CSP Daily Brief: Tuesday, September 17, 2013
The Latest From the Center…
- Influential U.S. Syria Expert: Not All Islamists Are Enemies of West
- Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: Wanted it bad, got it bad
…and From our Colleagues
Secure Freedom Radio
- Obama Administration’s Policy Of Retreat In The Middle East: with Charles Crawford, Matt Continetti, Harold Rhode, and Gordon Chang
- Secure Freedom Minute: Lehman’s “Collapse”
News
- Russia and France disagree on Syria sarin attack
- Obama waives ban on arming terrorists to allow aid to Syrian opposition
- Turkey shoots down Syrian helicopter after airspace violation
- Egyptian security forces storm community held by Morsi supporters
- U.N.: North Korea won’t cooperate with rights probe
- Car bomb explodes at Syria-Turkey crossing: activists
- Japanese Prime Minister Abe Pushes to Extend Military’s Role
- China’s World: Philippines Looks to Revive U.S. Naval Base
- As world watches Syria, Egypt launches major campaign against jihadists in Sinai
- CIA Employee Who Refused to Sign Non-Disclosure on Benghazi Suspended
- In public shift, Israel calls for Assad’s fall
- Assad government hails ‘victory’ in arms deal, troops attack
- In Bangladesh, death penalty for Islamist leader sparks riots
- Could Obama, Iran’s Rouhani meet ‘accidentally’ at the UN next week?
- Russia Gains Clout With Syria Initiative
- Egypt detains Brotherhood spokesman Haddad: sources
Commentary
- LONDON: The End of U.S. Foreign Policy
- PRUDER: Primary Target: Iran
- HANSON: Obama’s Box Canyon
- IBRAHIM: Pro-Islamist Fake News?
- PRUDEN: Laughter drowned in sorrow
- HANNA: The president’s Syrian muddle
Hearings and Events of Note
- Wednesday, September 18, 10:00am Planning for Sequestration in Fiscal Year 2014 and Perspectives of the Military Services on the Strategic Choices and Management Review (House Armed Services Committee)
- Wednesday, September 18, 10:00am Understanding the Threat to the Homeland from AQAP (House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence)
- Wednesday, September 18, 10:00am Benghazi: Where is the State Department Accountability? (House Foreign Affairs Committee)
- Thursday, September 19, 10:00am The U.S. Presence in Afghanistan Post-2014: Views of Outside Experts (House Armed Services Committee)
- Thursday, September 19, 3:30pm Defense Department’s posture for September 11, 2013: What are the Lessons of Benghazi? (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations)
- Thursday, September 19, 10:30am Subcommittee Hearing: Examining the Syrian Refugee Crisis (House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa)
- Thursday, September 19, 10:00am Subcommittee Hearing: Assessing the Nation’s State of Preparedness: A Federal, State, and Local Perspective (House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications)
- Thursday, September 19, 9:30am Reviews of the Benghazi Attack and Unanswered Questions (House Oversight and Government Reform Committee)
- Friday, September 20, 9:00am Resetting the Force for the Future: Risks of Sequestration (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Readiness)
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