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• CENTCOM Yemen Strike Summary Jan. 1 – Apr. 1, 2019 CENTCOM 01 Apr 2019 -- U.S. Central Command conducted 8 total air strikes in Yemen in 2019 targeting al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

Defense Policy / Programs

• Readout of Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan's Meeting with Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana DoD 01 Apr 2019
• Remarks by Acting Secretary Shanahan at an Enhanced Honor Cordon and Meeting Welcoming Republic of the Philippines Secretary of National Defense Lorenzana to the Pentagon DoD 01 Apr 2019 -- Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan; Republic of the Philippines Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana
• Readout of Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan Meeting With Defense Minister Jeong Keyong-doo of the Republic of Korea DoD 01 Apr 2019
• Remarks by Acting Secretary Shanahan at an Enhanced Honor Cordon and Meeting Welcoming Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense Jeong to the Pentagon DoD 01 Apr 2019 -- Acting Secretary Of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan; Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense Jeong Kyeong-doo
• Balikatan 19: AFP, US Forces Open 35th Balikatan Exercise USMC News 01 Apr 2019 -- Philippine, U.S. and Australian service members gathered together during the Balikatan 2019 opening ceremony to mark the official start of the exercise on Monday, April 1, 2019 in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.
• USS Decatur Returns Home From Deployment NNS 01 Apr 2019 -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73) returned to San Diego April 1, following a deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet and 5th Fleet areas of operation.
• Pacific Partnership 2019 Begins in Malaysia NNS 01 Apr 2019 -- Senior mission leadership, host nation and partner nation personnel attended the opening ceremony of the third Pacific Partnership mission stop in Kuching, March 30.
• Test teams expand F-35B/C refueling envelope NNS 01 Apr 2019 -- In March, teams from the F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force and Edwards Air Force Base, California, completed testing on an improved probe light assembly for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps F-35 variants for night refueling.
• Press conference by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg ahead of the meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Washington, D.C. on 3 and 4 April 2019 NATO 01 Apr 2019
• Canadian Armed Forces sharpen cold weather skills above the Arctic Circle, alongside NATO Allies and partners NATO 01 Apr 2019 -- BCanada's Operation NANOOK-NUNALIVUT 2019 is wrapping up in northern Canada. Between 17 March and 1 April, around 500 personnel have been testing Arctic survival skills and logistics, including long-range patrols, ice diving, and creating landing strips on the sea ice.
• NATO ships visit Odesa NATO 01 Apr 2019 -- ODESA, Ukraine (April 1, 2019) – Two ships from Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) arrived in Odesa, Ukraine today for a routine port visit.
• NATO participates in UN Peacekeeping Ministerial meeting in New York NATO 01 Apr 2019 -- On 29 March 2019, NATO took part in the annual United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial Conference at the UN Headquarters in New York.
• China's homemade Wing Loong drones hit battlefield targets with 90 percent accuracy Global Times 01 Apr 2019 -- China's domestically developed, made-for-export Wing Loong series of drones have fired more than 3,000 rounds of live munitions with an overall accuracy higher than 90 percent, media reported, which analysts called on Monday a demonstration of the Chinese drone's reliability.
• U.S. Suspends F-35 Deliveries To Turkey Over Russia's S-400 Missile Deal RFE/RL 01 Apr 2019 -- The United States says it is halting deliveries to Turkey related to the F-35 fighter-jet program in response to Ankara's decision to move ahead with the purchase of Russian air-defense system.
• No US F-35 equipment shipment to Turkey over Russia's S-400: Report Press TV 01 Apr 2019 -- The United States has stopped shipment of equipment for F-35 equipment to Turkey over the country's defensive cooperation with Russia, a report says.
• UK frontline army units face serious understaffing crisis: Report Press TV 01 Apr 2019 -- Fresh data released by The UK ministry of defense shows that the British army faces a real staffing crisis in its frontline units.
• £75m investment set to revolutionise Royal Navy operations UK MOD 01 Apr 2019 -- Robots and autonomous mine-hunters are set to revolutionise Royal Navy operations after the Defence Secretary announced a £75m injection into new technology.
• HRH the Crown Prince launches first Hawk jet training aircraft assembled and some of its parts manufactured locally by Saudis SPA 01 Apr 2019 -- His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, on Sunday launched the first Hawk jet training aircraft, which was assembled and some of its parts were manufactured locally by citizens. The event took place at King Abdulaziz Air Base in the Eastern Sector.
• Remarks to the Press US Dept. of State 01 Apr 2019 -- Remarks by Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State
• Remarks at the U.S. Army War College US Dept. of State 01 Apr 2019 -- Remarks by Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State

