CSP Daily Brief: April 2, 2013
The Latest From the Center…
- Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: ‘No nukes’ could beget nuclear war
- Feith, Gaffney, Lyons & Woolsey: Obama’s ‘Nuclear Zero’ Rhetoric is Dangerous
- VIDEO: ‘Global Zero’ Hoax: Slashing America’s Nukes Won’t Make the World Safer
- Press Releases: Realist ‘Four Horsemen’ Challenge Obama, Other ‘Global Zero’ Advocates to Abandon US Denuclearization
- Adam Savit at Free Fire Blog: P.A. and Jordan sign farcical agreement to ‘defend Jerusalem holy sites’
…and From our Colleagues
- Phyllis Schlafly in Townhall: Another Wake-Up Call From North Korea
- Gatestone Institute: Ireland to Build One of Europe’s Largest Mosques
Secure Freedom Radio
- How Can Poor, Isolated North Korea Pose Such a Threat to the US: with Kevin Freeman, Michael O’Hanlon, Adm. Ace Lyons, Gordon Chang
- Secure Freedom Minute: North Korean Restart
News
- Hagel to Address “Strategic and Fiscal Challenges”
- Pentagon won’t extend furloughs into FY ’14
- UN General Assembly to vote on global arms treaty
- Jailed Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef posts bail
- Saudi Arabia buying South African armed drone
- Gulf States Curtail Online Dissent
- Obama’s policy on Syria leaves analysts guessing
- March was deadliest month of Syrian war
- Syrian forces pound rebel-held areas of Damascus
- Hamas again picks Meshaal as leader
- Iran Cools Nuclear Work as Vote Looms
- Kurdish peace process in Turkey faces impasse over militant withdrawal
- Militants kills 7, kidnap 4 in attack in Pakistan
- Afghanistan’s Karzai says Taliban leader eligible to run for president next year
- China accepts invite to join RIMPAC in 2014
- U.S. Sees North Korea Blustering, Not Acting
- U.S. Deploys Destroyer Off Tense Korean Peninsula
- China mobilizing troops, jets near Korea
- North Korea vows to restart nuclear facilities
- Japan Shifting Further Away From Pacifism
- Islamic headscarf debate rekindled in France
- Venezuela campaign starts to elect Chavez’s successor
- Report: Mexican Drug Cartels Behind Increasing Violence in the United States
- Western-backed Palestinian nonprofit apologizes for anti-Semitic blood libel
Commentary
- CARAFANO: A Strong and Focused Foreign Policy
- COLUCCI: Is there an “Obama Doctrine”?
- FJORDMAN: Importing Islamic Nightmares — While Denying Them
- HELMUTH: The Muslim Brotherhood Putsch
- HERMAN: Pyongyang puzzles
- KAZIANIS: How to Deter North Korea: Personal Deterrence?
- NEMTSOVA: The Chechen Boss
- SOWELL: Middle East “Democracy”
Hearings and Events of Note
- Tuesday, April 9, 9:30am Oversight: U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Forces Korea (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Tuesday, April 9, 2:30pm Oversight: Emerging Counterterrorism Threats (Senate Armed Service Committee)
- 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)
- 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, Oversight: Current and Future Worldwide Threats (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Tuesday, April 23, 9:30am Oversight: Department of the Army (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- 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)
- 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)
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