CSP Daily Brief: Thursday, August 1, 2013
The Latest From the Center…
- Christopher Holton at Free Fire Blog: Meanwhile…Iran’s Nuclear Program Marches On
- Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: E.M.P. vulnerability invites catastrophe
…and From our Colleagues
Secure Freedom Radio
- The Muslim Brotherhood Are “Islamists in Sheep’s Clothing”: with Erick Stakelbeck, Christian Whiton, Diana West
- Secure Freedom Minute: Space Weather
News
- Edward Snowden has left Moscow airport – lawyer
- Russia Rejects Holder’s Extradition Request for Snowden: Refusal is latest blow to Obama’s ‘reset’ policy and could lead to canceling summit with Putin
- Afghanistan, U.S. near agreement on post-2014 force
- Manning faces up to 136 years in prison as sentencing begins
- NSA phone data collection declassified in effort to assuage lawmaker concerns
- Hagel: Pentagon Must Choose Between People or Platforms
- To Absorb Deep Cuts, DoD Would Shrink Army, Shed Aircraft Carriers and Fighter Squadrons
- Pentagon considers troop reductions due to cuts from sequester
- House votes for new tough sanctions against Iran
- Russia says new Iran sanctions will not end nuclear dispute
- Cairo Orders Police to Remove Protesters
- Senate Blocks Rand Paul’s Attempt to Cut Aid to Egypt
- Petition for White House to Declare Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Group Gains Enough Signatures to Force Response
- Inside the Ring: Russia boosts Cuba ties
- Despite ‘Coup’, Joint US-Egypt Military Exercise Will Go Forward
- Al Jazeera Caller Threatens to Murder Egyptian Christians
- Mugabe party claims Zimbabwe election win, rival cries foul
- Syria’s Assad lauds his army, says he will win war
- US analysts predict future Israeli air strikes on Syrian arms cache
- US, Pakistan to resume high-level negotiations
- Bangladesh court rules top Islamic party illegal
- Thomas takes helm of Pacific-based 7th Fleet
Commentary
- BOLTON: A threat to liberty: Muslim Brothers’ agenda
- FETEHA: Abbas and the ‘Peace Process’
- GOLDBERG: Seven Reasons Kerry’s Mideast Talks Are Delusional
- KAMINSKI: A Dictator’s Demise Can Begin With a Vote
- KUGELMAN: Calm Before the Storm
- TAHERI: The junta’s dilemma
- YOO: The Manning verdict is a mistake
Hearings and Events of Note
- Thursday, August 1, 8:00 am, Department of Defense’s Challenges in Accounting for Missing Persons from Past Conflicts (House Armed Services Committee)
- Thursday, August 1, 10:00 am Initial Conclusions Formed by the Defense Strategic Choices and Management Review (House Armed Services Committee)
- Thursday, August 1, 3:30 pm Joint Hearing: Ensuring Navy surface force effectiveness with limited maintenance resources (House Armed Services Committee)
- Thursday, August 1, 3:30 pm Subcommittee Hearing: The Impact of U.S. Water Programs on Global Health(House Foreign Affairs Committee)
- Thursday, August 1, 2:00 pm Joint Subcommittee Hearing: Examining the State Department’s Report on Iranian Presence in the Western Hemisphere 19 Years After AMIA Attack (House Foreign Affairs Committee)
- Thursday, August 1, 1:30 pm Subcommittee Hearing: The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Outlook and Opportunities (House Committee on Foreign Affairs)
- Thursday, August 1, 10:00 am Subcommittee Hearing: West Fertilizer, Off the Grid: The Problem of Unidentified Chemical Facilities (House Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs )
- Thursday, August 1, 9:00 am Hearing: Border Security Planning: Applying Overseas Lessons Learned to the Homeland (House Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs)
- Thursday, August 1, 9:30am Political Status of Puerto Rico (Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee)
- Thursday, August 1, 10:30pm Mismanagement of POW/MIA Accounting (Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight)
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