CSP Daily Brief: March 15, 2013

The Latest From the Center…

• LATMA: The Tribal Updates presents Bibi anticipating Obama’s visit
• Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: Investigate Benghazigate

…and From our Colleagues

• Gatestone Institute: Pope Francis I: Friend of Inclusiveness

Secure Freedom Radio

• Broadcasting from CPAC 2013: with Ann-Marie Murell, Mark Krikorian,  Alice Linahan, and Rep. Lamar Smith
• Secure Freedom Minute: Pope Francis

The Center for Security Policy will again be exhibiting at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Visit us at booth #215.

News

• DOD Requires More Base Closings, Official Says
• The Hollow Men: Senate Democratic budget’s defense cuts would hollow out military, hawks warn
• DoD spends nearly $1B a year on unemployment
• Senate amendment would divert biofuels funds to operations, maintenance
• Droning on about militarization of US skies
• War draws closer to Lebanon with Syrian threat of attack
• Source: U.S.-trained rebels return to Syria
• U.N.: U.S. drones violate Pakistani sovereignty
• India Condemns Pakistan Resolution on Afzal Guru
• Huge bomb defused in Afghan capital Kabul
• Obama: Iran more than a year away from developing nuclear weapon
• Obama Discusses N. Korea Nuclear Impasse With China’s New Leader
• The Big One: Russian government says N. Korean nuclear test used plutonium and was larger than earlier blasts
• North Korea Accuses Enemies Of ‘Persistent and Intensive’ Cyber Attack
• Taiwan to attend Vatican ceremony, despite threats from China
• Obama will press Israel to mollify furious Arabs
• Russian Legislator Accused of Treason After U.S. Visit
• Turkish Cypriots eye turning to Muslim states for recognition
• Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Offers 10 Reasons Why Women’s Rights Are A Bad Idea

Commentary

• CHIVVIS: Unlearning the Lessons of Iraq
• COLUCCI: Don’t Underestimate the al Qaeda Threat
• GARNAUT: Xi Pivots to Moscow
• KRAUTHAMMER: Codify the drone war
• LATIFF & MCCLOSKEY: With Drone Warfare, America Approaches the Robo-Rubicon
• LOYOLA: Lessons of the Anschluss
• SPAETH: Can Obama reset his relations with Israel?
• TOROSSIAN: Time to Demand Human Rights in the Middle East

Hearings and Events of Note

• Tuesday, March 19 9:30am Oversight: U.S. European Command, U.S. Northern Command, and U.S. Southern Command (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Tuesday, March 19 10:00am Homeland Security Grants: Measuring Our Investments (House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications)
• Wednesday, March 20 10:00am Measuring Outcomes to Understand the State of Border Security (House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security)
• Tuesday, April 9 9:30am Oversight: U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Forces Korea (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Thursday, April 11 9:30am Oversight: Department of the Air Force (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)

Other Briefs

• Politico Morning Defense: 3/15/13
• Foreign Policy Initiative: Overnight Brief 3/15/13
• Foreign Policy Magazine: Morning Brief 3/15/13
• Morning FRAGO: 3/15/13
• AIA Daily Lead: March 14, 2013
• The Hill: Overnight Defense 3/14/13