Heritage in the news: December 2006

December 31, 2006

• Peter Brookes takes a hard look at the UN's failures in RealClearPolitics
• Lee Edwards tells The New York Times that Gerald Ford's more liberal policies helped bring conservatives together
• Nile Gardiner discusses the execution of Saddam Hussein on BBC World News (watch video in Windows Media format)

December 30, 2006

• Both Russia and the West came away disappointed by the G-8 summit, Yevgeny Volk tells Radio Free Europe
• Columnist Rich Lowry cites Robert Rector's statistics on poverty programs in his syndicated column
• There are many who don't think federal health programs should be funded without accountability, Nina Owcharenko tells The Wall Street Journal
• Liberals like Rep. Rangel have the facts wrong when it comes to the draft, Tim Kane writes on FoxNews.com
• The Arizona Republic sites Heritage's statistics on child abuse
• Many port security grants don't do anything to increase port security, James Carafano tells The New York Times
• James Carafano discusses the execution of Saddam Hussein on CTV’s “National News With Lloyd Robertson“ (watch video in Windows Media format)
• Edwin J. Feulner discusses his book, Getting America Right, on C-SPAN2’s “Book TV” (watch video in Windows Media format)
• James Phillips talks about the execution of Saddam Hussein on Sky News (watch video in Windows Media format)

December 29, 2006

• New efforts to expand health care coverage are more likely to begin organically in the states, Ed Haislmaier tells The Washington Times
• DHS has done a good job looking at risk of terrorist attacks instead of allocating pork, James Carafano tells The San Jose Mercury-News
• Kofi Annan was "probably the worst secretary-general in history," Nile Gardiner tells The Boston Globe
• Delays in announcing Iraq plans are most likely because of coordination with events in Iraq and not domestic concerns, James Carafano tells the AP
• Al Neuharth's predictions for the outcome of Iraq disregard the need for Iraqis to handle their own defense, James Carafano tells USA Today

December 28, 2006

• David John's letter to the New York Sun corrects the paper's editorial on taxes and Social Security reform
• The Hawaii Reporter runs Steve Forbes' address to Heritage's President's Club meeting
• Iraq dominated politics in 2006, Brian Darling tells FoxNews.com
• Russia is trying to leverage its oil production to gain influence abroad, Yevgeny Volk tells Radio Free Europe
• The Bismarck [ND] Tribune cites Tim Kane's arguments about the pernicious effects of a minimum wage hike
• An editorial in the Worcester [MA] Telegram and Gazette cites Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom
• UPI cites Tim Kane's study of military recruits

December 27, 2006

• James Carafano reviews Past as Prologue for Army Magazine
• Automatic enrollment in retirement accounts just makes sense, David John tells Investor's Business Daily
• Those in the Congressional leadership get all the credit--and all the blame, Mike Franc tells The Hartford Courant
• Conservatives have much to look forward to in 2007, Lee Edwards tells National Review
• Open government, victory in Iraq and entitlement reform should top the Congressional to-do list in 2007, Ed Feulner writes in The Chicago Sun-Times
• Can an organization as compromised as the United Nations be trusted to enact serious reforms? Ed Feulner asks in The Washington Times
• Helle Dale rounds up the year's best quotations in The Washington Times
• More progress in health care can be made at the state level than at the national level, Ed Haislmaier tells the AP
• The military is right to write plans for the world as it is, but it should be cautious about overcommitment, James Carafano tells The Kansas City Star
• Human Events cites Ed Feulner's maxim that political movements succeed by addition and multiplication of adherents
• Government waste shouldn't be a surprise to anyone, but failure to even launch costly programs is disturbing, Brian Riedl tells FoxNews.com
• Doctors are now wholly trapped in the entitlement system, Bob Moffit tells The Sarasota Herald Tribune
• The Foley scandal had an unusual intrigue to it, Brian Darling tells FoxNews.com
• Rep. Pelosi may seek broad political power from her rise to Speaker, Brian Darling and Dani Doane tell CNS News
• Ryan Messmore explains the importance of charitable giving on FoxNews.com

December 24, 2006

• Genevieve Wood discusses important women’s issues on PBS’s “To the Contrary” (watch video in Real Media format)

