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Detention of American Citizens as Enemy Combatants (open access)

Detention of American Citizens as Enemy Combatants

This report provides background information regarding the cases of two U.S. citizens deemed “enemy combatants,” Yaser Esam Hamdi, who has been returned to Saudi Arabia, and Jose Padilla, who remains in military custody. A brief introduction to the law of war pertinent to the detention of different categories of individuals is offered, followed by brief analyses of the main legal precedents invoked to support the President’s actions, as well as Ex parte Milligan, which some argue supports the opposite conclusion. The report concludes that historically, even during declared wars, additional statutory authority has been seen as necessary to validate the detention of citizens not members of any armed forces, casting in some doubt the argument that the power to detain persons arrested in a context other than actual hostilities is necessarily implied by an authorization to use force.
Date: February 24, 2005
Creator: Elsea, Jennifer K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Arms Control: The U.S.-Russian Agenda (open access)

Nuclear Arms Control: The U.S.-Russian Agenda

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Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Aviation: Issues and Options for Combating Terrorism and Counterinsurgency (open access)

Military Aviation: Issues and Options for Combating Terrorism and Counterinsurgency

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Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: Bolkcom, Christopher & Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD): Assessing Future Needs (open access)

Military Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD): Assessing Future Needs

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Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: Bolkcom, Christopher
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Homeland Security Research and Development Funding, Organization, and Oversight (open access)

Homeland Security Research and Development Funding, Organization, and Oversight

This report mainly discusses about Homeland Security Research and Development Funding, Organization, and Oversight where DHS is mandated to coordinate total federal agency homeland security R&D, which was requested at $4.0 billion. Policy issues include priority-setting within DHS and other agencies, performance monitoring.
Date: February 24, 2005
Creator: Knezo, Genevieve J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tsunamis: Monitoring, Detection, and Early Warning Systems (open access)

Tsunamis: Monitoring, Detection, and Early Warning Systems

This report discusses proposals for international tsunami early warning systems and examines U.S. policy regarding tsunamis.
Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: Morrissey, Wayne A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Counterterrorism Center: Implementation Challenges and Issues for Congress (open access)

The National Counterterrorism Center: Implementation Challenges and Issues for Congress

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Date: March 24, 2005
Creator: Masse, Todd M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
North Korea: A Chronology of Events, October 2002-December 2004 (open access)

North Korea: A Chronology of Events, October 2002-December 2004

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Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.; Chanlett-Avery, Emma & Marchart, Helene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Terrorist Nuclear Attacks on Seaports: Threat and Response (open access)

Terrorist Nuclear Attacks on Seaports: Threat and Response

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Date: January 24, 2005
Creator: Medalia, Jonathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trade Issues in the 109th Congress: Policy Challenges and Opportunities (open access)

Trade Issues in the 109th Congress: Policy Challenges and Opportunities

The 108th Congress completed a full trade agenda with the passage of legislation on a broad spectrum of issues. The 109th Congress is expected to face a trade agenda that will be at least as extensive, covering a wide range of issues, from the extension of presidential trade promotion (fast track) authority to consideration of more free trade agreements and oversight of the World Trade Organization (WTO) trade negotiations. In some respects, these issues are distinct, each with its own policy and economic implications. In other respects the issues are interrelated. They have emerged from common sets of domestic politics, foreign policy, and economic factors and affect or are affected by the concerns of Members of Congress, of other policymakers and of many interest groups. These issues and how policymakers deal with them will define overall U.S. trade policy.
Date: March 24, 2005
Creator: Cooper, William H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beneficiary Information and Decision Supports for the Medicare-Endorsed Prescription Drug Discount Card (open access)

Beneficiary Information and Decision Supports for the Medicare-Endorsed Prescription Drug Discount Card

On December 8, 2003 the President signed into law the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA, P.L. 108-173). This legislation establishes a Medicare prescription drug benefit, effective January 1, 2006. In the interim, the legislation requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a temporary program of Medicare-endorsed prescription drug discount cards. This report discusses the objectives and benefits of this legislation.
Date: March 24, 2005
Creator: Justice, Diane
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Weapons: The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program (open access)

Nuclear Weapons: The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program

Most current U.S. nuclear warheads were built in the 1980s, and are being retained longer than was planned. Yet warheads deteriorate with age and must be maintained. The current approach monitors them for signs of aging. When problems are found, a Life Extension Program (LEP) rebuilds components. While some can be made to new specifications, a nuclear test moratorium bars that approach for critical components that would require a nuclear test. Instead, LEP rebuilds them as closely as possible to original specifications. Using this approach, the Secretaries of Defense and Energy have certified stockpile safety and reliability for the past nine years without nuclear testing
Date: May 24, 2005
Creator: Medalia, Jonathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Intelligence Issues for Congress (open access)

Intelligence Issues for Congress

This report discusses intelligence issues for Congress including coordination among intelligence agencies, terrorism, and Iraq. Updated May 24, 2005.
Date: May 24, 2005
Creator: Best, Richard A., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mad Cow Disease: Agricultural Issues for Congress (open access)

Mad Cow Disease: Agricultural Issues for Congress

This report provides information on how most of the countries banned United States beef after the first report of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in a Canadian-born cow after the December 2003 U.S. report. This explains all the steps USDA has taken to reduce the positive cases of BSE by starting special programs. Updated March 24, 2005.
Date: March 24, 2005
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gasoline Prices: Policies and Proposals (open access)

Gasoline Prices: Policies and Proposals

This report gives information related to Gasoline prices and also discusses Policies and Proposals.
Date: June 24, 2005
Creator: Behrens, Carl E. & Glover, Carol
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial (open access)

U.S. Space Programs: Civilian, Military, and Commercial

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Date: May 24, 2005
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security Reform (open access)

Social Security Reform

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Date: May 24, 2005
Creator: Nuschler, Dawn
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Freedom of Speech and Press: Exceptions to the First Amendment (open access)

Freedom of Speech and Press: Exceptions to the First Amendment

This report provides an overview of the major exceptions to the First Amendment — of the ways that the Supreme Court has interpreted the guarantee of freedom of speech and press to provide no protection or only limited protection for some types of speech.
Date: May 24, 2005
Creator: Cohen, Henry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance (open access)

War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance

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Date: May 24, 2005
Creator: Grimmett, Richard F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trafficking in Persons: The U.S. and International Response (open access)

Trafficking in Persons: The U.S. and International Response

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Date: June 24, 2005
Creator: Miko, Francis T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pakistan: Chronology of Recent Events (open access)

Pakistan: Chronology of Recent Events

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Date: May 24, 2005
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy DD(X), CG(X), and LCS Ship Acquisition Programs: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress (open access)

Navy DD(X), CG(X), and LCS Ship Acquisition Programs: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress

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Date: June 24, 2005
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy CVN-21 Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy CVN-21 Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress

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Date: June 24, 2005
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Navy DD(X) and CG(X) Programs:  Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Navy DD(X) and CG(X) Programs: Background and Issues for Congress

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Date: June 24, 2005
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library