CSP Daily Brief: Wednesday, July 24, 2013
The Latest From the Center…
…and From our Colleagues
- John Bolton: Another Rogue-State Smuggling Route Is Revealed
- Gatestone Institute: Islam and Islamism
Secure Freedom Radio
Secure Freedom Minute: Keep Gitmo Open
News
- US House Blocks Democratic Effort to Zero Funds for East Coast Missile Shield
- Kelly Ayotte Calls for Stronger Missile Defense: New Hampshire senator criticizes calls to reduce missile defense spending
- House defends billions in Afghanistan spending, but cuts millions
- House votes to prohibit civilian DOD furloughs in 2014
- House to vote on NSA snooping
- Experts: Sequester Cuts Will Devastate U.S. Military: Furloughs hitting employees hard, while U.S. verging on inability to fight two-front war
- Senate Immigration Bill Slammed During US House Hearing
- McCain drops hold threat on Dempsey confirmation
- Congress to probe lethal SEAL crash
- Snowden expects to leave airport soon, lawyer says
- Bulgaria Anticorruption Protests Turn Violent
- With Rebellion Stifled, Mali Looks to Election
- Muslim Brotherhood Leader Calls for U.S. Embassy Siege in Cairo
- Crisis-weary Kuwait stumbles toward new elections
- Israel Angered by U.S. Leaks of Submarine Missile Attack on Syria: Israeli officials say leak should have been coordinated with Tel Aviv
- UN Security Council to meet Syria opposition group
- UN chemical arms investigator arrives in Syria to seek access
- Russia’s Putin to visit Tehran for nuclear talks: media reports
- Pakistani parties name presidential candidates
- Lawmakers Call for Asia-Pacific ‘Rebalance’ Review
- Chinese vice president to visit North Korea
- Japan scrambles jets after China plane flies by southern islands
- Unemployment among recent veterans drops sharply
Commentary
- ARQUILLA: Why Iraq Was America’s Best-Run War
- BONGINO: Still no Benghazi answers
- GOLDBERG: The Real Helen Thomas
- JOHNSON: Al-Shabaab Claims U.S. Kills in Somalia After Obama Steps Up Secret Aid
- KLEIN: The Brotherhood’s Reach For Jihad
- PRICE: Mali’s presidential election
- WEINTHAL AND ROSETT: Where are the UN sanctions on Hezbollah?
Hearings and Events of Note
- Wednesday, July 24, 10:00pm Rebalancing to the Asia-Pacific Region and Implications for U.S. National Security (House Armed Services Committee)
- Wednesday, July 24, 2:00pm Women in Service Reviews (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Military Personnel)
- Wednesday, July 24, 2:00pm Challenges to Democracy in the Western Hemisphere (House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere)
- Wednesday, July 24, 2:00pm Rebalance to Asia III: Protecting the Environment and Ensuring Food and Water Security in East Asia and the Pacific (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
- Thursday, July 25, 9:30am Acquisition and Development Challenges Associated with the Littoral Combat Ship (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces)
- Thursday, July 25, 9:30am Nominations (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Thursday, July 25, 10:00am Emerging Threat of Resource Wars (House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats)
- Thursday, July 25, 11:00am Nomination of Hon. Alejandro N. Mayorkas to be Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security(Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee)
- Thursday, July 25, 2:30pm The Partnership Between NIST and the Private Sector: Improving Cybersecurity (Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee)
- Wednesday, July 31, 10:00am How to Improve the Efficiency, Safety, and Security of Maritime Transportation: Better Use and Integration of Maritime Domain Awareness Data (House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation)
- Thursday, August 1, 9:30am Political Status of Puerto Rico (Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee)
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