CSP Daily Brief: Friday, May 31, 2013
The Latest From the Center…
- Adam Savit at Free Fire Blog: Islamists use false moral equivalence to blunt post-jihad negative PR
- Kyle Shideler at Free Fire Blog: Know “Justice”, Know “Peace”
- Shariah Finance Watch: Shariah-Compliant Bond Issuances Climbed Sharply in 2012
- Shariah Finance Watch: Islamic Development Bank sells $1 billion 5-year Shariah Bond
- Shariah Finance Watch: Al Qaeda Blackballs Jihadi Who Failed to File Timely Expense Reports
- Shariah Finance Watch: De Borchgrave: Al-Qaeda’s Money Trail More Elusive than Bin Laden
- Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: Obama’s Surrender Speech
…and From our Colleagues
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News
- FBI probes two cases of ricin letters to Obama, others
- Boston, London, Paris attacks highlight al Qaeda shift in tactics
- FY15 Guidance Takes Sequester Into Account
- Defense lawmakers consider changing rules of terror war
- RNC files FOIA request for Benghazi emails between State Dept. and Obama 2012 campaign
- State Dept. Report Lists 6 Terror Attacks Last Year in Benghazi Before 9/11 Attack
- Syrian relief groups face delays from IRS on tax-exempt status
- LCS matures, new missile coming
- Hagel to broach topic of cyberthreats with Chinese
- New liaison named between US forces, UK government
- Argentina Names New Defense, Security Chiefs
- Nigerian Islamist militants return from Mali with weapons, skills
- Training for Terror: Al Qaeda training facility opens in Syria
- Syria identifies British man ‘killed fighting with rebels’
- Syrian rebels gather to fight at key border town
- Wild Card: Outgoing Iranian president could play destabilizing role in Iranian election
- Kerry says unacceptable for Iran to have nuclear weapon
- Iranian Assassin Sentenced: Man involved in plot to kill Saudi ambassador gets 25 years
- Iraq sees deadliest month in 5 years
- Outcry over young North Korean refugees handed back to regime by Laos
- McCain Maneuvers to Lead Republicans on Response to Military Sexual Assaults
Commentary
- BEASON: Our Endangered Nuclear Weaponeers
- GREENFIELD: Extremist Muslim Moderates and Moderate Muslim Extremists
- KRAUTHAMMER: Obama’s Dorothy Doctrine
- SMITH: Justice for Hezbollah
- SPYER: Iran, via Hezbollah, Comes to Bashar Assad’s Rescue
- ZAKHEIM: Sequestered: The Strategic Implications of a Freefalling U.S. Defense Budget
Hearings and Events of Note
- Monday, June 3, 3:00pm Tragic Anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests and Massacre (House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations)
- Tuesday, June 4, 10:00am Emergency MGMT 2.0: How #SocialMedia & New Tech are Transforming Preparedness, Response, & Recovery #Disasters #Part1 #Privatesector (House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications)
- Tuesday, June 4, 10:00am The Department of Justice’s Handling of Known or Suspected Terrorists Admitted into the Federal Witness Security Program (House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations)
- Tuesday, June 4, 2:30pm Continuing Repression by the Vietnamese Government (House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations)
- Wednesday, June 5, 10:00am A Crisis Mismanaged: Obama’s Failed Syria Policy (House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa)
- Wednesday, June 5, 2:00pm U.S. Relations with Vietnam (House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific)
- Wednesday, June 5, 2:30pm Nominations (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
- Thursday, June 6, 10:00am Labor Issues in Bangladesh (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
- Thursday, June 6, 2:15pm Nominations (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
- Thursday, June 6, 6:30pm Freedom Flame Award Dinner 2013 (Center for Security Policy)
- Tuesday, June 11, Legislative: Subcommittee Markups (Senate Armed Service Committee)
- 9:30 a.m. Subcommittee on Airland
- 11:00 a.m. Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
- 2:00 p.m. Subcommittee on Personnel
- 3:30 p.m. Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
- 6:00 p.m. Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
- Wednesday, June 12, 9:30am Subcommittee Markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Seapower)
- Wednesday, June 12, 1:00pm The Department of Defense and the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget (House Budget Committee)
- Wednesday, June 12, 2:30pm Full Committee Markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Thursday, June 13, 9:30am Full Committee Markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Friday, June 14, 9:30am Full Committee Markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Wednesday, June 19, EMET Ray of Light in the Darkness Dinner (Endowment for Middle East Truth
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The show airs weeknights nationally on American Family Radio and 570 AM in the Washington, D.C. area.
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For Frank's daily Secure Freedom Minute commentary, click here.
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