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The recent economic woes that have been dominating the news caused Congress to pass a stimulus package. The idea behind this solution is that Americans will spend the checks they receive, ranging [...]

Around the time that Congress passed the omnibus spending bill, encompassing the budgets of several government agencies, they also passed an additional $70 billion to fund the war in Iraq for [...]

Many of you have probably seen the "Yes We Can" video created by Obama supporters and showing various celebrities singing and speaking along to one of Sen. Obama’s speeches. [...]

As you saw in last week’s post, we know we have about $40 million we need to cut from the budget for the Reliable Replacement Warhead and assorted funds throughout the budget for Complex [...]

President Bush and other proponents of the war in Iraq have constantly tried to send the message that the members of the military support their plan to “stay the course” in Iraq until they [...]

An understanding of the history and internal dynamics in Iran will be critical to working toward a successful diplomatic relationship and resolving outstanding tensions. Just Foreign Policy has [...]

As you have probably noticed, one thing that has been lacking in the national dialogue around US relations with Iran is a clear picture of what effective diplomacy with Iran would look like, and [...]

Tomorrow will be a critical day in choosing our next president as nearly two dozen states go to the polls.  We want to make sure that everyone who votes tomorrow goes in with a clear [...]

The Department of Energy is currently proposing to spend $150 billion over 25 years to revamp the nuclear weapons complex, including increasing the ability to produce plutonium pits for nuclear [...]

The Bush administration released its Fiscal Year 2009 budget request today, requesting a record-breaking $515.4 billion for baseline Defense spending, reaching the highest level of Defense [...]