Laicie Olson has written a follow up to her original oped on the P5+1 talks that was featured in the Hill, last week. This week she discusses the outcome from the talks in a piece entitled, “Modest progress and an open door with Iran,” originally published in The Hill’s Congress Blog on April 19, 2012. […]
Out of Touch: GOP candidates choose political posturing over smart policy in Iran
Senior Policy Analyst, Laicie Olson wrote an oped for The Hill’s Congress Blog entitled, “Out of Touch: GOP Candidates Choose Political Posturing Over Smart Policy in Iran.” Published February 29, 2012. You may have noticed that unleaded gasoline prices are approximately 10 percent higher than at this time last year. Unsurprisingly, one contributing factor in […]
Advocates for War Might Look Before They Leap on Iran
By Laicie Heeley Over the past few weeks, pronouncements and threats concerning Iran’s nuclear program have become increasingly worrisome. Inflammatory remarks by the US and Israel have elicited an equally inflammatory response from Iran, and the end result is anyone’s guess. The tension has been building for months, and recently some top American officials have […]
Additional Cuts to the Fiscal Year 2012 Defense Authorization Bill
by Laicie Heeley On November 15, 2011, the Senate Armed Services Committee revised the fiscal year (FY) 2012 defense authorization bill to include $21 billion in additional cuts, as mandated by the Budget Control Act. The bill would continue to shift funding from the base budget to the war funding account, a controversial move also […]