December 22, 2006

• The increase in the size of government makes it harder to increase spending on other programs, Brian Riedl tells The Wall Street Journal
• In Human Events, Mike Franc looks at conservative victories and disasters averted in the most recent Congress
• It's impossible to know what sort of backdoor diplomacy Senator Dodd may have been conducting with Syria, Mackenzie Eaglen tells The Hartford Courant
• The Middle East Times cites a Heritage lecture on Reagan's arms reduction program
• Dan Mitchell discusses the economy on FOX’s “Special Report with Brit Hume” (watch video in MPG format)

December 21, 2006

• 9/11 sparked a "false debate" between liberty and security, James Carafano tells Government Executive
• The problems in the middle east aren't purely military, James Carafano tells The St. Petersburg Times
• America is creating its own energy crisis by blocking access to its own reserves, Ben Lieberman writes in The Dallas Morning News
• The Iraq Study Group was wrong to link Israel and Iraq, Jim Phillips writes in Human Events
• LifeSiteNews.com cites Pat Fagan on the importance of religion
• The Santiago Times cites Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom
• Mackenzie Eaglen's op-ed on National Guard readiness runs in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
• Increasing the number of troops in Iraq is not a strategy, just a means to achieve the strategy, James Carafano tells The San Francisco Chronicle

December 20, 2006

• Peter Brookes' op-ed on the UN Human Rights Council runs on FrontPageMag.com
• Communism's collapse was due in large part to American military strength, Jim Phillips tells Voice of America
• James Carafano tells Washington Technology he's more optimistic about Homeland Security information sharing
• The Litvinenko killing is tied to those who seek to preserve President Putin's power in Russia, Yevgeny Volk tells Bloomberg
• Rebecca Hagelin highlights Pat Fagan's research into the benefits of religious practice in World Net Daily
• Russia's decline into authoritarianism is why suspicion in the Litvinenko death falls on the Kremilin, Helle Dale writes in The Washington Times
• The release of an anti-abstinence study at the end of December is a bid to cut funding for abstinence education, Pat Fagan tells USA Today
• Writing in The Chicago Sun-Times, Ed Feulner outlines reforms the free world can make to improve the United Nations

December 19, 2006

• The National Guard is in desperate need of mission-crucial equipment, Mackenzie Eaglen writes in The Wichita Eagle
• America has a wealth of unexploited energy, Ben Lieberman writes in The Austin American-Statesman
• Secretary Rumsfeld had the courage to undertake even unpopular reforms to the military, Baker Spring tells National Journal
• CNS News covers Heritage's event on charity and traditional values with author Arthur Brooks
• The establishment of non-profit organizations to manage electronic health records is a non-partisan issue, Ed Haislmaier tells Government Health IT
• National Review Online cites Heritage's paper on federalism in education policy
• Agape Press reports on Larry Arnn's talk at Heritage about the costs of higher education
• UPI devotes an article to a Heritage paper on the need for a strategy in the Black Sea region
• Because the alternative minimum tax applies mainly to "blue" states, it poses a political challenge for liberals, Mike Franc tells FoxNews.com
• Stephen Johnson tells Peru's La Republica about the impotrance of the free-trade agreement (in Spanish)
• Mike Franc discusses Democratic Campaign Promises on CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight" (watch online)
• Rea Hederman discusses the personal income growth and middle-class on The Bloomberg Report (watch online)
• Lisa Curtis discusses the US-India Nuclear Deal on CNBC's "On the Money" (watch online)

