New products of the Congressional Research Service that have not been made readily available to the public include these:
Major U.S. Arms Sales and Grants to Pakistan Since 2001, July 25, 2012
Direct Overt U.S. Aid and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, FY2002-FY2013, July 27, 2012
Georgia [Republic]: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests, July 13, 2012
The Proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: Background and Key Issues, July 19, 2012
The new alignment signals a clear shift in priorities: offices dedicated to clean energy and energy efficiency have been renamed, consolidated, or eliminated, while new divisions elevate hydrocarbons, fusion, and a combined Office of AI & Quantum.
We came out of the longest shutdown in history and we are all worse for it. Who won the shutdown fight? It doesn’t matter – Americans lost. And there is a chance we run it all back again in a few short months.
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