CSP Daily Brief: Tuesday, March 4, 2014

The Latest From the Center…   

• Grover Norquist & Co. Build Islamist Influence in GOP
• Star-studded panel headlines National Security Action Summit
• Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: Thwart Putin’s ‘Evil Empire’ 2.0

• J.D. Gordon in the Daily Caller: What would a strong American president do about the Ukraine crisis?
• Admiral James A. Lyons in The Washington Times: Benghazi was a planned tragedy

• Will Russia Stop With the Crimea?: with Jim Carafano, Darin Selick, Yoram Ettinger, Gordon Chang
• Secure Freedom Minute: Obama Invites Another Crisis

• Gunmen storm government complex in Iraq’s Samarra
• N. Korea accused of firing 7 artillery shells into seas
• Putin: Russia Reserves Right for Force in Ukraine
• Obama shoved to sidelines as Russia ignores U.S. threats of isolation
• Syrian forces press assault on strategic town near Lebanon
• Syrian rebel force to receive Saudi arms has worked with al-Qaeda group
• Unasked questions fog facts on Benghazi
• Jury selection to begin for biggest Al Qaeda figure to face trial in NYC since Sept. 11
• Obama and Netanyahu discuss Palestinians, Iran
• Egypt Court Outlaws Hamas and Brands Muslim Brotherhood Offshoot as Terrorists
• Terror attack on Pakistan court

• HEWITT: The Obama Collapse
• PRUDEN: Playing the chicken in Kiev
• HANSON: The Stepping Stones to the Ukraine Crisis
• GOLDBERG: Obama in denial on Russia
• GREENFIELD: It Takes a Rogue Nation to Stop a Rogue State
• ROSETT: College Campus Gives Iran Nuke Thug Hero’s Welcome

• Tuesday, March 4, 2014, 3:00pm Strengthening U.S. Alliances in Northeast Asia (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
• Wednesday, March 5, 2014, 10:00am The Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Budget Requests from the U.S. Central Command and U.S. Africa Command (House Armed Services Committee)
• Wednesday, March 5, 2014, 9:30am Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the Future Years Defense Program (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Wednesday, March 5, 2014, 2:30pm Nuclear Forces and Policies (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Thursday, March 6, 2014, 9:30am U.S. Central Command and U.S. Africa Command (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Thursday, March 6, 2014, 10:00am The Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of Defense (House Armed Services Committee)
• Thursday, March 6, 2014, 11:00am Syria Spillover: The Growing Threat of Terrorism and Sectarianism in the Middle East (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)

• Politico Morning Defense: 3/04/14
• Foreign Policy Magazine: Morning Brief 3/04/14
• FPI Overnight Brief: March 4, 2014