National Security Brief: July 2, 2009
Posted by Eric Sayers
Thursday, July 02, 2009 at 09:06 AM
News:
- N. Korea test-fires missiles
- Gates, Spanish defense Minster discuss military relations
- Marines launch new Afghani mission
- At summit, US moves on strategic priority: ‘reset' with Russia
- In refugee aid, Pakistan's war has new front
- Defense spending in Britain facing cuts up to 15%
- Taliban buying children for suicide bombers
- Iran unrest shifts power dynamics
- Iran opposition leaders speak amid crackdown
- Europe weighs pulling envoys from Tehran
- US takes aim at cyberwarfare
- Honduras targets protestors with emergency decree
- US issues sanctions to press N. Korea
Commentary:
- "Pakistan fights, Congress sleeps" by the Wall Street Journal
- "Has Obama turned on Israel?" by Alan Dershowitz
- "A coup for democracy" by Jaime Daremblum
- "Missile defense countdown" by the National Review Online
- "Time for an Israel strike?" by John Bolton
- "American exceptionalism..." by Monica Crowley







