Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has declined to make readily available to the public include the following.
Extraterritorial Application of American Criminal Law, February 15, 2012
Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act: Federal Contractor Criminal Liability Overseas, February 15, 2012
Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons, February 14, 2012
The U.S. Export Control System and the President’s Reform Initiative, February 16, 2012
NATO Common Funds Burdensharing: Background and Current Issues, February 15, 2012
The Federal Budget: Issues for FY2013 and Beyond, February 17, 2012
Reducing the Budget Deficit: Policy Issues, February 15, 2012
Burma’s Political Prisoners and U.S. Sanctions, February 13, 2012
Previewing the Next Farm Bill, February 15, 2012
The FAS Nuclear Notebook is one of the most widely sourced reference materials worldwide for reliable information about the status of nuclear weapons, and has been published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists since 1987.. The Nuclear Notebook is researched and written by the staff of the Federation of American Scientists’ Nuclear Information Project: Director Hans […]
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A photo in a Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) student briefing from 2022 shows four people inspecting what appears to be a damaged B61 nuclear bomb.
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