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
January saw us watching whether the government would fund science. February has been about how that funding will be distributed, regulated, and contested.
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