CSP Daily Brief: April 25, 2013
The Latest From the Center…
- LATMA: Obama’s advisor on his post-American foreign policy and suicide bomber go on strike
- Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: Connecting the Dots 101
…and From our Colleagues
Secure Freedom Radio
- The U.S. Military is Hurting, and Administration Policies Are Only Making Things Worse: with Clare Lopez, Jim Hanson, Sen. James Inhofe, Barry Rubin
- Secure Freedom Minute: A Marine’s Warning
News
- CIA pushed to add Boston bomber to terror watch list
- An Insight Into the Bombers Tsarnaev: Officials confirm al Qaeda magazine linked to bombs
- Boston Attack Spotlights Struggle Half a World Away
- Putin says Russia, U.S. work on security after Boston bombs
- Boston bomber gets his Miranda rights, immediately clams up
- Passage Of CISPA Legalizes Already Common Cyber Surveillance Practices
- Marine Commandant warns Congress of costs of global withdrawal
- Pentagon reviews contractor profit guidelines for weapons
- Obama forges ahead with historic overhaul of export controls
- DARPA Outlines Plans To Develop Cyber Weapons
- Perez Vote Delayed: Vote on labor nominee delayed so committee can hear from whistleblower
- Syria rebels launch attack in central Hama after months of calm
- U.S. Sees No Conclusive Evidence of Chemical Arms Use by Syria
- Syria Campaigns to Persuade U.S. to Change Sides
- From Belgian school to Syrian battleground
- U.N. expected to approve Mali peacekeeping efforts
- Egypt president sees ‘deep state’ as enemy within
- Inside the Ring: Dempsey and China ‘friction’
- Religious Freedom in China
- A look at North Korea’s military capabilities
- South Korea warns North Korea of ‘grave measures’ for factory closing
- Venezuela’s parliament launches probe into Capriles
Commentary
- BOLTON: America’s New Isolationists Are Endangering the West
- EAGLEN AND MCGRATH: Shipbuilding Plan Portends a Navy in Decline
- GAINOR: Media blame America for Boston bombings, ignore ties to radical Islam
- HENNINGER: Boston and the Un-Bush
- JOHNSON: Chechnya Terror Link to U.S. Well-Established by Feds Since 9/11
- MAURO: CAIR Banquets Honor Christian Allies
- MILLER: How to Stop Terrorists Before They Kill
- MITCHELL: Immigration, Terrorism, and Welfare Tourism
- NADER: Why Iran Is Trying to Save the Syrian Regime
Hearings and Events of Note
- Thursday, April 25, 9:30am Oversight: Department of the Navy (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Thursday, April 25, 10:00am The Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of the Army (House Armed Services Committee)
- Thursday, April 25, 2:00pm Transitioning to Afghan Security Lead: Protecting Afghan Women? (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations)
- Thursday, April 25, 3:30pm Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for National Security Space Activities (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces)
- Friday, April 26, 8:00am The Readiness Posture of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Readiness)
- Friday, April 26, 10:30am Fiscal Year 2014 Army Modernization Programs (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces)
- Tuesday, May 7, 9:30am Oversight: Department of the Air Force (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)
- Thursday, May 9, 9:00am Third Latin American Symposium (Center for Security Policy)
- 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)
- Wednesday, June 19, EMET Ray of Light in the Darkness Dinner (Endowment for Middle East Truth)
Other Briefs
- Politico Morning Defense: 4/25/13
- Foreign Policy Initiative: Overnight Brief 4/25/13
- Foreign Policy Magazine: Morning Brief 4/25/13
- AIA Daily Lead: April 24, 2013
- The Hill: Overnight Defense 4/24/13
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Secure Freedom Radio is a much-needed vehicle for sober analysis of the high costs of appeasement and the benefit of policies based on “peace through strength.” For an hour each weeknight, Secure Freedom Radio serves as a powerful force-multiplier for the cause of freedom.
The show airs weeknights nationally on American Family Radio and 570 AM in the Washington, D.C. area.
Listeners can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and more.
For Frank's daily Secure Freedom Minute commentary, click here.
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