CSP Daily Brief: Friday, February 28, 2014
The Latest From the Center…
- NSA IG Gets It Mostly Right on Snowden
- Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: America’s Provocative Weakness
…and From our Colleagues
Secure Freedom Radio
- Why the US and Russia Won’t Be Coming Head to Head in Ukraine: with John Bolton, Fred Fleitz, David Yerushalmi, Bill Roggio
- Secure Freedom Minute: Penalties for Putin
Previously on Secure Freedom Radio
- Reactions to Hagel’s Call for an Even Smaller Military: with Jim Hanson, Andrew Davenport, Rep. Pete Hoekstra, Diana West
- Still Searching for the Truth on Benghazi: with Catherine Herridge, Andrew McCarthy, Peter Brookes, Matthew Continetti
- Oleksander Tuchynov Named Ukraine’s Intereim President As Yanukovych Flees Kiev: with Doug Lamborn, Raymond Stock, Gordon Chang, Christian Whiton
- Putin’s New Cold War, “Version 2.0”: with John Wohlstetter, Peter Pham, Bill Gertz, Diana West
News
- Pentagon: Syrian request for chemical weapons extension ‘unacceptable’
- Coalition Agrees to Delay Afghan Decision
- Venezuela student protest in Caracas ends in clashes
- Jailed Cuban spy Fernando Gonzalez freed from US prison
- Commander: U.S. Military Not Ready for Cyber Warfare
- North Korea launches missiles into sea
- Egyptian regime, Muslim Brotherhood accuse each other of being ‘Jewish’
- Iraq: Suicide Bomber Kills Prominent Tribal Sheik
- Al-Qaeda Rebels in Syria Tell Christians to Pay Up or Die
- Islamists in Syrian city offer Christians safety — at a heavy price
- Special Ops Chief: Threat From al Qaeda is ‘Much More Broad’ Today
- Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘military invasion’ as gunmen seize airports
- Israel urges IAEA to issue full report on Iran nuclear research
Commentary
- KRAUTHAMMER: Putin’s Ukraine Gambit
- BARON: Wanted: The Rule of Law
- ERVIN: Is Hassan Rohani a Moderate or a Ruthless Murderer?
- ROSENBERG: Don’t Buy the Israel Boycott Hype
- LAKE: Putin’s Bluff: U.S. Spies Say Russia Won’t Invade Ukraine
Hearings and Events of Note
- Tuesday, March 4, 2014, 10:00am The Posture of the U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Strategic Command (House Armed Services Committee)
- Tuesday, March 4, 2014, 3:00pm Strengthening U.S. Alliances in Northeast Asia (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
- Wednesday, March 5, 2014, 10:00am The Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Budget Requests from the U.S. Central Command and U.S. Africa Command (House Armed Services Committee)
- Wednesday, March 5, 2014, 9:30am Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the Future Years Defense Program (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Wednesday, March 5, 2014, 2:30pm Nuclear Forces and Policies (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Thursday, March 6, 2014, 9:30am U.S. Central Command and U.S. Africa Command (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Thursday, March 6, 2014, 10:00am The Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of Defense (House Armed Services Committee)
- Thursday, March 6, 2014, 11:00am Syria Spillover: The Growing Threat of Terrorism and Sectarianism in the Middle East (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
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