CSP Daily Brief: Tuesday, May 14, 2013

The Latest From the Center…

• Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: The Women of Benghazigate

…and From our Colleagues

• John Bolton: Obama’s reckless foreign policy is off-handed and heedless of real-world consequences
• Ilan Berman in the Washington Times: Boston bombing’s Russian root
• Gatestone Institute: Al-Qaradawi and the New Religious Conflict With Israel

Secure Freedom Radio

• Concessions with Russia Are A Compromise to the Safety of the American People: with Congressman Mo Brooks, Richard Perle, Daniel Goure, Gordon Chang
• Rep. Brooks: Obama to Appease Russians By Sharing Secret Technology
• Secure Freedom Minute: The Unraveling

Join us for the 2013 Freedom Flame Dinner on June 6 as we honor Allen West and Richard Scaife

News

• DOD poised to trim furlough days, add exemptions
• American in Russia detained as spy charges swirl
• Insiders Split on Whether White House Covered Up Benghazi Response
• Article: HASC Markup Handbook With Amendment Predictions
• Carter Meets With Karzai, Military Leaders
• Top U.S. admiral puts cyber security on the Navy’s radar
• U.K. Weighs Military-Spending Shift
• Syrian troops take full control of strategic town
• Israel cabinet okays new budget draft with large defense cuts
• Fox in the Hen House: Iran to chair U.N. arms control forum
• Iranian-American launches bid for Iran’s presidency
• Iran expresses regret over killing Afghans
• Final Pakistan vote count confirms big Sharif win
• Past point of dialogue with North over nuke development, former S. Korean military leader says
• Network Effects: Chinese university lab linked to PLA cyber attacks
• John Kerry urged to pressure China over treatment of Chen Guangcheng’s family

Commentary

• COHEN: U.S. Sub Suppliers at Risk From Foreign Competition
• EDITORIAL: Journalists and Jihad
• GOSAR: Wasting American dollars on hostile countries
• KELS: Congress Targets Military Justice
• MANESS: Denying American soldiers the faith of their fathers
• O’HANLON: How to cut the Pentagon budget better than sequestration does
• PIPES: Islam vs. Islamism
• PRICE: State Department ‘must protect’ diplomats — and didn’t
• SAUNDERS: The Benghazi Cover-up Matters
• SOWELL: Lies About Libya
• TAHERI: Early line on Iran’s prez contest

Hearings and Events of Note

• 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: 5/14/13
• Foreign Policy Initiative: Overnight Brief 5/14/13
• Foreign Policy Magazine: Morning Brief 5/13/13
• AIA Daily Lead: May 13, 2013
• The Hill: Overnight Defense 5/13/13