Army Drawdown, Special Operations Forces, More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has not made available to the public include the following.
Army Drawdown and Restructuring: Background and Issues for Congress, January 3, 2013
U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress, January 3, 2013
The Unified Command Plan and Combatant Commands: Background and Issues for Congress, January 3, 2013
Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues, January 3, 2013
Internet Governance and the Domain Name System: Issues for Congress, January 2, 2013
Federal Regulation of Chemicals in Commerce: An Overview of Issues for the 113th Congress, January 3, 2013
Physician Practices: Background, Organization, and Market Consolidation, January 2, 2013
Satellite imagery of RAF Lakenheath reveals new construction of a security perimeter around ten protective aircraft shelters in the designated nuclear area, the latest measure in a series of upgrades as the base prepares for the ability to store U.S. nuclear weapons.
It will take consistent leadership and action to navigate the complex dangers in the region and to avoid what many analysts considered to be an increasingly possible outcome, a nuclear conflict in East Asia.
Getting into a shutdown is the easy part, getting out is much harder. Both sides will be looking to pin responsibility on each other, and the court of public opinion will have a major role to play as to who has the most leverage for getting us out.
How the United States responds to China’s nuclear buildup will shape the global nuclear balance for the rest of the century.