FY2012 Defense Appropriations, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has not made publicly available include these.
Defense: FY2012 Budget Request, Authorization and Appropriations, February 13, 2012
Guam: U.S. Defense Deployments, February 13, 2012
Conventional Prompt Global Strike and Long-Range Ballistic Missiles: Background and Issues, February 13, 2012
Keeping America’s Pipelines Safe and Secure: Key Issues for Congress, February 13, 2012
Discretionary Budget Authority by Subfunction: An Overview, February 14, 2012
Federal Employees’ Retirement System: Benefits and Financing, February 14, 2012
The Role of Local Food Systems in U.S. Farm Policy, January 24, 2012
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.