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What is National Security “Partnership”? And More from CRS

05.09.12 | 1 min read | Text by Steven Aftergood

New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has not made publicly available include the following.

In Brief: Clarifying the Concept of “Partnership” in National Security, May 4, 2012

U.S. Nuclear Cooperation With India: Issues for Congress, May 7, 2012

Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress, May 4, 2012

U.S. Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage, May 3, 2012

Interest Rates on Subsidized Stafford Loans to Undergraduate Students, May 4, 2012

Racial Profiling: Legal and Constitutional Issues, April 16, 2012

Trade Primer: Qs and As on Trade Concepts, Performance, and Policy, April 16, 2012

Judicial Activity Concerning Enemy Combatant Detainees: Major Court Rulings, April 6, 2012

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