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Updated 6/26/2004

9.11 Commission: Staff Statement No. 17: Improvising a Homeland Defense. June 17, 2004.; Staff Statement No. 16: Outline of the 9/11 Plot. June 16, 2004.; Staff Statement No. 15: Overview of the Enemy. June 16, 2004.
U.S. Forces Transformation: Military Forces: What is the Appropriate Size for the United States? Updated May 28, 2004.
Mass Media: News Audiences Increasingly Politicized; Online News Audience Larger, More Diverse. June 8, 2004. [pdf format, 106 pages]
China: 2004 Annual Report to Congress. [U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission] Web-posted June 15, 2004.; Partners and Competitors: Coming to Terms with the U.S. - China Economic Relationship. April 28, 2004.
Labor Statistics: Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2004-05 Edition. March 2004.
Information Technology: The Development of Broadband Access in Rural and Remote Areas. Web-posted May 10, 2004.; How Americans Get in Touch With Government. May 24, 2004.
Terrorism: Homeland Security: Performance of Information System to Monitor Foreign Students and Exchange Visitors Has Improved, but Issues Remain. [GAO-04-690] June 18, 2004.; Protecting Emergency Responders. Volume 3: Safety Management in Disaster and Terrorism Response. Web-posted June 16, 2004.
Full Report
Summary; Aviation Security: Further Steps Needed to Strengthen the Security of Commercial Airport Perimeters and Access Controls. [GAO-04-728] June 8, 2004.; The Department of State's Patterns of Global Terrorism Report: Trends, State Sponsors, and Related Issues. [RL32417] June 1, 2004
[Revision] Year in Review: Web-posted June 22, 2004.
[Revision]Appendix A -- Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Incidents, 2003
[Revision]Appendix G -- Statistical Review
Financial Crisis: The Lessons of the Asian and Latin American Financial Crises for Chinese Bond Markets. Web-posted May 6, 2004.
Human rights: Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP). [2004] June 14, 2004.
Table of Contents
Full Report; At What Age? . . . . .are School-Children Employed, Married and Taken to Court? Second Edition. April 20, 2004. [pdf format, 148 pages]
Global Economy: Recent Trends in International Trade Policy Developments. June 11, 2004.; WTO Annual Report. May 26, 2004.; The State of Food and Agriculture 2003-04. May 17, 2004. [Table of Contents page, sections in pdf format, various pagings, 210 pages in total.]; "Offshoring" Service Jobs: Bane or Boon and What to Do? [Policy Brief No. 132] April 2004. [pdf format, 8 pages]; World Economic Outlook: Advancing Structural Reforms. April 2004.; Global Economic Governance at a Crossroads: Replacing the G-7 with the G-20. [Policy Brief No. 131] April 2004.
Declassified Files: Additional Declassified Files Released Under the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Acts. Web-posted May 13, 2004.
Education: The Condition of Education 2004. June 1, 2004.; Global Education Digest 2004: Comparing Education Statistics Across the World. April 22, 2004. [pdf format, 150 pages]
Iraq: Building the Iraqi Special Tribunal: Lessons from Experiences in International Criminal Justice. [USIP Special Report No. 122] June 2004.; Iraq's Transitional Law. [GAO-04-746R] May 25, 2004.; Law Watch: First Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse Court Martial. May 24, 2004.; Iraq and Vietnam: Differences, Similarities, and Insights. May 2004.; The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA): Origin, Characteristics, and Institutional Authorities. April 29, 2004. [pdf format, 38 pages]; The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA): Origin, Characteristics, and Institutional Authorities. [RL32370] April 29, 2004. [pdf format, 38 pages]; Iraq's Transition: On a Knife Edge. [Middle East Report No. 27] April 27, 2004. [pdf format, 42 pages on A4 paper]
U.S.-Japan Security Relations: A New Security Agenda for the U.S. Japan Alliance. [Heritage Backgrounder #1749] April 26, 2004. [pdf format, 10 pages]
Freedom: Freedom of Information Act [FOIA] Guide, May 2004. Web-posted June 2004.; How to Use the Federal FOI [Freedom of Information] Act, 9th Edition. Web-posted June 14, 2004.; The Freedominfo.org Global Survey: Freedom of Information and Access to Government Records Around the World. May 12, 2004.
War Power Resolution: The War Powers Resolution: After Thirty Years. [RL32267] March 11, 2004.; War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance. [IB 81050] Updated March 16, 2004
American Society: Reinventing Aging: Baby Boomers and Civic Engagement. June 15, 2004.

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