Daily Brief: Thursday, March 7, 2013
The Latest From the Center…
- Adam Savit at Free Fire Blog: Al-Qaeda takes the initiative on Israel’s doorstep
- Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: Putting politics over public safety
…and From our Colleagues
- Andrew McCarthy at PJ Media: Obama’s Anti-Semitic Islamist Honoree: “Today is the anniversary of 9/11. May every year come with America burning.”
- Soeren Kern at PJ Media: Europe Rolls Over for Hezbollah Blackmail
Secure Freedom Radio
- What’s Next for Venezuela: Constitutional Regime Succession or Cuban Influence? with Roger Noriega, Robert McFarlane, Joel Rosenberg, and Diana West
- Secure Freedom Minute: North Korea’s Threat
News
- Rand Paul filibusters John Brennan — old school
- The Benghazi stonewall cracks again, as clues to the “talking point” vandals emerge
- Pentagon Still Shell-Shocked by Sequester
- Inside the Ring: Asia pivot threatened
- UN to vote on new North Korea sanctions Thursday
- North Korea threatens US with ‘preemptive’ nuclear attack
- U.S. Engaged in ‘Cyber Cold War’ with China, Iran
- Mideast Defies U.S. Bid to ‘Pivot’
- Iran’s leader condemns West for not making nuclear concessions
- Tunisia’s Islamists fail to broaden coalition government
- French minister visits troops in north Mali, says mission not over
- U.N. Starts Talks to Free Peacekeepers Held by Syria Rebels
- Kerry’s bumpy foreign tour raises stakes for Obama’s first official visit to Israel
- Trial of Hezbollah member accused of plotting attacks on Israelis in Cyprus wraps up
- Hugo Chavez’s last words: ‘Please don’t let me die’
- Obama to Send U.S. Delegation to Chávez Funeral
- Kenyan Election Contender Asks That Vote Count Be Halted
- Croatia reaches deal with Slovenia to unblock EU entry
- Top Tester Says F-35A ‘Immature’ For Training; JPO Says ‘Ready For Training’
- Using Billboards to Stake Claim Over ‘Jihad’
Commentary
- AUSLIN: We Still Need Peace Through Strength
- BLACKWELL AND MORRISON: Brennan Signals ‘Our Saudi Partners’
- GOLONKIN: What Afghanistan can teach us about arming Syria’s rebels
- HOLMES: What to Make of China’s Defense Spending Increase
- KHALILI: The West’s dangerous naivete on Iranian nukes
- NORIEGA AND CARDENAS: Igniting the post-Chavez explosion
- O’GRADY: Venezuela After Chávez
Hearings and Events of Note
- Thursday, March 7 9:30am Oversight: U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Transportation Command (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Thursday, March 7 10:00am The Posture of the U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Southern Command (House Armed Services Committee)
- Thursday, March 7 10:00am U.S. Policy Toward North Korea (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
- Thursday, March 7 2:30pm The Cybersecurity Partnership Between the Private Sector and Our Government: Protecting Our National and Economic Security (Senate Homeland Security Committee)
- Tuesday, March 12 9:30am Oversight: U.S. Strategic Command and U.S. Cyber Command (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Tuesday, March 19 9:30am Oversight: U.S. European Command, U.S. Northern Command, and U.S. Southern Command (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Tuesday, April 9 9:30am Oversight: U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Forces Korea (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Thursday, April 11 9:30am Oversight: Department of the Air Force (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Thursday, April 25 9:30am Oversight: Department of the Navy (Senate Armed Services Committee)
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