports of chem weapons use in Syria every day, DNI says
• U.S. military to step up presence in Jordan in light of Syria civil war
• Attacks kill 9 worshippers in Iraq
• China’s North Korea Envoy to Visit Washington

Commentary

• AJAMI: U.S. Caution and Arab Restraint Mark a New Terror Era
• BOSCO: What North Korea Teaches Us About China
• GERSON: Filling the silence after the sirens
• IBRAHIM: Why is the world ignoring an Islamic Declaration of War on Christians?
• KRAUTHAMMER: The language of terror
• MOSS: Is Cyber War the New Cold War?
• NORTH: Boston Massacre
• SPENCER: Jihad in Boston

Hearings and Events of Note

• Tuesday, April 23, 9:30am Oversight: Department of the Army (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Tuesday, April 23, 2:30pm Oversight: Proliferation Prevention Programs (Senate Armed Services committee, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities)
• Tuesday, April 23, 3:00pm Subcommittee Hearing: Meeting the Challenge of Drug-Resistant Diseases in developing Countries (House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations)
• Wednesday, April 24, Oversight and Business Practices of Durable Medical Equipment (Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight)
• Wednesday, April 24, 10:00am Hearing: Export Control Reform: the Agenda Ahead (House Committee on Foreign Affairs)
• Wednesday, April 24, 10:00am Oversight of U.S. Naval and U.S. Air Force Acquisition Programs in the Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Budget Request (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces)
• Wednesday, April 24, 10:00am Oversight: Active, Guard, Reserve, and Civilian Personnel Programs (Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Personnel)
• Wednesday, April 24, 10:00am International Development Priorities in the FY 2014 Budget (Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs)
• Wednesday, April 24, 11:30am The Readiness Posture of the U.S. Air Force (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Readiness)
• Wednesday, April 24, Budget Hearing: United States Agency for International Development (House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs)
• Wednesday, April 24, 2:00pm Status of implementation of the requirements of the VOW Act and the recommendations of the Presidential Veteran Employment Initiative Task Force for the DOD Transition Assistance Program -Goals, Plans, and Success (GPS) (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Military Personnel)
• Wednesday, April 24, 2:00pm Subcommittee Hearing: Kosovo and Serbia: A Pathway to Peace (House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats)
• Wednesday, April 24, 2:30pm Oversight: Military Space Program and Views on DOD Usage of the Electromagnetic Spectrum (Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces)
• Wednesday, April 24, 2:30pm Oversight: Military Construction, Environmental, and Base Closure Programs (Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support)
• Wednesday, April 24, 2:30pm Oversight: Tactical Aircraft Programs (Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Airland)
• Thursday, April 25, 9:30am Oversight: Department of the Navy (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Thursday, April 25, 10:00am The Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of the Army (House Armed Services Committee)
• Thursday, April 25, 2:00pm Transitioning to Afghan Security Lead: Protecting Afghan Women? (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations)
• Thursday, April 25, 3:30pm Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for National Security Space Activities (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces)
• Friday, April 26, 8:00am The Readiness Posture of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Readiness)
• Friday, April 26, 10:30am Fiscal Year 2014 Army Modernization Programs (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces)
• Tuesday, May 7, 9:30am Oversight: Department of the Air Force (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Wednesday, May 8, 9:30am Oversight: Army Modernization (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Wednesday, May 8, 9:30am Oversight: Navy Shipbuilding Programs (Senate Armed Service Committee, Subcommittee on Seapower)
• 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: 4/19/13
• Foreign Policy Initiative: Overnight Brief 4/19/13
• Foreign Policy Magazine: Morning Brief 4/19/13
• AIA Daily Lead: April 18, 2013
• The Hill: Overnight Defense 4/18/13