CSP Daily Brief: April 10, 2013

The Latest From the Center…

• VIDEO: Gen. Jerry Boykin: “Get accountability and get the truth out” on Benghazi
• Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: The Warriors’ Call to Duty

…and From our Colleagues

• Gates of Vienna: The PVV Report: Violence Against Women in Islam
• Gatestone Institute: Back to Jahiliyya

Secure Freedom Radio

• The World After Margaret Thatcher: with Paul Kengor, Mark Krikorian, Andy McCarthy, Peter Pry
• Secure Freedom Minute: Immigration Fraud

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

News

• North Korea Warns It Is on Brink of Nuclear War With South
• South Korea and U.S. Gird for Missile Test by the North
• Dick Cheney on North Korea: U.S. ‘in deep doo doo’
• Obama seeks smaller defense cuts; budget likely DOA
• Bin Laden’s son-in-law’s defense team cites sequester in delay request
• Kerry meeting with Syrian opposition in London
• Obama, Afghan president discuss security handover
• Army, Marine troop levels not a budget casualty item
• Military Sees Broader Role for Special Operations Forces, in Peace and War
• Al Qaeda growing threat in Middle East, Obama officials say
• Experts Urge Israel MoD To Ease Cyber Export Policy
• DOD anticpates al Qaeda return to Mali
• Qatar offers Egypt $3bn lifeline
• In Syria, some brace for the next war
• Syria’s Nusra Front pledges allegiance to Qaeda’s Zawahri: audio tape
• Iran Celebrates Nuke Pursuit: Announces new reactors during ‘National Day of Nuclear Technology
• Erdogan to delay Gaza trip until after meeting with Obama
• Success in Taliban stronghold might not be lasting
• Peace Envoys From Taliban at Loose Ends in Qatar
• Chinese colonel says latest bird flu virus is U.S. biological weapon
• Ex China rail minister Liu Zhijun charged with corruption
• Russian MPs back harsher anti-blasphemy law
• Shipbuilders Boost Workforce, But Prepare for Downturn After 2015

Commentary

• ALLARD: The Iron Lady’s steely resolve
• GAO: With Friends Like These…
• GOLDBERG: What the ‘Iron Lady’ Forged
• HELPRIN: Benghazi’s Portent and the Decline of U.S. Military Strength
• HUESSY: ‘Eye in the Sky’ could spot approaching threats
• JOSCELYN: Al Qaeda Rises in Syria
• SMYTH: The Worsening State of Libya’s Christians
• STARNES: Army Email Labels Christian Ministries as ‘Domestic Hate Groups’

Hearings and Events of Note

• Wednesday, April 10, 3:30pm Hearing: Mental Health Research (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Military Personnel)
• Wednesday, April 10, 9:30am U.S. Foreign Assistance: What Oversight Mechanisms are in Place to Ensure Accountability? (House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform)
• Wednesday, April 10, 9:30am Border Security: Frontline Perspective on Progress and Remaining Challenges (Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs)
• Thursday, April 11, 3:30pm Hearing: Equipping the Individual Soldier and Marine: Current and Future Year Acquisition and Modernization Strategies and the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces)
• Thursday, April 11, 10:00am Meeting: The Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of Defense (House Armed Service Committee)
• Thursday, April 11, 10:00am Subcommittee Hearing: Counterterrorism Efforts to Combat a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Attack on the Homeland (House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence)
• Thursday, April 11, 10:00am Subcommittee Hearing: Highlighting Vietnamese Government Human Rights Violations in Advance of the U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue (House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations)
• Thursday, April 11, 2:30pm Joint Subcommittee Hearing: Breaking the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nexus (House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade)
• Thursday, April 11, 9:30am Nominations: General Philip M. Breedlove, USAF (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Thursday, April 11, 10:00am U.S. Policy Towards Syria (Senate Committee on Foreign Relations)
• Thursday, April 11, 10:00am Budget Hearing- Department of Homeland Security (House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee Homeland Security)
• 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)
• Friday, April 12, 10:00am Meeting: The Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of the Air Force (House Armed Services Committee)
• Friday, April 12, 9:00am Subcommittee Hearing: The Impact of Sequestration on Homeland Security: Scare Tactics or Possible Threat? (House Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency)
• 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, 2:30pm Oversight: Current Readiness of U.S. Forces (Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support)
• Friday, April 18, 2:30pm Oversight: The Role of the Department of Defense Science and Technology Enterprise for Innovation and Affordability (Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities)
• 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)
• Wednesday, April 24, 2:30pm Oversight: Military Construction, Environmental, and Base Closure Programs (Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support)
• 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)
• 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: 4/10/13
• Foreign Policy Initiative: Overnight Brief 4/10/13
• Foreign Policy Magazine: Morning Brief 4/10/13
• AIA Daily Lead: April 9, 2013
• The Hill: Overnight Defense 4/9/13