Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 7, 2013


Obama: ‘I Was Elected To End Wars, Not Start Them’ -- Washington Times

While saying he sympathizes with current public distaste for more war, President Obama on Friday made the case that the U.S. must live up to its global responsibilities, and for the first time raised the possibility that additional military action — beyond what’s on the table now — may be necessary if Syrian President Bashar Assad uses chemical weapons again.

Mr. Obama made the comments at a press conference in Saint Petersburg, Russia, just hours before he departs the G-20 Summit and returns to Washington without achieving the international consensus on Syria that he’d hoped.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Putin warns Russia could come to Syria's aid over US strike -- FOX News

Navy Needs Supplemental Cash If Syria Strikes Last Past September: CNO -- Breaking Defense

Unclear Whether US House's Syria Plans Will Push Strikes to Late-September -- Defense News

Barack Obama insists Syria attack would not be a repeat of Iraq -- The Guardian

How Russia Defies Syria Sanctions -- Strategy Page

Factbox: Where G20 members stand on military action against Syria -- Reuters

Rupee's Falling Value Hurts India's Defense Budget -- Defense News

Navy carriers without radar cover: Damning report finds new warships could enter service without systems that will warn of enemy planes and missiles -- Daily Mail

British lawmakers slam spiraling costs of aircraft carrier program -- UPI

Warplanes: Both Chinese Stealth Designs Move Forward -- Strategy Page

Britain, Norway Working on F-35 Support, Training Collaboration Agreement -- Defense News

Competition heats up as Ottawa reviews options to procure costly Canadian F-35 fighter jets -- The Hill Times

Boeing CEO optimistic about providing ‘Super Hornet’ fighters to Canadian military -- Globe and Mail

F-35 delays throw US Navy's $43 billion supercarrier program off course -- BozJournal

GAO Blasts Navy’s Ford-Class Carrier Program -- DoD Buzz

Chinese Military Ships Visit Hawaii For Joint Exercises With US -- AP

New Autonomous Anti-Ship Missile Hits Its First Target -- National Defense

Air Force, DARPA team up on new hypersonic flight project -- NBC/Live Science

NSA decryption revelations 'provide roadmap' to adversaries, US warns -- The Guardian

NSA set to release hundreds of pages of documents on phone records program -- Washington Post

Google encrypts data amid backlash against NSA spying -- Washington Post

Here’s what Jeff Bezos has to say about Amazon’s pursuit of CIA contracts -- Washington Post

Patriot Act’s author files court papers to stop ‘frightening’ Obama abuses -- Washington Times

Report: Criminal charges dropped against officer in urination video case -- Stars and Stripes

Military spouses spar with CNN's Starr -- Military Times

How Can Today’s Navy ‘Learn on the Run’? -- Thomas Hone and Robert Holzer, Defense One

How A Former CIA Official Turned The NYPD Into A Spying Powerhouse -- Business Insider

A WWI Naval Officer’s Story -- Tom Hone, War On the Rocks

Military Revolts Against Obama Attack On Syria -- IBD Editorial