CSP Daily Brief: May 1, 2013
The Latest From the Center…
- Adm. James Lyons in the Washington Times: A call to courage over Benghazi
- Clare Lopez at Free Fire Blog: Time to Derail the Saudi “Visa Express”
- Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: Whose side is he on?
…and From our Colleagues
Secure Freedom Radio
- Despite UNESCO Recognition of Palestine, the US Continues to Fund It: with Andrew McCarthy, Matthew Brodsky, Claudia Rosett, Jeremy Scahill. Jim Hanson of BlackFive.net guest hosts
- Secure Freedom Minute: Witness Suppression
News
- Obama Appears at a Loss to Define the Way Forward in Syria
- Americans Are Disinterested in Syria, Not Necessarily Opposed to Action
- US considers sending arms to Syria rebels
- Report: Syria’s Assad makes rare public appearance
- Syria’s Assad will not be abandoned, Hezbollah leader says
- Small US troop contingent remains in Mali
- House Homeland Security Committee Plans Hearing on Boston Attack for Next Week
- Boston Harbors: Jihadists use Beantown for base, report says
- Chairman of Joint Chiefs: Al-Qaida core decimated, not al-Qaida threat
- Arms makers welcome dialogue with Pentagon as budget woes rise
- Sensitive Army database of U.S. dams compromised; Chinese hackers suspected
- Pakistan-US alliance takes hits on campaign trail
- Brawl in Venezuela parliament leaves member bruised, bloody
- Arab League sweetens peace deal, puts pressure on Israel’s P.M. Benjamin Netanyahu
- Sunni unrest revives fears of sectarian war in Iraq
- Russia and China Vie for Rare Earths Dominance
- Air Force says former Lackland commanders punished
- Could Christian Chaplains Be Silenced Under Pentagon Rules?
Commentary
- CROCKER: Iraq on the brink, again
- DUNPHY: Even the Tsarnaev Brothers Can’t Awaken MSM from Its Slumber
- EDITORIAL: The al Qaeda Franchise Threat
- FAWSTIN: Drowning Out All Things Benghazi
- JOHNSON: On Israel, divestment and double standards
- ROBERTS: The Case for Pre-Emptive War, From Goliath to the Dardanelles
Hearings and Events of Note
- 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)
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