Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) has put forth an ambitious health care plan.[1] The plan proposes: Expanding eligibility for existing public programs, including both Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP); Creating a National Health Insurance Exchange to serve as a federal regulator of private insurance…
This lecture was held at The Heritage Foundation on March 13, 1998. Welcome to our panel discussion on the 30th anniversary of the publication of the Kerner Commission Report. The Heritage Foundation has a number of goals. One is to roll back the liberal welfare state. A prerequisite to understanding what happened to create the liberal welfare state, and…
(Archived document, may contain errors) 3 April 21, 1977 CA R TER 'S ENER G Y PR OGRA-M President Carter has proposed a comprehensive program to deal with the energy cris is. The major features of his package include the following specific proposals A tax on mileage of inefficient automobiles coupled with a rebate on high-mileage automobiles A standby tax…
The Department of Defense (DOD), per the requirements of the fiscal year 2000 National Defense Authorization Act...…
The U.S. Government has issued its annual report on the state of China’s military activities. Most notably, for the...…
The armed forces of the United States and the Philippines conducted the 29th annual Balikatan joint military exercises...…
A Chinese naval task force, including its most modern amphibious ship, a guided-missile destroyer, and two frigates,...…
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary and Chinese President Xi Jinping has talked a great deal about the...…
As the Chinese National People’s Congress reveals various governmental restructurings (not to be mistaken for...…
The Chinese yesterday announced new defense and internal security budgets. In keeping with the average double-digit...…
The annual meetings of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) start March 5. This year is more important than most:...…
Last week, Mandiant, a private company, released a report that identified a specific bureau of China’s military as...…
An American computer forensics firm has tracked a Chinese cyber group, according to The New York Times. The firm,...…