December 16, 2006

• National Review's Jonah Goldberg links to religion stats on Heritage's FamilyFacts.org
• America should not follow Europe's lead and impose government controls on health care, Bob Moffit writes in the Riverside, CA Press-Enterprise
• National Review's John Hood cites Mike Franc's predictions for the new Congress
• The new Human Rights Council is an abomination that "doesn't deserve a dime from American taxpayers," Peter Brookes writes in The New York Post
• The new Congress may help taxpayers by eliminating earmarks, Ron Utt and Brian Riedl write in Human Events
• To improve the lives of America's poorest, policymakers should renew and expand school-choice initiatives, Ed Feulner writes in Real Clear Politics and in The Washington Times
• The Christian Science Monitor notes Heritage's work with the Fiscal Wakeup Tour
• Intern Christopher Banks reviews From the Gulag to the Killing Fields in Human Events
• The Boston Globe notes Ed Haislmaier's work to promote the free-market aspects of the Massachusetts health-care reforms
• A surge of US troops in Baghdad could buy the Iraqi government time to get its act together, Jim Phillips tells The Boston Globe
• Europeans have done little to discourage arms shipments to Palestinian terrorists, Harvey Feldman tells The Washington Times
• National Journal's "Hotline" links to Ron Utt and Brian Riedl's article on pork-barrel spending
• The debt from the National Flood Insurance Policy is unlikely to ever be repaid, David John tells The Philadelphia Inquirer
• There is never a clear line between transparency and secrecy, James Carafano tells The Christian Science Monitor
• Nile Gardiner outlines Kofi Annan's failures as UN Secretary-General in The New York Daily News
• While America has abundant supplies of oil and natural gas, government regulations mean most of it is off-limits, Ben Lieberman writes in The Washington Times
• The Philadelphia Inquirer cites Mackenzie Eaglen's statistics on National Guard deployments since 9/11
• It would be "mind-numbingly stupid" to raise taxes on capital gains and dividends, James Sherk tells The Columbus Dispatch
• Senator Lott's son worked for a firm with ties to the railroad industry, and could have benefitted from the "railroad to nowhere," Ron Utt tells The DC Examiner
• The World Bank breaks with other international organizations and says simple and low taxes are the route to prosperity, Dan Mitchell writes on FoxNews.com
• There's some suspicion about whether the Democrats are serious in their pledge to remove earmarks, Ron Utt tells Forbes

December 15, 2006

• India's Zee News reports on Assistant Secretary of State Boucher's remarks at Heritage
• CNS News notes the filming of "An Inconvenient Truth...Or Convenient Fiction" at Heritage
• A rapid increase in the value of China's currency could hurt American consumers, John Tkacik tells MSNBC.com
• It's "striking" that the GOP failed to open ANWR to essential oil exploration, Ben Lieberman tells The Los Angeles Times
• The Washington Post notes a Heritage connection to the new vice-chairman of the FEC
• Congress can bankrupt the country if it tries to child-proof America and prevent any possible attacks, James Carafano tells AP

December 14, 2006

• America should look to President Reagan's conservative principles when considering immigration reform, Ed Meese writes in Human Events
• Rebecca Hagelin cites Pat Boone's event at Heritage in her World Net Daily column
• The Litvinenko story has implications beyond a spy drama, Ariel Cohen tells USA Today
• Rep. Rangel's economic policies could leave America's economy like France's with low growth and high unemployment, Dan Mitchell tells The Washington Post
• John Tkacik discusses Paulson’s Trip to China on CNBC’s “Power Lunch” (watch in MPG format)
• Tim Kane discusses Ben Bernanke’s trip to China on CNBC’s “Morning Call” (watch in Windows Media format)

December 13, 2006

• White House strategy on Syria seems divided, Mackenzie Eaglen tells The Hartford Courant
• A liberal blog cites Heritage's contributions from members as a key to its success
• America would do well to offer parents a choice in schools for their children, Ed Feulner writes in The Chicago Sun-Times
• Business Week notes former Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson's speech at Heritage
• Government should reexamine its programs providing medical care to children, Nina Owcharenko tells UPI
• Kofi Annan has been a miserable failure as U.N. Secretary General, Nile Gardiner writes in Human Events
• In his Human Events column, columnist Austin Bay cites James Carafano's book on the adaptability of soldiers
• The New York Post cites Heritage's blogger briefing with Tom Delay
• There is a strong correlation between fatherless children and crime rates, Pat Fagan tells The National Catholic Register
• Opposition to common-sense terrorist monitoring schemes is easier when in the minority, Mike Franc tells FoxNews.com
• The Commission on the National Guard and Reserves adds Mackenzie Eaglen’s November paper on equipping the Gaurd to recommended reading in its online library
• The Heritage Foundation's blogger event with Tom DeLay is mentioned on FOX’s “FOX & Friends” (watch in Windows Media format), MSNBC’s “Tucker” (watch in Windows Media format) and CSPAN’s “Washington Journal” (watch in Windows Media format)
• Nina Owcharenko discusses Health Savings Accounts on FOX’s “Special Report with Brit Hume” (watch in MPG format)