Defense Industry

• Contracts for April 1, 2019

Other Conflicts

• 1 April 2019 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 01 Apr 2019
• Wars have rules: 5 things the UN humanitarian chief wants countries to tackle so human suffering in conflict can be minimized UN News 01 Apr 2019 -- With the rights and lives of millions of women, children and men uprooted by conflict every year, the UN Security Council held a special meeting on Monday to examine ways to promote and strengthen the rule of law, especially in the humanitarian field.
• How the Public Can Visit the Disputed, Undeveloped South China Sea VOA 01 Apr 2019 -- A beaching ramp due for completion this year – and warily watched by China – will give curious reporters something new to see when the Philippine military next escorts them to Thitu Island. Media pay attention to the 37-hectare (90 acres) islet west of the main Philippine archipelago because it's the front line in a sovereignty dispute over the wider, largely off-limits South China Sea.
• Yemeni forces target Saudi bases in Jizan, Asir with 7 missiles, causing casualties Press TV 01 Apr 2019 -- The Yemeni army and fighters from allied Popular Committees have launched several missiles at Saudi military positions in the kingdom's southern regions in retaliation for Riyadh's deadly military campaign against their country.
• Tensions reemerge in Kashmir, '2 Indians killed' Press TV 01 Apr 2019 -- Tensions have resumed between India and Pakistan in the disputed Kashmiri region, where cross-border fire has reportedly killed two Indians, including a young girl.
• Taiwan thanks Japan for support after Chinese jet incursion CNA 01 Apr 2019 -- Taiwan on Monday extended its appreciation to Japan for its concern over the situation in the Taiwan Strait, after two Chinese Air Force planes crossed the median line of the waterway separating Taiwan and China over the weekend.
• Tsai warns China against altering status quo CNA 01 Apr 2019 -- In view of China's increased saber-rattling in relations with Taiwan, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) Monday issued a stern protest against Beijing, warning it against altering the status quo across the Taiwan Strait.
• U.S. calls on China to stop coercion after PLA jets cross median line CNA 01 Apr 2019 -- The United States on Monday called on China to stop its coercion against Taiwan and resume official cross-strait dialogue after two Chinese Air Force planes crossed the Taiwan Strait median line Sunday, a rare move that violated a long-held tacit agreement between the two sides.
• Taiwan condemns China after air force planes cross median line CNA 01 Apr 2019 -- Foreign Minister Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) on Monday condemned China's "intentional, reckless and provocative action" a day earlier by sending two fighter planes across the Taiwan Strait median line at noon Sunday, a rare move that violated a long-held tacit agreement between the two sides.
• US playing Taiwan card risky Global Times 01 Apr 2019 -- The alleged flight crossing the "middle line" of the Taiwan Straits by two People's Liberation Army (PLA) fighter jets could be a strong response to "Taiwan independence" forces and the US, who increasingly plays the card of the island to provoke the mainland, analysts said.
• Text of a Message to the Congress on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to South Sudan The White House 01 Apr 2019
• Text of a Notice to the Congress on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to South Sudan The White House 01 Apr 2019

