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More than 30 years ago, a small group of state legislators and conservative policy advocates met in Chicago to implement a vision: A nonpartisan membership association for conservative state lawmakers who shared a common belief in limited government, free markets, federalism, and individual liberty. Their vision and initiative resulted in the creation of a voluntary membership association for people who believed that government closest to the people was fundamentally more effective, more just, and a better guarantor of freedom than the distant, bloated federal government in Washington, D.C.
History | ALEC – American Legislative Exchange Council
As tensions between the United States and Iran continue to increase, it is more important than ever to understand the basic facts and figures of Iran’s nuclear program, economy, society, and foreign affairs. This simple fact sheet will aid and inform policy-makers on the current conflict by shedding some light on the complex challenges facing the United States. It hopes to improve the quality of debate within policy-making circles.
American Security Project
We are pleased to announce the publication of our Annual Report 2012.
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Women's Media Center
The author's mother has given her an early exposure to a diverse collection of women, which serves her well as a writer and strategic activist.
Center for American Progress
The Center for American Progress compiled its own bracket for March Madness on the worst conservative legislation in the last year. Help us a pick a winner.
Lawfare › Hard National Security Choices
In case you didn’t already know this with all of the attention it’s getting, this year is the 200th anniversary of the beginning of the War of 1812.
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WASHINGTON, April 3, 2012 - The American Petroleum Institute (API) said the Department of the Interior’s plans for a faster and automated review process for onshore oil and natural gas applications is promising but called for additional reforms.
MEMRI - The Middle East Media Research Institute
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) explores the Middle East through the region’s media. MEMRI bridges the language gap which exists between the West and the Middle East, providing timely translations of Arabic, Persian, Urdu-Pashtu, and Turkish media, as well as original analysis of political, ideological, intellectual, social, cultural, and religious trends in the Middle East. Founded in February 1998 to inform the debate over U.S. policy in the Middle East, MEMRI is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization.Yellow Fever by George Smith, 28 Mar -- "This week's news cycle has been especially full of natsec experts and government men speaking of the threat of Chinese attacks in cyberspace.
GlobalSecurity.org - Reliable Security Information
US Army War College
Montenegro's first-ever Defense, Military, and Naval Attache received the U.S. military's Legion of Merit (Degree of Officer) during a ceremony here yesterday. Lt. Col Rajko Pesic, an international fellow who also is the first officer from Montenegro to attend the Army War College, received the award for his achievements as military attaché in Washington, D.C., from 2008 until arriving at Carlisle Barracks last year to attend the 10-month strategic leader education course here.This monograph takes the logic of the contemporary security dilemma to another level. The intent is to operationalize and elaborate Ambassador Stephen Krasner’s "Responsible Sovereignty" orienting principle for foreign policy and military management. The authors assert that attaining unity of effort is the fundamental prerequisite for effective homeland response operations.
SSI Publications - Military Strategy, National Security, and Regional Security
Conservative Policy Research and Analysis
With nowhere else to go, Obama has fallen back to his most comfortable setting – class warfare.The Cato Institute
The Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty , named in honor of perhaps the greatest champion of liberty in the 20th century, is presented every other year to an individual who has made a significant contribution to advance human freedom.Financially vulnerable Americans often have limited awareness of tax-time savings tools.