CSP Daily Brief: Wednesday, September 18, 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

• Gatestone Institute: Vote for Me Or Else: Islamists’ Latest Excuse to Kill Minorities

Secure Freedom Radio

• Mental Health Issues Hit Military: With David Satter, Jim Carafano, Kevin Freeman, Peter Hegseth
• Secure Freedom Minute: High Crimes and Misdemeanors

Join us for the 2013 Keeper of the Flame Award Ceremony as we Honor C.W. Bill Young

2013 Keeper of the Flame: Symposium on Law, Policy and Innovative Technologies in National Security

News

• Syria gives Russia chemical weapons evidence
• Russia says U.N. report on Syria attack preconceived, political
• Obama to host Benjamin Netanyahu at White House
• Obama won’t ‘prejudge’ success of Syria deal
• Could Obama, Iran’s Rouhani meet ‘accidentally’ at the UN next week?
• 3 arrested in international Navy bribery scheme
• Rep. Frank Wolf’s Office Confirms Legal Representation Obtained by CIA Officer
• China Seeks Weaker Export Controls on Military Equipment
• Israeli General: Assad Regime Will Survive At Least a Few More Years
• Is the Price Right for Navy’s Sub Replacement Program?
• What Egypt Wants: Cheaper Bread
• Calls for debate on Muslim veil mount in Britain
• Morsi speaks to his family by phone for first time from undisclosed location
• Russian Patriarch to Obama: Syria’s Christians Nearing ‘Extermination’
• Muslim Brotherhood Trots Out Christian Supporter(s) in New PR Campaign

Commentary

• LIVINGSTON: The high cost of ‘leading from behind’
• KAHLILI: Obama’s tone-deaf note to Iran
• GOLDMAN: US plays Monopoly, Russia plays chess
• MCMANUS: On foreign policy, a consistently inconsistent president
• BAYEFSKY: Iran’s Rowhani and Obama at UN — get ready for US credibility to go from bad to much worse
• GREENFIELD: The Roots of Obama’s Indecision

Hearings and Events of Note

• 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)

Other Briefs

• Politico Morning Defense: 9/18/13
• Foreign Policy Initiative: Overnight Brief 9/18/13
• Foreign Policy Magazine: Morning Brief 9/18/13