CSP Daily Brief: Friday May 24, 2013
**There will be no CSP Daily Brief on Monday in observance of Memorial Day. Thank you to all those who served**
The Latest From the Center…
- Clare Lopez at the Gatestone Institute: The New, Improved Axis of Jihad
- Caroline Glick’s Weekly Article: Thank you Hafez al-Assad
- Ben Lerner at Free Fire Blog: The NDU Speech: UAVs and Proportionality Doctrine
- Adam Savit at Free Fire Blog: CAIR amplifies its message on website promoting Islamist ideologue Sayyid Qutb
- LATMA: Muhammad a-Dura lives and other Israeli PR victories
- Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: Do You Feel Lucky? The Danger of EMP
…and From our Colleagues
Secure Freedom Radio
- Sen. Boozman: Don’t Forget Our Soldiers Once They’re Off the Battlefield: with Sen. John Boozman, Adam Kredo, Amb. John Bolton, Fred Fleitz
- Secure Freedom Minute: Obama’s Surrender Speech
Join us for the 2013 Freedom Flame Dinner on June 6 as we honor Allen West and Richard Scaife
News
- Obama: Al Qaeda is on ‘a path to defeat’; president returns to foreign policy issues
- Obama Refines War-on-Terror Rules…
- … lifts ban on Guantanamo transfers to Yemen
- Transferring Gitmo to the Heartland: Obama to tell Congress to ‘designate a site’ for military commissions and trials of terrorists
- C.I.A. to Focus More on Spying, a Difficult Shift
- Britain braces for possible copycat attacks…
- …to Debate Security Powers After Attack on Soldier
- Obama nominates State Dept. official involved in Benghazi to new post
- Always Be Prepared: Deputy AG says corporations must take cyber threats seriously
- Pentagon: F-35 Program Costs Fell $4.5 Billion Last Year
- Kerry says Israelis, Palestinians must make tough decisions
- Russia: Syrian leaders agree ‘in principle’ to attend Geneva talks
- Opposition Discusses Its Approach to Syria Talks
- Manila confirms boost to military spending
- Abe on first trip to Myanmar by Japan PM in 36 years
- North Korea ‘offers to discuss nuclear disarmament’
- Congress Stepping Up Its Efforts Against Sexual Assault in Military
Commentary
- BIRDNOW: Rationale Shifts And Foreign Policy Failures
- BOOT: Rhetorical vs. Substantive Change in Obama’s Security Policy
- JOHNSON: Obama Still Running on ‘al-Qaeda Is on the Run’ Message as He Talks New Strategy
- MCFARLAND: Obama thinks we won the War on Terror and it’s time to move on
- MCGROARTY: Moscow Fills the Superpower Vacuum
- MURRAY: The London Terror Attack Was More Than ‘Unforgivable’
- PODHORETZ: O ‘ends’ terror war
- SCHENKER: Chaos in the Sinai: Will International Peacekeepers Be the Next Casualty?
Hearings and Events of Note
- Tuesday, June 4, 10:00am Emergency MGMT 2.0: How #SocialMedia & New Tech are Transforming Preparedness, Response, & Recovery #Disasters #Part1 #Privatesector (House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications)
- Thursday, June 6, 6:30pm Freedom Flame Award Dinner 2013 (Center for Security Policy)
- Tuesday, June 11, Legislative: Subcommittee Markups (Senate Armed Service Committee)
- 9:30 a.m. Subcommittee on Airland
- 11:00 a.m. Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
- 2:00 p.m. Subcommittee on Personnel
- 3:30 p.m. Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
- 6:00 p.m. Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
- Wednesday, June 12, 9:30am Subcommittee Markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Seapower)
- Wednesday, June 12, 1:00pm The Department of Defense and the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget (House Budget Committee)
- Wednesday, June 12, 2:30pm Full Committee Markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Thursday, June 13, 9:30am Full Committee Markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Friday, June 14, 9:30am Full Committee Markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Wednesday, June 19, EMET Ray of Light in the Darkness Dinner (Endowment for Middle East Truth
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