sequestration

Israeli Lobby Looks to 2008 Law to Justify Request for More U.S. Aid

By Mitchell Plitnick
Israel and its domestic U.S. lobby are already in the early stages of the next 10-year aid package, which would not go into effect until 2017 and will be the first since Congress passed the Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2008, which requires in part that U.S. military aid to Israel ensure that Israel maintains its "Qualitative Military Edge" (QME) over any combination of states and non-state actors.

Biofuels Converting U.S. Prairielands at Dust Bowl Rates

By Joe Hitchon
The rush for biofuels in the United States has seen farmers converting the United States' prairie lands to farms at rates comparable with deforestation levels in Brazil, Malaysia and Indonesia – rates not seen here since the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.

U.S.: Right-Wing Hawks, Arms Industry Rally Against Pentagon Cuts

By Jim Lobe
While Iran, Russia, and China are all pretty scary, the ominous word "sequestration" is what is keeping right-wing hawks and their friends in the defence industry up at night.


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