Results for “National Policy Institute”

…ffer said. "Taxes are about $2 trillion, government spending is about $4 trillion and we have about $10 trillion in net national debt. I don’t see that as being a AAA country. “Tf the S&P and the others were doing their jobs correctly, they should have downgraded a long time ago...

…I lived in a different reality. Did a good job of articulating "lead from behind" strat in Libya. When you consider our national interests in the context of our domestic condition, we did the best we could. Zelikow: what are the top priorities of admin. Defeat AQ and avoid a "pre...

…merica’s long-term health, an imperfect fix that corrects course is better than those that now have us hurtling toward national bankruptcy. And if no candidate secures 270 electoral votes in 2020? The House of Representatives would choose the next president. In 2016, reports su...

…HOUSE OVERSIGHT 025643 May 15, 2017 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF Public policy from a business perspective SIGN UP • FORWARD NATIONAL PULSE Search for next FBI director moves ahead quickly Attorney General Jeff Sessions interviewed eight candidates to replace fired FBI Director James...

… proven less than durable. Once the leading members who founded such groups leave Congress, interest usually wanes. The National People’s Congress became even more active in supporting the growing number of congressional staff delegations to China during this period. In 2018, th...

… OVERSIGHT 025655 May 15, 2017 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF KET, Public policy from a business perspective SIGN UP • FORWARD NATIONAL PULSE Search for next FBI director moves ahead quickly Attorney General Jeff Sessions interviewed eight candidates to replace fired FBI Director James...

…ence Agency—fired by Obama for unclear reasons—who had yet to emerge as Trump’s key foreign policy counselor and future National Security Advisor, but who was accompanying him on many campaign trips and who earlier in the year had been paid a $45,000 speaking fee in Moscow and be...

…our country back to the days of the first Spanish, English and French immigrants, you will see certain moments when our national dynamic shifted. This week, we saw a moment when the America that has been growing and changing by degrees met with a moment when Anterica made a hard...

…ent age. Net debt levels are approaching warning levels, and some polls suggest that Americans consider reducing debt a national priority. Change is legally possible. Unlike underfunded pension liabilities that can bankrupt companies, USA Inc.’s underfunded liabilities are not le...

…lear, democratic — and moral — values that reflect the best of America, not our worst. We know people like this on the national stage now. As a thought experiment, consider the possibilities of a ticket outside the partisan lanes and imagine the chemistry of radical combination...

…wood. China’s source of leverage over American companies comes from its large domestic market and its key role in international supply chains; by contrast, China holds little direct ownership in American companies. American affiliates (i.e., those at least half-owned by American...

…egration of the Syrian army and the emergence of armed groups beyond the control of either the government or the Syrian National Council, the opposition’s umbrella organization. That could lead to violence spilling into neighboring countries, especially Iraq and Lebanon. Rather...

…om Blackwell, “‘Don’t Step Out of Line’: Confidential Report Reveals How Chinese Officials Harass Activists in Canada,” National Post (Toronto), January 5, 2018, accessed October 11, 2018, https:// nationalpost.com/news/world/confidential-report-reveals-how-chinese-officials-hara...

…030958 on seven core issues: the family, the sanctity of human life, religious liberty, education, sexual exploitation, national sovereignty, and support for Israel." (Emphasis added) Its leader, Penny Nance, has called for Acosta's resignation. Noting that labor trafficking, whi...

…ails what he would not tell even his “most trusted confidante” about his intentions to commit an illicit breach of U.S. national security. It was an extraordinary risk he was taking. After all, “Citizen 4” had no way of knowing who she else she told about him. She had long been c...