Today's Headlines and Commentary

A suicide bomber in Afghanistan has killed at least 21 people including 3 American soldiers in an attack on a NATO convoy in Afghanistan, reports Farooq Jan Mangal and Rod Nordland in the New York Times.

The U.S. military investigation into the Koran burnings by U.S. troops has recommended administrative punishments for seven perpetrators, but no criminal charges, reports the AP, Greg Jaffe in the Washington Post, and David Cloud in the LA Times.

Greg Miller reports in the Washington Post that DNI Clapper has assigned the FBI more duties in coordinating domestic intelligence. The Bureau's highest-ranking field agents will serve as the DNI's representatives across the country, prompting some to suggest that this will lead to more friction between the FBI and the CIA.

That nonbinding resolution opposing a broader role for the U.N. in regulating the internet that we noted earlier in the week was approved unanimously by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Brendan Sasso at The Hill has the story.

David Ignatius' column today reminds us that drones strikes won't replace diplomacy. He concludes that President Obama must "remember that he is diplomat in chief, too."

Omar Khadr, the Canadian-born detainee who is supposed to be transferred to a Canadian prison from Guantanamo, is back in the news as his lawyers are joining forces with a Canadian senator to advocate for his transfer. The Toronto Star's Michelle Shephard reports on their continuing efforts.

Jeremy Herb at The Hill reports on Pakistan’s arrest of a European al Qaeda operative with ties to the 9/11 attacks/

Looks like the CIA might be sending arms to opponents to Syrian president Bashar Al Assad, writes Eric Schmitt in the Times.

A Syrian warplane pilot is said to have sought asylum in Jordan, according to the Hashemite Kingdom's information minister. Neil MacFarquhar and Alan Cowell in the Times cover the story.

As expected, Congress has rejected SecDef Panetta's request to consider closing additional bases in an effort to cut the defense budget. Rowan Scarborough at the Washington Times reports.

Bloomberg is holding a defense conference with some BFDs today to discuss national security threats on the horizon, Carlo Munoz at The Hill tells us.

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