CSP Daily Brief: April 11, 2013

The Latest From the Center…

• VIDEO: End the Coverup: Rep. Frank Wolf Urges New Benghazi Investigation
• VIDEO: Frank Gaffney: Is North Korea Planning to Launch EMP Attack?
• Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: The Warriors’ Call to Duty

…and From our Colleagues

• Gatestone Institute: “Budget Chicken”: The Hollowed-Out U.S. Military In an Era of Nuclear Weapons
• Elaine Donnelly in the Washington Times: Hoisting a rainbow flag over the Pentagon
• Daniel Greenfield: Talking About Terrorism

Secure Freedom Radio

• Glorifying Terrorists in US Universities: with Rob Montz, Jim Hanson, Joseph Connor
• Secure Freedom Minute: Obama’s Reckless Disarmament

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

News

• GOP Hawks Want More Funding for DoD Budget
• Questionable Wisdom: Congressional leaders and defense experts blast Obama’s military budget, say it will hurt preparedness
• Health Care and Military Spending Bear the Brunt of Proposed Cuts
• Budget Constraints Forcing an Overhaul in Military Operations, Hagel Says
• Air Force budget would cut 2,640 airmen in 2014
• Navy Budget Share Grows, Boosted By Pacific Strategy Shift
• North Korea Launch Zone Found
• South Korea braces for possible multiple missile test from North
• China grows weary of North Korea’s ‘chaos and conflict’
• Seoul Seeks Dialogue Over Industrial Complex
• Syria, North Korea top agenda of G-8 meeting in London
• Rights group accuses Syrian military of targeting civilians
• Nigeria’s Boko Haram rejects Jonathan’s amnesty idea
• Support of NATO of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia unchanged, leader says
• Intrigue swirls as Iran prepares to choose next president
• Footing the Bill for Fraud in Afghanistan
• Fifteen Taliban militants killed in Pakistan
• 13 die in gunfights with police in Mexico
• Venezuela election to test Chavez’s socialist legacy
• Inside the Ring: Transcom or emocom?
• Carter Gets Peace Award at Law School, Despite Criticism

Commentary

• BROOKES: Bluster & blackmail
• FISHMAN: Welcome to the Islamic State of Syria
• HANSON: Iran’s North Korean Future
• HENNINGER: How the East Was Won
• HUNTER & HEGSETH: Time to shake up the dysfunctional VA
• JOSCELYN: Bin Laden’s Files and the Al Qaeda Threat
• LANKOV: Here’s What to Do When North Korea Goes South
• PIPES: The argument for Assad
• SPRING: Obama Budget Likely to Veil Continued Defense Sequestration
• ZIGFELD: The Russian Military and the New Cold War

Hearings and Events of Note

• 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: 4/11/13
• Foreign Policy Initiative: Overnight Brief 4/11/13
• Foreign Policy Magazine: Morning Brief 4/11/13
• AIA Daily Lead: April 10, 2013
• The Hill: Overnight Defense 4/10/13