JOIN THE EPICENTER CONFERENCE WEBCAST: White House to cut defense budget

The 2009 Epicenter Conference begins Saturday morning at noon eastern, 9am Pacific time. To get more information — or to watch the conference on the live webcast — go to www.epicenter2009.com. Hope you can join us.

HEADLINES TO TRACK:

• Obama White House request 10% cut in defense budget despite Iran, North Korea threats
  
• BBC: Defiant N Korea launches rocket
• Reuters story on how the U.N. Security Council took no action over North Korea’s illegal missile launch