CSP Daily Brief: Wednesday, June 5, 2013
The Latest From the Center…
- Joseph Schmitz in the Wall Street Journal: Obama’s Inspector General Negligence
- Book Launch Event: Luis Fleischman’s “Latin America in the Post-Chávez Era”
- Patrick Poole: Blind to Terror: The U.S. Government’s disastrous muslim outreach efforts and the impact on U.S. Middle East policy
- Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: Does Rubio care about national security?
…and From our Colleagues
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News
- Donilon resigns as security adviser
- House ignores Obama veto threat, passes first 2014 spending bill
- Soldier due to plead guilty in Afghan massacre
- ‘Everything’s fine’: Boston bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev speaks from prison
- Possible Poisoning: Al Qaeda weapons expert says U.S. ambassador to Libya killed by lethal injection
- Losing Track of Terrorists: DOJ implementing corrective measures after losing terrorists in witness protection program
- DoD: Strategic Review on Track
- Davidson nominated to 6th Fleet’s top post
- Senators Call for Stronger Sanctions: Obama administration not doing enough to punish banks dealing with Iran
- Cyber Attack Talks: President to discuss Chinese cyber attacks with party leader at California summit
- Privatizing Cybersecurity: Fmr. CIA head suggests private sector could fill breach left by government
- Cyber experts say calling out China might be working
- U.S. Pacific Commander Opposes Force in South China Sea Disputes
- Left Out in the Cold: U.S. aid worker in Egypt sentenced to two years in prison
- Nigeria orders 20-year jail term for Boko Haram support
- Yemen launches major offensive against al-Qaida
- Somali al-Shabab leader Abdikafi Mohamed Ali ‘captured’
- Syrian regime takes over crucial city of Qusayr; rebels say war’s not over
- Iran Outmaneuvers U.S. in the Syrian Proxy War
- Sharif elected Pakistan’s prime minister for third time
- Obama urged to veto Defense Department on sexual assault policy
Commentary
- DAREMBLUM: Why Bolivia Needs the United States
- GOLDBERG: Syria’s Religious War
- HUNTER: Veterans who take the Hill
- JOHNSON: Al-Qaeda Joyously Embraces the ‘Lone Mujahid’ Strategy
- OBERING AND HEINRICHS: Fund East Coast Missile Defense Now
- OLSON: CAIR Demands School Accommodate Muslim Prayers, Attacks Off-Site Voluntary Bible Lesson
- PIPES: Reasons to smile in Israel
- TANCHUM: Turkey’s Protests May Shape the Entire Middle East
- THIESSEN: What about these leaks, Mr. Holder?
Hearings and Events of Note
- Wednesday, June 5, 10:00am A Crisis Mismanaged: Obama’s Failed Syria Policy (House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa)
- Wednesday, June 5, 10:00am Markup of H.R. 1960 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (House Armed Services Committee)
- Wednesday, June 5, 2:00pm U.S. Relations with Vietnam (House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific)
- Wednesday, June 5, 2:30pm Nominations (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
- Thursday, June 6, 10:00am Labor Issues in Bangladesh (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
- Thursday, June 6, 2:15pm Nominations (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
- Thursday, June 6, 6:30pm Freedom Flame Award Dinner 2013 (Center for Security Policy)
- Monday, June 10, 6:00pm Book Launch Event: Luis Fleischman’s “Latin America in the Post-Chávez Era” (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, 1:00pm The Department of Defense and the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget (House Budget Committee)
- 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, 9:00am Why Can’t DHS Better Communicate with the American People? (House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency)
- Wednesday, June 19, EMET Ray of Light in the Darkness Dinner (Endowment for Middle East Truth)
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The show airs weeknights nationally on American Family Radio and 570 AM in the Washington, D.C. area.
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