News Reports

• House Democrats Move to Subpoena Mueller Report VOA 01 Apr 2019 -- The majority Democrats on a House of Representatives committee are moving this week to subpoena the full report from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and five former White House officials.
• Venezuela Prepares for More Protests Over Electricity Rations VOA 01 Apr 2019 -- Venezuela's opposition leader, Juan Guaido, called for protests Monday after President Nicolas Maduro announced a 30-day plan to ration electricity.
• Maduro Announces 30-Day Electricity Ration Plan VOA 01 Apr 2019 -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in an address Sunday on state television, announced a 30-day plan to ration electricity.
• Venezuelans keep protesting as Maduro announces 30-day electricity rationing plan Press TV 01 Apr 2019 -- People protest for the lack of water and electric service during a new power outage in Venezuela, at Fuerzas Armadas Avenue in Caracas, as living conditions are plummeting in the oil-producing Latin American nation, which is spiraling ever deeper into economic chaos during a protracted political crisis.
• Algeria protests: president to quit before end of mandate' Press TV 01 Apr 2019 -- Apparently running out of concessions to angry protesters, Algeria's president says he is to resign before his mandate runs out towards the end of this month.
• Whistleblower: Trump Aides Gave Security Clearances Deemed Unwarranted VOA 01 Apr 2019 -- A whistleblower from inside the White House has told congressional investigators that senior Trump administration officials granted national security clearances to at least 25 people that government reviewers had rejected for an array of concerns.
• Malaysia drops murder charge against second woman in Kim Jong-nam's case Press TV 01 Apr 2019 -- Malaysian prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against a Vietnamese woman accused of killing the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in 2017, sentencing her, instead, to over three years in jail for a lesser charge.
• Thousands Of Homes Destroyed In Iran As Deadly Floods Spread RFE/RL 01 Apr 2019 -- An Iranian state-linked charity says more than 25,000 homes have been destroyed in flash floods across Iran amid what authorities said were the heaviest rains recorded in the past decade.
• Turkey Faces Political Reset After Erdogan Loses Key Cities VOA 01 Apr 2019 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suffered his worst electoral setback, with his ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, losing control of the capital, Ankara, and seemingly set to lose Istanbul following this past Sunday's local elections.
• Erdogan's ruling party suffers major defeat in Turkey's local polls Press TV 01 Apr 2019 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party has suffered heavy losses in nationwide local elections, a sign that rising levels of unemployment and the backlash from last year's currency crisis are starting to take their toll on his years-long domination over Turkey's politics.
• Turkey's opposition CHP claims victory in Istanbul elections Press TV 01 Apr 2019 -- Turkey's opposition Republican People's party (CHP) has claimed clear-cut victory in mayoral elections in the city of Istanbul despite a statement by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggesting his ruling AK Party had the upper hand in the votes.
• Russian State Media Mocks Ukraine's Election As 'Dirty And Dishonest' RFE/RL 01 Apr 2019 -- As Ukrainians voted for a new president, Russians keeping track of the election on state TV were bombarded with coverage of Ukraine's failures as an independent state and reports of alleged electoral fraud.
• Zelenskyy Set For Showdown With Poroshenko In Ukraine Runoff RFE/RL 01 Apr 2019 -- Voters in Ukraine appear headed for a presidential election runoff pitting comedian and political newcomer Volodymyr Zelenskyy against incumbent Petro Poroshenko in a country struggling with a war against Russia-backed separatists, Moscow's seizure of a key chunk of its territory, a sluggish economy, and rampant corruption.
• Ukraine Set for Final Campaigns in Zelenskiy-Poroshenko Runoff VOA 01 Apr 2019 -- Ukraine is preparing for three weeks of impassioned political campaigning as a television comedian goes head-to-head with the incumbent for the presidency in a runoff scheduled for April 21.
• Ukraine's Joker in the Pack Wins First Round VOA 01 Apr 2019 -- You could be forgiven for mistaking the first round in Ukraine's presidential elections as an episode from a TV series – replete with established politicians being vanquished by a refreshing young upstart promising root-and-branch change.
• Comedian tops 1st round of Ukraine's pres. race, set to face Poroshenko in run-off: Early results Press TV 01 Apr 2019 -- Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a comedian with no political experience, has taken a strong lead in the first round of Ukraine's presidential race after securing almost twice the vote share of his main contender, incumbent Petro Poroshenko, early results show.
• Japan announces "Reiwa" as new era name to begin under next Emperor People's Daily 01 Apr 2019 -- The Japanese government announced Monday that "Reiwa" will be the name of Japan's new era to start on May 1, when Crown Prince Naruhito ascends the Chrysanthemum throne succeeding his father Emperor Akihito.
• Japan unveils name of new imperial era ahead of emperor's abdication Press TV 01 Apr 2019 -- Japan has announced the name of a new imperial era, set to begin on May 1, when Crown Prince Naruhito will take over the throne from his father following his historic abdication.
• Japan Prepares to Usher in Reiwa Era May 1 VOA 01 Apr 2019 -- When Japanese Emperor Akihito abdicates in one month's time, it will usher in a new era. The new era will be ushered in when Crown Prince Naruhito ascends to the Chrysanthemum Throne on May 1.
• Leaked reports: Saudi political detainees subjected to severe abuse Press TV 01 Apr 2019 -- Leaked medical reports prepared for Saudi Arabia's King Salman have for the first time provided evidence of the torture political detainees in the kingdom have been subjected to as part of the regime's violent crackdown on dissidents and possible rivals to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's rule.