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September 14, 2011

Defense and Security
Deficit Reduction Update

Congressional Budget Office Director, Doug Elmendorf, testifies before the first hearing of the Joint Deficit Reduction Committee hearing on September 13, 2011. (Jonathan Ernst/courtesy Reuters) Thr…

Congressional Budget Office Director, Douglas Elmendorf, begins his testimony before the first hearing of the Joint Deficit Reduction Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 13, 2011. The panel has the job of finding at least $1.2 trillion in government budget savings over the next decade. (Jonathan Ernst/courtesy Reuters)

December 13, 2011

Elections and Voting
Campaign 2012 Roundup: Gingrich and Huntsman Debate

Republican presidential candidates Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich hold up sweatshirts they received after their Lincoln-Douglas-style debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire on Dece…

Jon Huntsman (L) and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, hold up sweatshirts given to them as gifts following their Lincoln-Douglas style debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire December 12, 2011. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

February 15, 2012

Defense and Security
Guest Post: Why Guatemala’s Pérez Molina Is Considering Legalizing Drugs

This is a guest post by Natalie Kitroeff, a research associate here at the Council on Foreign Relations who works with me in the Latin America program. She received her BA from Princeton University’s…

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April 9, 2012

United States
America’s Role in Reducing Violence in Central America

A casual observer of world events might believe that interstate wars, civil wars, and terrorism, given the prominence of media coverage, are the primary causes of violent deaths. In fact, of the esti…

Guatemala crime scene