CSP: Daily Brief May 7, 2013

The Latest From the Center…

• Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: Moment of Truth for Benghazigate?

…and From our Colleagues

• Gatestone Institute: North Korea Goes South: to Menace the U.S.

Secure Freedom Radio

• The Dangers of Syria to Israeli National Security: with Caroline Glick, Juddi Jasser, Gordon Chang, Roger Noriega
• Secure Freedom Minute: Breaking Our Armed Forces
• Join the Center for Security Policy and the Menges Hemispheric Security Project on Thursday, May 9 for the Third Annual Symposium on Latin America: Chavismo without Chavez

News

• What to Expect at Wednesday’s Benghazi Hearing
• Benghazi “stand down” order confirmed by new testimony
• Whistle-blower: Special forces could have saved Americans in Benghazi
• Terrorist Haven in Libya: Islamist militia linked to Sept. 11 Benghazi attack operates freely in city
• Corker: US will arm Syrian rebels ‘soon’
• Sen. Menendez presses to arm rebels as Syria pulls US toward conflict
• Al Qaeda’s track record with chemical weapons
• PENTAGON: Chinese Hackers Have Stolen Data From ‘Almost Every Major US Defense Contractor’
• Navy Ship Can’t Meet Mission, Internal U.S. Report Finds
• Tunisia hunts al Qaeda-linked militants near Algeria
• Egypt’s Mursi brings more Islamists into cabinet
• Libya defense minister quits over siege of ministries by gunmen
• Turkey condemns Israeli air strikes in Syria
• Iran’s presidential race gets underway
• Syria to permit Palestinians to attack from Golan
• Iran recruits volunteer fighters for Syrian regime
• Syrian Hackers Strike: Collective linked to Anonymous attacks Israeli system, The Onion’s Twitter feed
• Red China Power: China expanding submarine, missile forces with advanced systems, Pentagon annual report says
• China Cuts Ties With Key North Korean Bank
• North Korea Stands Down
• State Department Stonewall: Judicial Watch files suit for State Dept. docs tied to controversial speech
• Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention Chief Arrested for Sexual Assault

Commentary

• CLINE: When Terrorists Deny Each Other
• COTTON, MANDEL AND HEGSETH: Caring for the troops with Kaitlyn’s Law
• JENSEN: Islamist Recruitment and Muslim Engagement
• MASSIMINO: Don’t ’Reset’ With Putin, Crack Down on Him
• ROGERS: The Strategy of a Superpower
• STEPHENS: What to Do About Syria
• THIESSEN: A Benghazi bombshell

Hearings and Events of Note

• Tuesday, May 7, 9:30am Oversight: Department of the Air Force (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Tuesday, May 7, 10:00am Nominations (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
• Tuesday, May 7, 10:00am Budget Hearing – Navy and Marine Corps (House Appropriations Committee)
• Tuesday, May 7, 10:00am Local and Private Sector Initiatives to Combat International Human Trafficking (House Foreign Affairs Committee)
• Tuesday, May 7, 10:30am Border Security: Examining Provisions in the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744) (Senate Homeland Security Committee)
• Tuesday, May 7, 2:00pm Increasing American Jobs through Greater Exports to Africa (House Foreign Affairs Committee)
• Tuesday, May 7, 2:30pm National Nuclear Security Administration management of its National Security Laboratories in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2014 and the Future Years Defense Program (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Wednesday, May 8, 9:00am Cyber Threats: Law Enforcement and Private Sector Responses (Senate Judiciary 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)
• Wednesday, May 8, 11:30am Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage (House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform)
• Wednesday, May 8, 12:30pm National Defense Priorities from Members for the FY 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (House Armed Services Committee)
• Wednesday, May 8, 1:00pm Budget Hearing – United States Army (House Appropriations Committee)
• Wednesday, May 8, 1:30pm TSA Procurement Reform: Saving Taxpayer Dollars Through Smarter Spending Practices (House Homeland Security Committee)
• Wednesday, May 8, 2:00pm The Threat of China’s Unsafe Consumables (House Foreign Affairs Committee)
• Wednesday, May 8, 2:30pm Role of Private Sector in Preparedness and Emergency Response (Senate Homeland Security Committee)
• Wednesday, May 8, 2:30pm Oversight of the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Wednesday, May 8, 3:00pm Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for Missile Defense Programs (House Armed Services Committee)
• Thursday, May 9, 9:00am Third Latin American Symposium (Center for Security Policy)
• Thursday, May 9, 9:00am Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request for Atomic Energy Defense Activities and Nuclear Forces Programs (House Armed Services Committee)
• Thursday, May 9, 9:00am The Boston Bombings: A First Look (House Homeland Security Committee)
• Thursday, May 9, 9:30am Budget Hearing – United States Air Force (House Appropriations Committee)
• Thursday, May 9, 10:00am Resolving International Parental Child Abductions to Non-Hague Convention Countries (House Foreign Affairs Committee)
• Thursday, May 9, 2:30pm Oversight of ballistic missile defense policies and programs (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Tuesday, May 14, 9:30am Oversight- Marine Corps modernization (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Tuesday, May 14, 2:30pm Briefing- the situation in Syria (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Thursday, June 6, 6:30 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, 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: 5/7/13
• Foreign Policy Initiative: Overnight Brief 5/7/13
• Foreign Policy Magazine: Morning Brief 5/7/13
• AIA Daily Lead: May 6, 2013