Securing Diplomatic Facilities, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public access include the following.
Securing U.S. Diplomatic Facilities and Personnel Abroad: Legislative and Executive Branch Initiatives, September 12, 2013
Securing U.S. Diplomatic Facilities and Personnel Abroad: Background and Policy Issues, September 12, 2013
Possible U.S. Intervention in Syria: Issues for Congress, September 12, 2013
Syria’s Chemical Weapons: Issues for Congress, September 12, 2013
Egypt in Crisis: Issues for Congress, September 12, 2013
Harbor Maintenance Finance and Funding, September 12, 2013
DHS Headquarters Consolidation Project: Issues for Congress, September 11, 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.