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** Cyber Elevation
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The Obama administration is preparing to elevate the stature of the Pentagon’s Cyber Command, signaling more emphasis on developing cyber weapons to deter attacks, punish intruders into US networks and tackle adversaries such as ISIS, as Reuters’ Warren Strobel reports (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-idUSKCN10G254) .

Dive Deeper: A new Bob Schieffer’s About the News podcast (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bob-schieffers-about-news/id1124101295?mt=2) features an interview with the New York Times’s David Sanger on his reporting about Stuxnet, Chinese hackers, Russian hackers and Zero Days.

CSIS’s Strategic Technologies program keeps a running list of “Significant Cyber Incidents (https://www.csis.org/programs/strategic-technologies-program/cybersecurity/significant-cyber-incidents) .”


** Sky High
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US stocks rose today after a strong July jobs report, sending the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite Index to record closing highs, as the
Wall Street Journal’s Riva Gold and Alex Bitter report (http://www.wsj.com/articles/stocks-creep-higher-ahead-of-u-s-jobs-report-1470382739) .

And, as the Financial Times’s Sam Fleming and Adam Samson report (https://next.ft.com/content/2a309f74-5afe-11e6-9f70-badea1b336d4) , the US jobs strength keeps the possibility of a 2016 Federal Reserve interest rate increase alive.


** Kerry to Visit Turkey
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Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to visit Turkey this month amid strained relations with the US as the
Chicago Tribune reports (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-kerry-to-visit-turkey-20160805-story.html) .


** Son of Bin Laden's Bombmaker
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The Washington Post’s Souad Mekhennet and Greg Miller today published an interactive called “Bloodline (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/wp/2016/08/05/2016/08/05/bombmaker/?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_bombmaker%3Ahomepage%2Fstory) ” about the son of Osama bin Laden’s bombmaker.


** In That Number
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** 8,000
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The number of Syrian refugees that have been resettled inside the United States. Source: Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-syria-refugee-idUSKCN10G221) .


** Critical Quote
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** “The U.S. government must prepare to initiate a “long game”—recognize the real reasons India is reluctant to embrace trade integration and target suitable deals that accommodate India’s concerns and interests.”
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— CSIS’s Richard M. Rossow in “Nearing a Dead End on the Path to U.S.-India Trade Cooperation (https://www.csis.org/analysis/nearing-dead-end-path-us-india-trade-cooperation) .”


** One to Watch
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Michael Phelps (@MichaelPhelps (https://twitter.com/MichaelPhelps) ) is Team USA’s flag bearer for the opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics, which begin tonight at 7:00 p.m.


** Optics
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Beautiful night at the White House.


** Highly Recommended
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ICYMI, Shane Harris of the Daily Beast on “How Hackers Could Destroy Election Day (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/03/how-hackers-could-destroy-election-day.html?utm_content=bufferd55ed&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer) .”


** CSIS Tuesday
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Join CSIS at 10:00 a.m. for a Maritime Security Dialogue with General Robert Neller (https://www.csis.org/events/future-expeditionary-warfare-general-robert-neller) .


** CSIS On Demand
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On Monday, CSIS’s Africa Program hosted a discussion about the drivers of religious extremism in sub-Saharan Africa and how state and nonstate actors are responding. Watch it on demand here (https://www.csis.org/events/religious-extremism-africa) .


** Sounds
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The Russian Roulette podcast released a bonus episode this week, “Zbigniew Brzezinski on Reconnecting Asia (https://www.csis.org/podcasts/russian-roulette) ,” featuring Dr. Brzezinski, CSIS trustee, and Dr. John Hamre, CSIS president and CEO.


** I Like It Like That
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We have a new promo (https://vimeo.com/177624032/28ead768dd) produced in house by the CSIS iDeas Lab’s Fran Burkham, for Bob Schieffer’s About the News.


** Smiles
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On the subject of John Hiatt, of course there’s a deep New Orleans connection. Hiatt’s “Feels Like Rain,” is a song that only someone from New Orleans could write—except that he’s from Indiana.

So what’s his connection? Well, for one thing, the Neville Brothers have connected Hiatt to the Crescent City.

This Hiatt/Nevilles’ Smile (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O87iUDZGDKs&feature=youtu.be) goes out to my interns who have worked so hard this summer and made such a significant contribution to CSIS: Cara, Ella, Franny, Jamie, Jennie, Margaret, Andrew, Brad, Hunter, Jameson, Sam, and Zach (yes, I’ve had nine interns from Tulane, as well as Duke, UNC Chapel Hill, Penn, and Tufts.) They have proven to be the ultimate smile.


** Feedback
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