December 12, 2006

• Nile Gardiner and Brett Schaefer weigh in, separately, on Kofi Annan's legacy on National Review Online
• Pakistan's security situation seems to be getting worse, Peter Brookes writes on Real Clear Politics
• Leftist blog TMP Cafe cites Heritage's work to cut red tape and bureaucracy with the Coast Guard
• The Edmond, OK Sun cites Ed Meese's talk to the State Policy Network at Heritage
• America is the only nation that imposes serious blocks on domestic energy production, Ben Lieberman tells The Mobile Press-Register
• Rep. Waxman may step up Congressional oversight of the administration, Mike Franc tells FoxNews.com
• Ill-founded privacy concerns have undermined efforts to conduct useful data-mining for intelligence, James Carafano tells CNS News
• The New York Times notes Heritage's doubts about the usefulness of measuring the quality of doctors' Medicare services
• Taxpayers have serious doubts about government's ability to spend money wisely, Stuart Butler tells USA Today
• It's a shame that Congress is wary of trade agreements now that Peru has a leader committed to open markets, Stephen Johnson writes in The Washington Post
• Stephen Johnson explains Jeane Kirkpatrick's legacy in Latin America to the Spanish-language Associated Press
• James Carafano discusses the Iraq Study Group report on MSNBC (watch in MPG format)
• Peter Brookes’ latest column on Iran highlighted on Fox News’s “Live Desk ” (watch in Windows Media format)
• Brett Schaefer discusses the UN, Kofi Annan and the new secretary general on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” (watch in Real Media format)
• Ariel Cohen on Russia’s grab for strategic industries in the US on CNN’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight” (watch in Windows Media format)

December 11, 2006

• Government needs to define what it means by "interoperability," James Carafano tells Congressional Quarterly
• "Before Jeane, we never had such a bold and brilliant representative for freedom in the United Nations," Ed Feulner tells The Washington Times
• Al Qaeda seems to be regrouping in Pakistan after the government's deal with the Taliban, Peter Brookes writes in The New York Post
• Congress signalled it may be serious about oil exploration by allowing offshore drilling, Ben Lieberman tells Bloomberg
• The US and other countries can and should help Iraq restore its oil industry in the short run, Mackenzie Eaglen tells Stars and Stripes
• Instead of trying to fix the ill-conceived Medicare drug program, Congress should try reforming Medicare itself, Bob Moffit tells The Des Moines Register
• The Army National Guard faces crucial equipment shortages which can be resolved easily if Congress and the administration act now, Mackenzie Eaglen writes in The Washington Times
• Michael Franc discusses the legacy of Republican’s and the incoming class of Democrats on FOX’s “Special Report with Brit Hume” (watch in MPG format)
• Nile Gardiner discusses Kofi Annan’s final speech before departing the UN on FOX’s “Special Report with Brit Hume” (watch in MPG format)
• Peter Brookes looks at the Iranian student protests on FOX’s “Live Desk” (watch in MPG format)

December 10, 2006

• The Cañon City, CO Daily Record cites Heritage's study of troop demographics
• The US-India nuclear deal will help establish an important strategic relationship, Lisa Curtis writes on FoxNews.com
• The New York Times cites Heritage's belief in strong US-India ties
• Congress' delays in passing spending bills are nearly without precedent, Brian Riedl tells US News

December 9, 2006

• President Bush's next budget may well be the tightest he has proposed, Brian Riedl tells The Wall Street Journal
• Nancy Pelosi will face pressure to act on all sorts of liberal agendas, Dani Doane tells CNS News
• Lisa Curtis explains details of the US-India nuclear deal to The Hindustan Times

December 8, 2006

• Plans for informal meetings of all Senators should be open to the public as with regular sessions, Brian Darling tells the AP
• Private insurers have already secured steep discounts, rendering government price controls moot, Bob Moffit writes in The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
• The Washington Times cites Heritage's push for allowing interstate commerce in health care
• Tim Chapman explains a conservative victory against big spending in Human Events
• Increasing government subsidies to make college more affordable are counterproductive, Dan Lips tells Investor's Business Daily
• Secretary Gates provides an opportunity for bipartisan consensus on defense, James Carafano tells The Christian Science Monitor
• Sen. Clinton's stand against violent video games may bolster her moderate credentials, Brian Darling tells The Washington Times
• There's no "magic solution" for Iraq, James Carafano tells The San Francisco Chronicle
• A Human Event column cites Heritage's work to reduce the complexity of the tax code
• The main point of conention in the ISG report is its proposal for cooperation with Iran and Syria, James Carafano tells Agape Press
• The good news in wasteful plans to scan cargo for nuclear materials is that taxpayers won't fork over too much money, James Carafano tells The New York Times
• Cargo screening relies on technology not up to the task and dubious risk assessments, James Carafano tells The Los Angeles Times
• James Carafano picks apart the Iraq Study Group report in The Washington Examiner

