Defense
The 44th admin has missed a key deadline to submit a report on how it would implement $109 billion in across-the-board budget cuts scheduled to take effect Jan. 2. – Defense News
The House will vote [this] week on legislation that would require 44 to submit a plan to replace the sequestration cuts ahead of the November election. – DEFCON Hill
Mitt Romney accused 44 of stonewalling over potential cuts to the military after the White House said Friday that it would miss its deadline to provide a report on the budget cuts under sequestration. – DEFCON Hill
44″s campaign on Sunday sought to spotlight a divide on the GOP ticket as it jumped on Mitt Romney’s calling Republican support of the sequestration deal — including that of his running mate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) — a “big mistake.” – DEFCON Hill
As both U.S. presidential candidates return to the campaign trail after their conventions, the competing sides have drawn a bright line between how they view defense spending. – Defense News
The major defense contractors are keeping their cards close to the vest on whether to issue mass layoff notices prior to the November elections. – DEFCON Hill
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta swore in the new chief of the National Guard, on Friday, Army Gen. Frank Grass, with an emphatic endorsement of the commander’s skills and Guard’s importance to national defense – The E-Ring
Symposium: What is an appropriate level of defense spending, when the federal budget is strained and the United States faces few major military threats? – New York Times
The War
Don’t look for former Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette on the airways promoting his account of the raid on Osama bin Laden in a book that the Pentagon and special operations community wished he had never written. Because of security concerns, Mr. Bissonnette’s appearance on CBS‘ “60 Minutes” on Sunday will be his last, book publicist Christine Ball said – Washington Times
The head of U.S. special operations has contacted members of the covert Navy SEAL team that killed Osama bin Laden to reconfirm some details of the al Qaeda leader’s last moments conveyed in a new book, and military officials have concluded the author’s account was not accurate, CNN has learned. – CNN’s Security Clearance
In his Saturday weekly address, 44 reflected on Sept. 11 and the healing that has happened in the 11 years since the attacks on the U.S. – Politico
As Americans debate whether they are better off now than they were four years ago, there is another question with a somewhat easier answer: Are you safer now than you were when 44 took office? By most measures, the answer is yes. – Associated Press
Analysis: Even with the death of Osama bin Laden, the Al Qaeda terrorist network is “evolving” and “adapting” and spreading to new havens…Those are the adjectives chosen by senior American officials in grudging acknowledgment of continuing threats to American security by adversaries described as resilient, capable of rebounding from terrible losses and able to recruit again to carry out more vicious attacks. – New York Times
Graham Allison writes: One of the hardest truths about modern life is that the same advances in science and technology that enrich our lives also empower potential killers to achieve their deadliest ambitions. To imagine that we can escape this reality and return to a world in which we are invulnerable to future 9/11s or worse is an illusion. For as far as the eye can see, we will live in an era of megaterror. – New York Times
Cybersecurity
The White House has drafted a preliminary executive order aimed at strengthening the nation’s computer systems against attack, an effort to begin to accomplish through fiat what could not be achieved through Congress. – Washington Post
The hacker group that attacked Google Inc in 2009 has launched hundreds of other cyber assaults since then, focusing on U.S. defense companies and human rights groups, according to new research from security software maker Symantec Corp. – Reuters
Missile Defense
A senior Russian diplomat voiced worries about U.S. plans to build up missile defenses in the Asia-Pacific region, Russia Today reported on Friday. – Global Security Newswire
