Financial Disclosure by Federal Officials, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from broad public distribution include the following.
Financial Disclosure by Federal Officials and Publication of Disclosure Reports, August 22, 2013
Defense Surplus Equipment Disposal: Background Information, August 22, 2013
Iraq: Politics, Governance, and Human Rights, August 22, 2013
The United Arab Emirates (UAE): Issues for U.S. Policy, August 20, 2013
Changing the Federal Reserve’s Mandate: An Economic Analysis, August 12, 2013
The Affordable Care Act and Small Business: Economic Issues, August 15, 2013
Financing Natural Catastrophe Exposure: Issues and Options for Improving Risk Transfer Markets, August 15, 2013
Reauthorizing the Office of National Drug Control Policy: Issues for Consideration, August 13, 2013
International Drug Control Policy: Background and U.S. Responses, August 13, 2013
Mexico’s Peña Nieto Administration: Priorities and Key Issues in U.S.-Mexican Relations, August 15, 2013
Latin America and the Caribbean: Key Issues for the 113th Congress, August 9, 2013
Uzbekistan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests, August 21, 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.