December 7, 2006

• "The Iraq Study Group (ISG) got some it right and some of it wrong," Peter Brookes writes on National Review Online
• Government ‘negotiation’ of Medicare prescription drug prices would hurt consumers and may not save costs, Bob Moffit writes in The Philadelphia Inquirer
• Proposed changes to Navy deployment schedules are ambitious, Makcenzie Eaglen tells Inside the Navy
• Majority Leader Bill Frist cites Heritage's Index of Economic Freedom in a column in The Arizona Republic
• The Minneapolis Star-Tribune cites Heritage's study of troop demographics
• Fiscal conservatives had a rare win on Capitol Hill yesterday, Brian Riedl and Andrew Grossman write in Human Events
• The Iraq Study Group provides a useful reference point for future debates on Iraq, James Carafano tells UPI
• The ISG report reflects the realities in Iraq and the realities of the political debate, James Carafano tells The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• The ISG report provides guidance about the realities and possibilities in Iraq, James Carafano tells Voice of America
• The Manchester Union-Leader cites Heritage data on Clinton-era military cuts
• Heritage is willing to explain conservative ideas to liberal Democrats, The Washington Times reports
• Nile Gardiner discusses the legacies of Bush and Blair on CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer” (watch in MPG format)

December 6, 2006

• Offshore drilling is a good start for securing America's energy supply, Ben Lieberman writes in Human Events Online
• The military is increasingly willing to train even the smallest units of Iraqi soldiers, James Carafano tells Financial Times
• Partitioning is an impractical solution in Iraq given the broad intermixing of populations in Iraq, James Carafano tells The San Fransisco Chronicle
• The Gates hearing made it clear that the parties aren't so far apart as election-year rhetoric might suggest, James Carafano writes in National Review Online
• The elections prove Americans remain committed to protecting marriage, Matt Spalding tells National Review
• It's no surprise border security plans cost more than projected, James Carafano tells The Arizona Republic
• Columnist Peter Schaefer calls Heritage an advocate for free markets in TCS Daily
• The St. George, Utah Daily Spectrum cites Heritage's study on troop demographics
• America needs to remain firm on Iraq and put the costs of the war in historical context, Ed Feulner writes in The Chicago Sun-Times
• Congress should fix Medicare reimbursements to doctors instead of fiddling around the edges with short-term fixes, John O'Shea writes in The Washington Times
• Reforming schools in Afghanistan and elsewhere protects women and children and helps counter the ideas of totalitarian Islamism, Helle Dale writes in The Washington Times
• Federal identification rules would allow local agencies to define "gender" as they see fit, James Carafano tells The New York Times
• James Carafano discusses the new security body scan system at airports on MSNBC (watch in Real Media format)

December 5, 2006

• Rep.-elect Joe Sestak may be well-informed about military issues, James Carafano tells The Philadelphia Inquirer
• The liberal agenda may be stuck even before they formally take power in Washington, Mike Franc writes in Human Events
• Though recent election results in Latin America have not favored American policies, they do reflect positive change and moves toward democray, Stephen Johnson tells McClatchy Newspapers
• Rep. Rangel is more pragmatic on trade than others in his party, Daniella Markheim tells The Weekly Standard
• American participation in the UN is about leadership, not feel-good cooperation, Nile Gardiner tells The Christian Science Monitor
• Bolton's loss is a blow, but not unexpected in this political climate, Nile Gardiner tells The Boston Globe
• President Bush should replace John Bolton with an equally firm ambassador, Nile Gardiner tells USA Today
• The Gates hearings are likely to be "a cakewalk," James Carafano tells Reuters
• Peter Brookes on past and future strategy in Iraq on CNN Headline’s “The Glenn Beck Show” (watch in Real Media format)
• James Carafano discusses the Iraq Study Group report on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” (watch in Real Media format)
• Todd Gaziano discusses the Supreme Court case on race and schools on the PBS/NPR show “Democracy Now” (watch in Real Media format)
• James Carafano’s “cakewalk” quote from Reuters story in regards to the Gates hearings quoted on CNN Headline News (watch in Windows Media format)

