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European Views and Policies Toward the Middle East (open access)

European Views and Policies Toward the Middle East

Managing policy differences on a range of issues emanating from the Middle East poses serious challenges for the United States and its European allies and friends. The most vitriolic dispute has centered on the conflict in Iraq. However, divisions over how best to approach the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, manage Iran and Syria, and combat terrorism also persist. How deep and lasting the clash over Iraq and subsequent Middle East policies will be to transatlantic relations will likely depend on several factors, including whether Washington and European capitals can cooperate more robustly to rebuild Iraq; whether Europeans perceive a renewed U.S. commitment to revive the Middle East peace process; and whether differences over Mideast issues spill over into NATO or impede EU efforts to forge a deeper Union.
Date: March 9, 2005
Creator: Archick, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy (open access)

China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy

The bilateral relationship between the U.S. and the People's Republic of China (PRC) is vitally important, touching on a wide range of areas including, among others, economic policy, security, foreign relations, and human rights. This report addresses relevant policy questions in current U.S.-China relations, discusses trends and key legislation in the current Congress, and provides a chronology of developments and high-level exchanges.
Date: March 10, 2005
Creator: Dumbaugh, Kerry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Embassy in Iraq (open access)

U.S. Embassy in Iraq

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Date: March 11, 2005
Creator: Epstein, Susan B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2005 (H.R. 1360, 109th Congress) (open access)

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2005 (H.R. 1360, 109th Congress)

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Date: March 22, 2005
Creator: Cohen, Henry & Brooks, Nathan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Border Security: Immigration Issues in the 108th Congress (open access)

Border Security: Immigration Issues in the 108th Congress

This report provides background information on the main immigration-related border security issues that have been raised as a result of the terrorist attacks and resulting concern for homeland security. It describes enacted legislation in the 107th Congress as well as in previous Congresses that focus on immigration-related border security issues. The report also poses possible immigration-related border security issues the 108th Congress may consider.
Date: March 22, 2005
Creator: Seghetti, Lisa M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Immigration: Terrorist Grounds for Exclusion of Aliens (open access)

Immigration: Terrorist Grounds for Exclusion of Aliens

"This report opens with an overview of the grounds for inadmissibility and summarizes key legislation enacted in recent years" (p. i).
Date: March 30, 2005
Creator: Garcia, Michael John & Wasem, Ruth Ellen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Counterintelligence Reform at the Department of Energy: Policy Issues and Organizational Alternatives (open access)

Counterintelligence Reform at the Department of Energy: Policy Issues and Organizational Alternatives

Lapses in the Department of Energy’s (DOE) security and counterintelligence program have plagued DOE since 1977, when the Department was established through the merger of 40 government organizations, including the Energy Research and Development Administration and the Federal Energy Administration.1 Some policymakers expected the new agency to focus the government’s energy-related enterprises almost solely on the energy crisis. Others saw DOE as an unsuccessful attempt to fuse vastly diverse organizations, many with significantly different, if not conflicting missions.
Date: March 8, 2005
Creator: Cumming, Alfred
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Oil-For-Food Program, Illicit Trade, and Investigations (open access)

Iraq: Oil-For-Food Program, Illicit Trade, and Investigations

This report discusses the "oil-for-food" program (OFFP) as the centerpiece of a long-standing U.N. Security Council effort to alleviate human suffering in Iraq while maintaining key elements of the 1991 Gulf war-related sanctions regime. The program, in operation from December 1996 until March 2003, is detailed.
Date: March 21, 2005
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth & Blanchard, Christopher M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The European Union in 2005 and Beyond (open access)

The European Union in 2005 and Beyond

The European Union (EU) experienced significant changes in 2004 as it enlarged from 15 to 25 members and continued work on a new constitutional treaty to institute internal reforms and further EU political integration. In 2005, the EU is expected to build on these efforts and seek to implement several recent foreign policy and defense initiatives. This report describes the current status of the EU’s “constitution,” EU enlargement, the EU’s evolving foreign and defense policies, and possible implications for U.S.-EU relations.
Date: March 7, 2005
Creator: Archick, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lawsuits Against State Supporters of Terrorism: An Overview (open access)

