CSP Daily Brief: May 22, 2013
The Latest From the Center…
- Chris Holton at Free Fire Blog: More Evidence of America’s Wrongheaded Approach to Jihad
- VIDEO: Steven Bucci: Planning for Defense Sequestration Train-Wreck
- Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: Do You Feel Lucky? The Danger of EMP
…and From our Colleagues
- Elaine Donnelly: The generals flunk the birds ‘n’ bees test
- Ken Timmerman: Iran’s free-election farce
- Gatestone Institute: The Sheiks and WMD
Secure Freedom Radio
- Monica Crowley: Under the Obama Administration The Press is Not So Free: with Andy McCarthy, Gordon Chang, Monica Crowley, Catherine Engelbrecht
- Secure Freedom Minute: Immigration Deform
Join us for the 2013 Freedom Flame Dinner on June 6 as we honor Allen West and Richard Scaife
News
- Man Being Questioned About Boston Bombing Was Shot And Killed By FBI
- Terrorist watch lists: Are they working as they should?
- Senate panel delivers bipartisan rebuke to Obama with vote to arm Syrian rebels
- House defense panel to call special forces team in Libya to testify
- Veterans Affairs, Pentagon spared from planned GOP budget cuts
- As Chinese Leader’s Visit Nears, U.S. Is Urged to Allow Counterattacks on Hackers
- Cyber Collaboration: Experts call for better coordination between governments and businesses on cybersecurity
- Exclusive: CIA Honored Benghazi Chief in Secret Ceremony
- Petraeus Played Key Role Turning CIA Into The Good Guys In Benghazi
- Center for Turkish Progress: Obama-aligned think tank’s ties to Turkey under scrutiny
- Egyptian President Announces Release of Officers Kidnapped in Sinai
- U.S. stands by Yemen, Kerry says
- Syria rebels call for reinforcements as war spreads abroad
- US to continue supporting French air force ops in Mali
- British defense secretary arrives in Mali
- Congo Rebels Target Goma
- NATO closes air command headquarters in Turkey
- Sectarian violence over Syria war rages in Lebanon’s Tripoli
- Ahmadinejad to appeal ally’s removal from Iran’s presidential race
- Iran moves forward with nuclear development
- Time Running Out for Japanese Abductees in North Korea
- North Korea dispatches top military chief to China
Commentary
- CARAFANO: Boston Shows Value of Homeland Security Coordination, Training
- EAGLEN: Congress ignores Pentagon’s drawdown abroad to stall domestic military base closures
- FONTOVA: Protecting sponsor of terrorism
- KLEIN: Obama Praises Jihad-Supporting Turkish Prime Minister
- MARSDEN: Fogle Fiasco Underscores America’s Intelligence Problem
- MCCAUL: Inviting more Boston-type massacres
- MILLER: The Myth of the Arab State
- STALINSKY: China Isn’t the Only Source of Cyberattacks
- TADJDEH: To Harden Networks, Cybersecurity Must Be ‘Baked In’ From Start
- ZIGFELD: Boston, Benghazi, and Barack
Hearings and Events of Note
- Wednesday, May 22, 9:00am The Army Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request (Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Defense)
- Wednesday, May 22, 10:00am Assessing the Threat to the Homeland from al Qaeda Operations in Iran and Syria (House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence)
- Wednesday, May 22, 10:00am Different Perspectives on International Development (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
- Wednesday, May 22, 10:30am Markup of H.R. 1960: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces)
- Wednesday, May 22, 12:00pm Markup of H.R. 1960: Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilites; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities)
- Wednesday, May 22, 1:30pm Markup of H.R. 1960: Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces)
- Wednesday, May 22, 2:00pm The Middle East and North Africa FY 2014 Budget: Priorities and Challenges (House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa)
- Wednesday, May 22, 2:00pm S. 744 and the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986: Lessons Learned or Mistakes Repeated?
- Wednesday, May 22, 3:30pm Markup of H.R. 1960: Subcommittee on Military Personnel ; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Military Personnel)
- Thursday, May 23, 9:00am Markup of H.R. 1960: Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces)
- Thursday, May 23, 10:00am European Union Economic Relations: Crisis and Opportunity (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
- Thursday, May 23, 10:00am U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation: An Overview of the Merida Initiative 2008–Present (House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere)
- Thursday, May 23, 10:30am Markup of H.R. 1960: Subcommittee on Readiness; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Readiness)
- 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)
- 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)
Other Briefs
- Politico Morning Defense: 5/22/13
- Foreign Policy Initiative: Overnight Brief 5/22/13
- Foreign Policy Magazine: Morning Brief 5/22/13
- AIA Daily Lead: May 21, 2013
- The Hill: Overnight Defense 5/21/13
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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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