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March 2, 2023

United States
The State of U.S. Strategic Stockpiles

President Joe Biden has tapped the nation’s emergency reserves several times over the past year. The Strategic National Stockpile is just one of the reserves that the United States maintains for econ…

Members of the Oklahoma National Guard Oklahoma National Guard walk toward the front of the Strategic National Stockpile Warehouse after unloading medical supplies.
Backgrounder by Anshu Siripurapu and Noah Berman Renewing America

November 7, 2006

Iraq
The Cost of the Iraq War

With U.S. forces mired in Iraq, the cost of war has escalated. But some critics decry the manner in which the war is being funded more than the price tag itself.

Backgrounder by Lionel Beehner

August 24, 2022

Health
What Does the CDC Do?

The federal agency has a broad mandate to protect Americans’ health and an expansive global reach. But the COVID-19 pandemic has been one of its most daunting challenges.

The CDC’s Emergency Operations Center is reflected in the glass of a room where staff meet to discuss the Ebola crisis in October 2014.
Backgrounder by Claire Klobucista

January 1, 2006

Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament
The Anthrax Letters

This publication is now archived. How many letters containing anthrax were sent out in the 2001 attacks?FBI investigators believe four letters were sent. Contaminated letters sent to the New York Pos…

Backgrounder

November 3, 2006

Elections and Voting
Congress, Foreign Policy, and the Democratic Party

Polls continue to show Democrats regaining control of at least one house of Congress in the November 7 elections. If this happens, they could exercise greater oversight of executive bodies and trade …

Backgrounder by Robert McMahon