Subject: The Evening: Asia Trip, Bin Ladin Files, No Quarter and More
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The Evening: Asia Trip, Bin Ladin Files, No Quarter and More
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** Good Evening,
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It's Thursday, November 2nd.

** Attacker Plotted for Months
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The suspect in the deadly New York City truck rampage was inspired by the Islamic State group’s online videos and plotted his attack for two months, renting a truck ahead of time to practice turning it, federal authorities said in bringing terrorism charges against the Uzbek immigrant, as the AP reports (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-nyc-truck-attack-suspect-20171102-story.html?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=216c9de21b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-216c9de21b-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: See “New York Terror Attack: Can Vehicle Attacks Be Prevented? (https://www.rand.org/blog/2017/11/new-york-terror-attack-can-vehicle-attacks-be-prevented.html?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=216c9de21b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-216c9de21b-145367789) ,” by RAND’s Colin Clarke

** Asia Trip
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In his upcoming visit to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines, President Trump plans to advocate changes to trade deals and to pressure allies into confronting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as
USA Today’s David Jackson reports (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/02/trump-heads-asia-talk-trade-north-korea-nukes/821329001/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=216c9de21b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-216c9de21b-145367789) in his preview of the 12-day White House trip.

And, dozens of CEOs and other corporate leaders are tagging along with President Trump when he heads to China next week, including a number of corporate bigwigs and Republican leaders, as CNBC reports (https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/02/here-are-the-29-business-leaders-headed-to-china-with-donald-trump.html?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=216c9de21b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-216c9de21b-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: CSIS experts previewed President Trump’s Asia trip in a briefing yesterday for members of the Washington press corps. You can read the transcript here (https://www.csis.org/analysis/csis-press-briefing-president-trumps-trip-asia/?block1&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=216c9de21b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-216c9de21b-145367789) .

** Bin Laden Files
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The release of nearly 470,000 files recovered in the May 2011 raid on Osama Bin Laden’s hideout in Pakistan sheds new light on Iran’s relationship with al Qaeda, as
Newsweek’s Callum Paton reports (http://www.newsweek.com/irans-secret-funding-al-qaeda-exchange-attacks-us-targets-exposed-bin-laden-699370?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=216c9de21b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-216c9de21b-145367789) .

Dive Deeper: See the CIA’s press release (https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/2017-press-releases-statements/cia-releases-additional-files-recovered-in-ubl-compound-raid.html?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=216c9de21b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-216c9de21b-145367789) on the Bin Laden files.

** In That Number
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** 40
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All 40 of the Navy’s Cyber Mission Force teams achieved full operational capability last month, almost a full year ahead of schedule. Source: DoD (https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1361059/navy-cyber-mission-force-teams-achieve-full-operational-capability/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=216c9de21b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-216c9de21b-145367789) .

** Critical Quote
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** “One of the big questions I have on this trip is how much will President Trump listen? You know, he listened to Shinzo Abe in Mar-a-Lago, and so I wouldn’t completely rule out that the administration comes back from this trip and starts refining its Asia policy.”
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— CSIS’s Michael Green on President Trump’s Asia trip (https://www.csis.org/analysis/csis-press-briefing-president-trumps-trip-asia/?block1&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=216c9de21b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-216c9de21b-145367789) .

** iDeas Lab
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Today, CSIS’s Project on Nuclear Issues launched a new website, Next Generation Nuclear Network (https://nuclearnetwork.csis.org/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=216c9de21b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-216c9de21b-145367789) , a resource for nuclear professionals.

The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab at CSIS enhances our research with the latest in cutting-edge web technologies, design, and video.

** Optics
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(Photo credit: Harry How/Getty Images.) Houston Strong!

** Recommended Reading
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“Russia takes on Mideast diplomacy as US retreats (https://apnews.com/43b7d110a4404d3987bb076285b6e62a?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=216c9de21b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-216c9de21b-145367789) ,” by the AP’s Zeina Karam.

** This Town Tomorrow
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Join CSIS’s Freeman Chair in China Studies at 10:30 a.m. for a discussion on the key aspects of China’s 19th Party Congress (https://www.csis.org/events/dawn-new-era-readout-19th-party-congress?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=216c9de21b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-216c9de21b-145367789) .

Join the Brookings Institution at 9:30 a.m. for a conference on how public policy can address the opioid epidemic (https://www.brookings.edu/events/policy-approaches-to-the-opioid-crisis/?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=216c9de21b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-216c9de21b-145367789) , with keynote remarks from Nobel Prize winning economist Sir Angus Deaton.

** Video
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CSIS hosted the first lady of Afghanistan, Rula Ghani (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-41KlehxLI&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=216c9de21b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-216c9de21b-145367789) , (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-41KlehxLI&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=216c9de21b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-216c9de21b-145367789) for a discussion on the economic and social empowerment of women and girls in Afghanistan over the past 15 years.

** Sounds
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This week 35 West focuses on the mid-term elections held last week in Argentina, where voters strengthened the party of incumbent president Mauricio Macri. The show also discusses implications for the future of Argentine politics and Peronism’s decline.

Listen on Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/35-west/id1288098233?mt=2&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=216c9de21b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-216c9de21b-145367789) or SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/csis-57169780/argentina-doesnt-cry-for-peronism?utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=216c9de21b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-216c9de21b-145367789) .

** Smiles
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Of course Led Zeppelin did reform for a day in 2007 to play a show at London’s O2 Arena, at a benefit concert to commemorate the extraordinary life of Atlantic Records head Ahmet Ertegun. With the late John Bonham’s son Jason on drums, Led Zeppelin would roar one last time.

The performance was captured in a concert film called “Celebration Day (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7fMMcPByig&utm_source=CSIS+All&utm_campaign=216c9de21b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f326fc46b6-216c9de21b-145367789) .” It’s a stunning glimpse of what could still be.
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