MORNING READ

Cotton to Conservatives: Peace through strength
Michael Warren of The Weekly Standard talks about Representative Tom Cotton’s address to a conservative audience at CPAC, calling for national defense to pursue “peace through strength.”

Liberals to Dem leaders: Don’t even think about touching Social Security benefits
Greg Sargent of The Plum Line reports that liberals are defending Social Security from Democratic leaders as they are edging closer toward s supporting chained CPI as part of a “grand bargain.”

{mosads}A model Medicare program
Paul Howard of Bloomberg lays out what he thinks is an ideal plan for Medicare reform.

FROM THE BLOGS:

Pelosi open to looking at Obama proposal to cut Social Security
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that she’ll consider Social Security cuts as part of a sweeping deficit-reduction package, The Hill’s Mike Lillis reports.

Cuts to court system ‘simply unsustainable’ Justice Kennedy warns
The cuts to the court system from sequestration are “simply unsustainable,” Justice Anthony Kennedy warned Thursday, The Hill’s Sam Baker reports.