CSP Daily Brief: Thursday, October 24, 2013
The Latest From the Center…
…and From our Colleagues
Secure Freedom Radio
- US Drone Use Under Fire: with Rick Manning, Jim Hanson, Andy McCarthy, Dale Beatty
- Secure Freedom Minute: Lessons Unlearned from Beirut
Previously on Secure Freedom Radio
- Containing Radical Islamists: with Robert Reilly
- Various Possibilities of Conflict In Asia: with Gordon Chang, Claudia Rosett, Olivier Guitta, Daniel Gallington
- Smart Power: with Christian Whiton
News
- U.N. nuclear inspectors hope to end deadlock with Iran
- Israel clashes with US as it calls for destruction of Iran’s nuclear industry
- The U.S.-Saudi crackup reaches a dramatic tipping point
- Germany and France united in fury over U.S. spying accusations
- Syrian army seizes Damascus suburb from rebels-state TV
- CIA memo: Pakistan endorsed U.S. drone strikes
- NATO Defense Ministers Upbeat on Afghan Timetable
- Egypt Military Officers Back Army Chief For President
- Army chief: Just 2 brigades combat-ready
- Dire Warning: Syria the new cauldron for hatching terrorist strikes in the West
- Gunmen kill Yemeni colonel in capital: security official
- Senators Want Probe of Contractor for Possible Iran Sanctions Violations
- Iran extends reach into Nigeria, working with militants to undermine West
- New Russian ICBM Test Fuels Worries Over Violation of 1987 Missile Treaty
- Libyan colonel gunned down outside Benghazi home
- Four killed in Sunni-Alawite clashes in Lebanon’s Tripoli
- SC military leaders say they are pinching pennies
- Egyptian Islamists call for protests over Mursi trial
- Libya terror suspect Abu Anas al-Liby in New York court
Commentary
- LEE: Can South Korea’s Military Successfully Reorient Its Strategic Priorities?
- AJAMI: A Lawyer Lost in a Region of Thugs
- MCFARLAND: Lessons learned — and forgotten –from Beirut Marine Barracks bombing
- MAY: Iran Through Saudi Eyes
- GREENFIELD: The Western Left’s Fatwa Against Muslim Liberals
- PHILLIPS: Why US aid cuts will backfire in Egypt
Hearings and Events of Note
- Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 10:00am Hearing: Next Steps on Egypt Policy (House Foreign Affairs Committee)
- Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 10:00am Twenty-five years of Acquisition Reform: Where do we go from here? (House Armed Services Committee)
- Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 2:00pm Nuclear Weapons Modernization Programs: Military, Technical, and Political Requirements for the B61 Life Extension Program and Future Stockpile Strategy (House Armed Services Committee)
- Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 2:15pm Subcommittee Hearing: After the Withdrawal: The Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Part II) (House Foreign Affairs Committee)
- Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 9:00am Joint Subcommittee Hearing: Cyber Incident Response: Bridging the Gap Between Cybersecurity and Emergency Management (House Homeland Security Committee)
- Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 9:30am Subcommittee Hearing: Facility Protection: Implications of the Navy Yard Shooting on Homeland Security (House Homeland Security Committee)
- Thursday, November 7, 2013, 9:30am Oversight: Impact of Sequestration on the National Defense (Senate Armed Services Committee)
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