December 4, 2006

• Rep. Rangel is wrong on the facts about the troops, Tim Kane writes in Human Events
• Talking with Iran may achieve results, but at a potentially catastrophic price, Peter Brookes writes in The New York Post
• The immigration bill proposed in the Senate would cause the largest welfare-state expansion in 35 years, Robert Rector tells The DC Examiner
• Robert Gates may be a more soft-spoken Secretary of Defense than was Rumsfeld, Mackenzie Eaglen tells The Houston Chronicle
• Instead of applying short-term fixes to Medicare doctors' payments, Congress should look at overhauling the whole system, John O'Shea writes in The Billings Gazette
• Heritage plans to explain its ideas to Democrats in Congress, The Washington Times reports
• Baker Spring explains the process of lobbying for defense dollars in McClatchy Newspapers
• Tim Kane discusses the American economy and the “evils” of globalization on CNBC's “Power lunch" (watch in Real Media format)
• Nile Gardiner discusses the resignation of John Bolton on the FOX News Channel’s “The Live Desk” (watch in Real Media format)

December 3, 2006

• Tim Kane's study on troop demographics is noted in the Anniston, AL, Star, the Jackson, MS, Clarion-Ledger, The Harrisburg Patriot-News, The Toledo Blade and The Rocky Mountain News and The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
• The Ft. Pierce Tribune cites Robert Rector's immigration study
• The Missoulian cites Heritage's data on the impact of marriage on child poverty
• The drop in the number seeking Katrina relief indicates that many have found their way off the welfare rolls, Ron Utt tells The Washington Post
• The Iraq Study Group's proposals ran the gamut of policy options, James Carafano tells The San Francisco Chronicle
• Sen. Allard helped get the missile defense system off the ground, Baker Spring tells The Denver Post
• Nile Gardiner on the British replacing their “Trident” defense system SkyNews (watch in Windows Media format)
• Tim Kane on minimum wage on an episode of the FX Television program “30 Days” (watch in Windows Media format)

December 2, 2006

• Current trends in government spending mean the next generation may be worse off than the current one, Alison Frasier tells The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• The Mobile Press-Register cites Heritage studies on the change in grant processes in Washington
• Columnist Star Parker cites Heritage's Social Security Calculator on Townhall.com
• The Rocky Mountain News reports on the latest stop in Heritage's Fiscal Wakeup Tour
• It's time for Democrats to "put up or shut up" on wasteful government spending, Brian Riedl tells The San Jose Mercury-News
• A Washington Times editorial cites Robert Rector's analysis of the rise in unwed births
• James Carafano makes the case for an updated visa waiver program on FoxNews.com
• Wartime strategy should not be decided by voters but by statesmen, James Carafano writes in The Washington Times
• The term "civil war" hardly applies in Iraq, Jim Phillips explains to the Associated Press
• Peter Brookes discusses the conflicts in Iraq, Lebanon and Gaza and how they’re linked on FOX's “Weekend Live" (watch in Real Media format)
• James Phillips discusses latest on Iraq/Maliki on MSNBC LIVE (watch in Real Media format)

December 1, 2006

• Columnist Rich Tucker, The Mobile Press-Register, The (Lumberton, NC) Daily Robesonian and The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot cite Heritage's study on troop demographics
• Sen. Levin may use his chairman's seat to hold up nominations, Brian Darling tells Bloomberg
• The new citizenship test will help new immigrants assimilate into America, Matt Spalding tells The Chicago Tribune
• It's up to Central and Eastern Europe to meet, or not, the requirements for the Visa Waiver Program, James Carafano tells The Warsaw Business Journal
• The New York Times reports on Heritage's event on federal investigations into corporate fraud
• The Iraq Study Group does not specify any details about American withdrawal, and those details should be debated after the final report is out, James Carafano tells USA Today
• The United States needs to maintain troops in the Middle East to protect American interests, James Carafano tells USA Today
• The AP reports on Heritage's discussion of government overzealousness in investigating corporate fraud
• James Carafano discusses security threats posed by computer hacking from abroad on CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight" (watch in Real Media format)
• Matthew Spalding discusses the idea of updating the questions on the U.S. citizenship test on CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight" (watch in Real Media format)