Lawsuits Against State Supporters of Terrorism: An Overview

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Date: March 28, 2005
Creator: Elsea, Jennifer K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Organization of American States: A Primer (open access)

Organization of American States: A Primer

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Date: March 28, 2005
Creator: Ribando, Clare
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Balkan Cooperation on War Crimes Issues: 2005 Update (open access)

Balkan Cooperation on War Crimes Issues: 2005 Update

A combination of intensified international pressure and deadlines associated with Euro-Atlantic integration processes has prompted a spate of transfers of persons indicted for war crimes to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague in late 2004-early 2005. Full cooperation with The Hague tribunal has been established as a key prerequisite to further progress toward a shared long-term goal for the western Balkan countries: closer association with and eventual membership in the European Union (EU) and NATO. This report is updated as the number of individuals indicted for war crimes have been transferred to The Hague from Serbia, Kosovo, and Bosnia.
Date: March 28, 2005
Creator: Kim, Julie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Public Relations and Propaganda: Restrictions on Executive Agency Activities (open access)

Public Relations and Propaganda: Restrictions on Executive Agency Activities

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Date: March 21, 2005
Creator: Kosar, Kevin R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Argentina: Political Conditions and U.S. Relations (open access)

Argentina: Political Conditions and U.S. Relations

This report briefly discusses the political and economic conditions of Argentina, as well as its relationship with the U.S.
Date: March 31, 2005
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Kurds in Post-Saddam Iraq (open access)

The Kurds in Post-Saddam Iraq

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Date: March 14, 2005
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth & Prados, Alfred B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nomination and Confirmation of the FBI Director: Process and Recent History (open access)

Nomination and Confirmation of the FBI Director: Process and Recent History

This CRS Report for Congress details the process and recent history of the nomination and conformation of the FBI director.
Date: March 17, 2005
Creator: Hogue, Henry B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iraq: Frequently Asked Questions About Contracting (open access)

Iraq: Frequently Asked Questions About Contracting

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Date: March 18, 2005
Creator: Grasso, Valerie Bailey
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2006 (open access)

Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2006

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Date: March 8, 2005
Creator: Davey, Michael E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Science and Technology Policy: Issues for the 109th Congress (open access)

Science and Technology Policy: Issues for the 109th Congress

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Date: March 28, 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: March 23, 2005
Creator: Nuschler, Dawn
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Space Launch Vehicles: Government Activities, Commercial Competition, and Satellite Exports (open access)

Space Launch Vehicles: Government Activities, Commercial Competition, and Satellite Exports

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Date: March 7, 2005
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flat Tax Proposals and Fundamental Tax Reform: An Overview (open access)

Flat Tax Proposals and Fundamental Tax Reform: An Overview

President George W. Bush has stated that tax reform is one of his top priorities in the 109th Congress. On January 7, 2005, he appointed a nine-member bipartisan panel to study the “complicated mess” posed by the federal tax code and to propose options to reform the code.
Date: March 23, 2005
Creator: Bickley, James M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regulation of Broadcast Indecency: Background and Legal Analysis (open access)

Regulation of Broadcast Indecency: Background and Legal Analysis

Two prominent television events in the past two years placed increased attention on the FCC and its indecency regulations. The airing of the 2003 Golden Globe Awards and the subsequent ruling by the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau, coupled with the controversy surrounding the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show, brought broadcast indecency to the forefront of the congressional agenda during the 108th Congress. Several bills were introduced, but not enacted, in the 108th Congress to increase the penalties imposed for broadcast indecency and to prohibit the broadcast of certain words and phrases in any grammatical form. Similar legislation has been introduced in the 109th Congress.
Date: March 30, 2005
Creator: Welborn, Angie A. & Cohen, Henry
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