Carbon Capture: A Technology Assessment, and More from CRS
New or updated reports from the Congressional Research Service obtained by Secrecy News include the following.
Carbon Capture: A Technology Assessment, October 21, 2013
Social Security: What Would Happen If the Trust Funds Ran Out?, October 21, 2013
Video Relay Service: Program Funding and Reform, October 22, 2013
Mandatory Minimum Sentencing: Federal Aggravated Identity Theft, October 22, 2013
Hydraulic Fracturing: Selected Legal Issues, October 22, 2013
Federal Financial Reporting: An Overview, October 22, 2013
Fatherhood Initiatives: Connecting Fathers to Their Children, October 22, 2013
Promoting Global Internet Freedom: Policy and Technology, October 22, 2013
The G-20 and International Economic Cooperation: Background and Implications for Congress, October 23, 2013
U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues, October 22, 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.