Some notable new reports of the Congressional Research Service not readily available to the public include the following.
“Nonproliferation and Threat Reduction Assistance: U.S. Programs in the Former Soviet Union” (pdf), updated June 26, 2006.
“Syria: U.S. Relations and Bilateral Issues” (pdf), June 22, 2006.
“Pakistan-U.S. Relations” (pdf), June 21, 2006.
“Iraq: Recent Developments in Reconstruction Assistance” (pdf), updated June 15, 2006.
“U.S. Policy Regarding the International Criminal Court” (pdf), updated June 14, 2006.
“U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial” (pdf), updated June 13, 2006.
“Homeland Security: Defending U.S. Airspace” (pdf), updated June 6, 2006.
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