CSP: Daily Brief Wednesday May 8, 2013
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Secure Freedom Radio
- Hollowing of U.S. Military Impacting Future Ability to Effectively Wage War: with Congressman Rob Wittman, Ricard Fisher, Andy McCarthy, Shaun Waterman
- Secure Freedom Minute: A Double-Header On The Hill
- Join the Center for Security Policy and the Menges Hemispheric Security Project on Thursday, May 9 for the Third Annual Symposium on Latin America: Chavismo without Chavez
News
- Benghazi Hearing Aims to Reveal High Level Decision-Makers
- U.S. diplomatic security back in focus at Benghazi hearing
- Carter: Military strategic review near completion
- Air Force Sidelines 17 ICBM Officers
- Gen. Odierno: Budget Crunch Will Render Army Unready For Syria & Hybrid War
- Obama Says We Have A ‘Moral Obligation’ In Syria
- Syria conflict: Envoy Brahimi hails US-Russia accord
- New Head of C.I.A.’s Clandestine Service Is Picked, as Acting Chief Is Passed Over
- Cyberattacks a growing irritant in US-China ties
- China Calls US ‘The Real Hacking Empire’ Following Pentagon Report
- Rand Paul: Benghazi Should Disqualify Hillary Clinton From Ever Holding Public Office Again
- NATO officials focus on shrinking defense budgets at seminar
- Pakistani peacekeeper killed in eastern Congo: U.N.
- Boko Haram attack leaves over 50 dead and sees 100 inmates freed from jail in Nigeria
- Hezbollah Takes Risks by Fighting Rebels in Syria
- Syrian rebel leader admits difficulty of unifying fighters
- Syria goes black on Internet, phone service
- Iran threatens Israel: Golan will be ‘Fatahland’
- Keeping an Eye on China- CNO: Vigilant but not worried by Chinese naval buildup
- Sex assaults rise as women move closer in military ranks
- Rodman to Kim: ‘Do me a solid’ and free American
Commentary
- BANDLER: US and EU can’t leave Israel to confront Syria threat alone
- BRODSKY: Israel’s game-changer with Hezbollah
- ERICKSON: Pentagon Report Reveals Chinese Military Developments
- FRIEDMAN: Geopolitical Journey: Nostalgia for NATO
- IBRAHIM: The mass exodus of Christians from the Muslim world
- RUBENFELD: The Mecca Metric
- RUBIN: Defining terrorism to exculpate terrorists
Hearings and Events of Note
- Wednesday, May 8, 9:00am Cyber Threats: Law Enforcement and Private Sector Responses (Senate Judiciary Committee)
- Wednesday, May 8, 9:30am Oversight: Army Modernization (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Wednesday, May 8, 9:30am Oversight: Navy Shipbuilding Programs (Senate Armed Service Committee, Subcommittee on Seapower)
- Wednesday, May 8, 11:30am Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage (House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform)
- Wednesday, May 8, 12:30pm National Defense Priorities from Members for the FY 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (House Armed Services Committee)
- Wednesday, May 8, 1:00pm Budget Hearing – United States Army (House Appropriations Committee)
- Wednesday, May 8, 1:30pm TSA Procurement Reform: Saving Taxpayer Dollars Through Smarter Spending Practices (House Homeland Security Committee)
- Wednesday, May 8, 2:00pm The Threat of China’s Unsafe Consumables (House Foreign Affairs Committee)
- Wednesday, May 8, 2:30pm Role of Private Sector in Preparedness and Emergency Response (Senate Homeland Security Committee)
- Wednesday, May 8, 2:30pm Oversight of the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Wednesday, May 8, 3:00pm Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for Missile Defense Programs (House Armed Services Committee)
- Thursday, May 9, 9:00am Third Latin American Symposium (Center for Security Policy)
- Thursday, May 9, 9:00am Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request for Atomic Energy Defense Activities and Nuclear Forces Programs (House Armed Services Committee)
- Thursday, May 9, 9:00am The Boston Bombings: A First Look (House Homeland Security Committee)
- Thursday, May 9, 9:30am Budget Hearing – United States Air Force (House Appropriations Committee)
- Thursday, May 9, 10:00am Resolving International Parental Child Abductions to Non-Hague Convention Countries (House Foreign Affairs Committee)
- Thursday, May 9, 2:30pm Oversight of ballistic missile defense policies and programs (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- 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)
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