Daily Brief: Monday, March 4, 2013
The Latest From the Center…
- Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: Putting Politics Over Public Safety
- Dave Reaboi at Free Fire Blog: Hagel, Weaker Support for Israel in the US set the Stage for Erdoğan Remarks
…and From our Colleagues
- Translating Jihad: Senior Cleric for American Muslim Group: Islamic Punishment for Apostasy Is Death
- Andy McCarthy at National Review: The Sequester and the Arab Spring
- Daniel Pipes in the Washington Times: Israel lobby tiptoes around Hagel nomination
Secure Freedom Radio
- Sequestration Has Just Arrived, But Our Soldiers’ Lives Are Already in Danger: with Sebastian Gorka, Fred Grandy, Bill Gertz, and James Carafano. Rich Miniter guest hosts with co-host Jacki
- Secure Freedom Minute:
News
- Effort Begins for Longshot Deal on Sequestration
- Pentagon’s carrier cancellation heats up sequester fight as cuts take effect…
- …cuts hit accounts that pay Lockheed to Raytheon
- U.S., Saudis paper over differences on Syria, Iran during Kerry visit
- Kerry Criticizes Iran and Russia for Shipping Arms to Syria
- Cornyn says Egypt ‘trying to create a new Islamic dictatorship’ in address to AIPAC
- Death toll rises to 5 in Egypt’s Port Said clashes
- Millions Vote in Crucial Kenyan Elections
- William Hague arrives in Mali to meet French troops battling Islamists
- Closing the Iran Loopholes: E.U. leaders schedule impromptu meeting to discuss demands by U.S. senators
- IAEA chief: Can’t report progress in Iran nuclear talks
- Marco Rubio, Rand Paul differ on Middle East
- US, Afghan officials at odds over fate of military bases
- Afghan President Hamid Karzai rails against ally Pakistan
- Pakistan bomb: Karachi standstill after Shias attacked
- Malaysia boosts Sabah security after Lahad Datu clashes
- China defends booming military spending as official budget numbers to be released
- South Korea reportedly confirms Kim Jong Un’s wife gives birth
- Dennis Rodman: Barack Obama should call Kim Jong-un
- As Hacking Against U.S. Rises, Experts Try to Pin Down Motive
- 5 ways North Korea keeps getting stranger
Commentary
- BROOKES: Still punting on Syria
- FEITH: How Iran Went Nuclear
- JOHNSON: Barak to AIPAC: Political Will to Stand Up to Iran Failing the Syria Test
- JOHNSON: Burning Questions About Benghazi Still Abound
- LUMME: How reckless defense cuts threaten the nation’s security
- MALKIN: Sharia Education in Texas
- MCHANGAMA: A Questionable Victory for Free Speech
- MONROE: The antiquation of America’s nuclear weapons
- NORTH: Sequestration, stupidity
- ROSETT: The U.N.’s Anti-Semitic Alliance
Hearings and Events of Note
- Tuesday March 5, 10:00am The Posture of the U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Strategic Command (House Armed Services Committee)
- Wednesday March 6, 10:00am The Posture of the U.S. Central Command, U.S. Special Operations Command, and U.S. Transportation Command (House Armed Services Committee)
- Wednesday March 6, 2:00pm Update on Military Suicide Prevention (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Military Personnel)
- Wednesday March 6, 3:30pm The U.S. Nuclear Deterrent: What Are the Requirements for A Strong Deterrent In an Era of Defense Sequester? (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces)
- Thursday March 7, 10:00am The Posture of the U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Southern Command (House Armed Services Committee)
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