Defense
Congress is poised to deliver a defeat to the Obama administration on one of its main defense policies in the new budget – base closings. – Washington Times
The threat of U.S. military action to thwart Iran’s secretive nuclear program holds no weight in Tehran’s eyes because of the massive automatic defense budget cuts expected later this year, according to House Republicans. – DEFCON Hill
The U.S. Army is looking to preposition stocks of equipment to keep them close to potential global flashpoints and assist with multilateral training missions with partner nations. – Defense News
Green-energy advocates are scrambling behind the scenes to prevent what they say could be a devastating blow to the military’s biofuels initiatives. And the clock is ticking. – Politico
The War
In the months before the terrorist attacks of September 2001, the CIA unit dedicated to hunting for Osama bin Laden complained that it was running out of money, and analysts considered the likelihood of catching the terrorist leader to be extremely low, according to government records published this week. – Associated Press
A U.N. human rights expert accused the U.S. government Wednesday of sidestepping his questions on its use of armed drones to carry out targeted killings overseas. – Associated Press
Bill Gertz reports: The U.S. military is guilty of political correctness toward domestic you know what terror, according to a congressional report made public Wednesday that concludes al Qaeda is using U.S.-based m’hammedist radicals to plan mass casualty attacks. – Washington Times’ Inside the Ring
