Thursday's global agenda: Clinton on the Hill

Your morning global affairs speed-read

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to visit Congress on Thursday in an attempt to beat back Tea Party pressure to cut foreign aid to Egypt and Libya in the wake of anti-American violence in those countries. Read The Hill's story here.

Asian tension: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee's Asia/Pacific subpanel examines “Maritime territorial disputes and sovereignty issues in Asia” with Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell.

Israeli security: The House Foreign Affairs Committee's Middle East panel holds a hearing on “Safeguarding Israel's Security in a Volatile Region.” 

Trade deal: The House Ways and Means Committee's Trade panel considers the benefits of expanding U.S. services trade, including by negotiating an international services agreement. Ambassador Michael Punke, the deputy United States Trade Representative and Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization, is slated to testify.

More awards: Burma's opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, offers remarks at the National Endowment for Democracy's 2012 Democracy Award. She accepted Congress's top honor at a Capitol Hill ceremony on Wednesday.

In other news: 

The Obama administration vowed to continue looking for ways to advance its policy objectives in Russia after the Kremlin threw out the U.S. Agency for International Development, effective Oct. 1. [The Wall Street Journal]

Gen. David M. Rodriguez, a former top Army commander in Afghanistan, has been chosen by the Pentagon to take charge of the military’s Africa Command, The New York Times reports.

France is closing its schools and embassies in 20 countries Friday amid fears of a backlash after a magazine published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. [The Wall Street Journal]

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