February 9, 2009
VenezuelaVenezuela is trying to develop new markets for its oil at a time of increasing friction with its main customer, the United States. But a significant short-term shift in oil relations between Venezuel…
February 2, 2005
IraqThis publication is now archived. How much authority can Iraq’s interim government exercise?President Bush said May 24 that the interim Iraqi government taking over for U.S-led occupying authorities …
January 1, 2006
Homeland SecurityThis publication is now archived. Could terrorists target U.S. nuclear power plants? Yes. In his January 2002 State of the Union speech, President Bush said that U.S. forces “found diagrams of …
January 27, 2005
IraqThis publication is now archived. How many Iraqi troops are fully trained?Some 40,000 Iraqi security force members “can go anywhere in the country and take on almost any threat,” General Richard B. M…
February 15, 2005
Terrorism and CounterterrorismThis publication is now archived. What is the 9/11 Commission?The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States is a bipartisan, independent panel. Its 13 members and staff of nearl…