The Latest From the Center…
- Shariah Finance Watch: CAIR Shills for Al Shabaab Terror Financiers
- Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: Do You Feel Lucky? The Danger of EMP
…and From our Colleagues
- James Woolsey and Peter Pry in WSJ: How North Korea Could Cripple the U.S.
- Gatestone Institute: Switzerland: Multicultural Paradise?
Secure Freedom Radio
- The New Islamic Republic of America? with Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin
- Secure Freedom Minute: Space Weather
Join us for the 2013 Freedom Flame Dinner on June 6 as we honor Allen West and Richard Scaife
News
- Governor deploys Okla. Guard to assist after tornado
- WikiLeaks hearing focuses on classified evidence
- Human-Rights Groups Criticize Obama’s Meeting With Myanmar Leader
- Myanmar president pledges to press ahead with reforms
- Kerry says religious freedom is the right of every human being
- Investigators probe Boston suburb in Marathon bombing
- Threat from Within: U.S. military braced for surge in Taliban ‘insider’ attacks after recent statement
- Kerry To Help Ink $2.1B Defense Accord With Oman
- Another CR, More Sequestration Misery Coming: Top Budget Expert
- CIA Drones: Pentagon To Take Over Some Operations, Sources Say
- 3 N.Y.U. Scientists Accepted Bribes From China, U.S. Says
- Mali’s Woes: Terrorists just one problem facing arid African country
- Egyptian army in Sinai after suspected Islamists snatch soldiers
- Jordan keeps out Syrian refugees in border clampdown
- Syria names negotiating team for peace talks: sources
- Syria’s military shows unexpected resilience
- In Iran, disputes over foreign policy divide presidential candidates
- Air Defenses Activated: Iran purports to unveil sophisticated domestically produced air defenses
- UN urges Afghan government to adopt law on protection of women
- India and China boost border peace efforts
- Taiwan-Philippines dispute erupts after fisherman’s killing
- North Koreans release seized Chinese fishing vessel
Commentary
- COLUCCI: Obama’s Foreign Policy Dithering Proves Costly
- GREENFIELD: Radicals, Moderates and Islamists
- KAHLILI: Iranian Presidential Election Turning into a Circus
- KAZIANIS: America’s Anti-Access Nightmare Coming True
- KLEIN: Palestinians at U.N. Warn of ‘Consequences’ for ‘Apartheid’ Israel
- TAHERI: Falling for Moscow’s Syria trickery
Hearings and Events of Note
- Thursday, June 6, 6:30 Freedom Flame Award Dinner 2013 (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, 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, 9:30am Full Committee Markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Wednesday, June 19, EMET Ray of Light in the Darkness Dinner (Endowment for Middle East Truth)
Other Briefs
- Politico Morning Defense: 5/21/13
- Foreign Policy Initiative: Overnight Brief 5/21/13
- Foreign Policy Magazine: Morning Brief 5/21/13
- AIA Daily Lead: May 20, 2013
- The Hill: Overnight Defense 5/20/13