The latest updates from the Congressional Research Service obtained by the Federation of American Scientists include these reports.
Secret Sessions of the House and Senate: Authority, Confidentiality, and Frequency, March 15, 2013
Europe’s Energy Security: Options and Challenges to Natural Gas Supply Diversification, March 15, 2013
The Amending Process in the Senate, March 15, 2013
Commonly Used Motions and Requests in the House of Representatives, March 15, 2013
Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier (CVN) Homeporting at Mayport: Background and Issues for Congress, March 15, 2013
Navy Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism Operations: Background and Issues for Congress, March 15, 2013
Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress, March 15, 2013
Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress, March 15, 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.