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New GAO Reports: Mineral Revenues, Federal Courthouse Construction, Oil and Gas Royalties

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  • Mineral Revenues: Data Management Problems and Reliance on Self-Reported Data for Compliance Efforts Put MMS Royalty Collections at Risk, GAO-08-893R, September 12, 2008
  • Federal Courthouse Construction: Estimated Costs to House the L.A. District Court Have Tripled and There Is No Consensus on How to Proceed, GAO-08-889, September 12, 2008
  • Oil and Gas Royalties: The Federal System for Collecting Oil and Gas Revenues Needs Comprehensive Reassessment, GAO-08-691, September 03, 2008

    • Sovereign Wealth and Sovereign Power – The Strategic Consequences of American Indebtedness

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    Sovereign Wealth and Sovereign Power – The Strategic Consequences of American Indebtedness, Brad W. Setser, Fellow for Geoeconomics, Council on Foreign Relations Press, September 2008 “The problems associated with U.S. indebtedness cannot be addressed overnight. But the report proposes ways for the United States to guard against the effects of a disruption in foreign financing,… Continue Reading

    Baucus, Grassley Offer Tax Incentives for Clean Energy, Homegrown Jobs

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    Finance leaders seek to extend wind, solar, other incentives America’s energy, economic future: “Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today unveiled energy tax legislation that they intend to bring to the Senate for consideration this month. The Finance tax measures seek to reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil… Continue Reading

    Fact Sheet: Justice Department Counter-Terrorism Efforts Since 9/11

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    DOJ Fact Sheet: Justice Department Counter-Terrorism Efforts Since 9/11, September 11, 2008 “Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the highest priority of the Justice Department has been to protect America against acts of terrorism. Despite repeated and sustained efforts by terrorists, there has not been another terrorist attack on American soil in the past… Continue Reading

    Council on Foreign Relations: Securing Pakistan's Tribal Belt

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    Securing Pakistan’s Tribal Belt, by Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations Press, July/August 2008 “What is at stake is considerable by any measure. Pakistan is the world’s second-most-populous Muslim-majority country, with nearly 170 million people. It shares borders with Afghanistan, where U.S. and allied forces are struggling… Continue Reading