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May

-05/30/08   Climate Change: Comparison of S.2191 as Reported (now S.3036) with Proposed Boxer Amendment  [109 Kb]  -- NEW!
-05/30/08   Pakistan-U.S. Relations  [580 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/30/08   Russia's Economic Performance and Policies and Their Implications for the United States  [168 Kb]  -- NEW!
-05/30/08   Second FY2008 Supplemental Appropriations for Military Operations, International Affairs, and Other Purposes  [350 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/30/08   The Army's M-4 Carbine: Background and Issues for Congress  [74 Kb]  -- NEW!
-05/30/08   The Budget for Fiscal Year 2009  [374 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/30/08   U.S. International Trade: Trends and Forecasts  [177 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/29/08   High Agricultural Commodity Prices: What Are the Issues?  [390 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/28/08   Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments  [266 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/28/08   National Security Strategy: Legislative Mandates, Execution to Date and Consideration for Congress  [160 Kb]  -- NEW!
-05/28/08   Tsunami Detection and Warnings for the United States  [436 Kb]  -- NEW!
-05/27/08   Food Safety Provisions of the 2008 Farm Bill - NEW!
-05/23/08   Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress  [221 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/22/08   Alien Smuggling: Recent Legislative Developments  [109 Kb]  -- NEW!
-05/22/08   Gasoline Prices: Legislation in the 110th Congress  [225 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/22/08   Haiti: Legislative Responses to the Food Cris and Related Development Challenges  [72 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/22/08   Science, Technology, and American Diplomacy: Background and Issues for Congress  [111 Kb]  -- NEW!
-05/22/08   The Overseas Private Investment Corporation: Background and Legislative Issues  [72 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/22/08   Zimbabwe: 2008 Elections and Implications for U.S. Policy  [180 Kb]  -- NEW!
-05/21/08   China's Space Program: Options for U.S.-China Cooperation  [74 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/21/08   Georgia (Republic): Recent Developments and U.S. Interests  [133 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/21/08   Memorials: Creating National, State, and Local Memorials  [67 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/21/08   Unauthorized Aliens' Access to Federal Benefits: Policy and Issues  [182 Kb]  -- NEW!
-05/20/08   Membership of the 110th Congress: A Profile  [71 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/20/08   Nanotechnology: A Policy Primer  [119 Kb]  -- NEW!
-05/19/08   The Constitutionality of Requiring Photo Identification for Voting: An Analysis of Crawford v. Marion County Election Board  [73 Kb]  -- NEW!
-05/19/08   The National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility: Issues for Congress  [152 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/16/08   Conventional Warheads for Long-Range Ballistic Missiles: Background and Issues for Congress  [204 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/16/08   What is the "Farm Bill"?  [76 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/15/08   Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy  [592 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/15/08   Climate Change: Costs and Benefits of S. 2191  [527 Kb]  -- NEW!
-05/15/08   Nanotechnology and U.S. competitiveness: Issues and Options  [193 Kb]  -- NEW!
-05/15/08   Section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2006: A Fact Sheet on Department of Defense Authority to Train and Equip Foreign Military Forces  [70 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/15/08   The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: History, Perspectives, and Issues  [120 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/14/08   American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics  [165 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/14/08   Iran's Activities and Influence in Iraq  [77 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/13/08   Border Security: Barriers Along the U.S. International Border  [729 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/13/08   Border Security: Key Agencies and Their Missions  [73 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/13/08   Country-of-Origin Labeling for Foods  [83 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/13/08   Evaluating the Potential for a Recession in 2008  [150 Kb]  -- NEW!
-05/13/08   Homeland Security: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Border surveillance  [72 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/13/08   The "Red-Dead" Canal: Israeli-Arab Efforts to Restore the Dead Sea -- NEW!
-05/12/08   Army's Future Combat System (FCS): Background and Issues for Congress  [177 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/12/08   Canada - U.S. Relations  [366 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/12/08   Iraq: Reconciliation and Benchmarks  [77 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/09/08   Cyclone Nargis and Burma's Constitutional Referendum  [296 Kb]  -- NEW!
-05/09/08   Farm Bill Legislative Action in the 110th Congress  [203 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/09/08   Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 110th Congress  [218 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/09/08   Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security  [433 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/09/08   Islam in Africa  [67 Kb]  -- NEW!
-05/09/08   Japan's Nuclear Future: Policy Debate, Prospects, and U.S. Interests -- NEW!
-05/09/08   U.S. Forces in Afghanistan  [66 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/08/08   Rising Food Prices and Global Food Needs: The U.S. Response  [142 Kb]  -- NEW!
-05/08/08   Second FY2008 Supplemental Appropriations for Military Operations, International Affairs, and Other Purposes  [200 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/08/08   U.S. Forces in Iraq  [69 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/07/08   Department of Defense "Section 1207" Security and Stabilization Assistance: A Fact Sheet  [61 Kb]  -- NEW!
-05/07/08   Transportation Fuel Taxes: Impacts of a Repeal or Moratorium  [90 Kb]  -- NEW!
-05/06/08   Defense Contracting in Iraq: Issues and Options for Congress -- Updated
-05/06/08   High Agricultural Commodity Prices: What Are the Issues?  [377 Kb]  -- NEW!
-05/06/08   Homeland Security Department: FY2009 Request for Appropriations -- NEW!
-05/06/08   Inflation: Causes, Costs, and Current Status  [122 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/06/08   Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses  [496 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/06/08   Major Tax Issues in the 110th Congress  [201 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/06/08   NATO in Afghanistan: A Test of the Transatlantic Alliance  [304 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/05/08   Defense: FY2009 Authorization and Appropriations  [143 Kb]  -- NEW!
-05/05/08   U.S. Trade and Investment Relationship with Sub-Saharan Africa: The African Growth and Opportunity Act and Beyond  [226 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/02/08   Kosovo and U.S. Policy: Background and Current Issues  [247 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/02/08   The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: History, Perspectives, and Issues  [120 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/01/08   Energy: Selected Facts and Numbers  [367 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/01/08   Suits Against Terrorist States by Victims of Terrorism  [400 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/01/08   Syria: Background and U.S. Relations  [264 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/01/08   The U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement: Economic and Political Implications  [181 Kb]  -- NEW!
-05/01/08   Tuberculosis: International Efforts and Issues for Congress  [265 Kb]  -- Updated
-05/01/08   U.S. Foreign Aid to East and South Asia: Selected Recipients  [225 Kb]  -- Updated