United States

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InternetNews January 21, 2004 Roy Mark	Net Access Tax Ban Still Anyone's Guess Tech trade group accuses states of an election year power play to gain taxing authority over the Internet.
American Family Physician January 15, 2004 Matthew Neff	HHS Announces Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Card Program The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson recently announced an interim final regulation for the Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Card Program, designed to help persons who are covered by Medicare with the cost of prescription drugs.
PC World February 2004 Janet Rae-Dupree	E-Ballots: Will Your Vote Count? Controversy surrounds new e-voting systems set for wide use in 2004 elections.
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 Richard D. Hooker, Jr.	Soldiers of the State: Reconsidering American Civil-Military Relations Far from overstepping its bounds, America's military operates comfortably within constitutional notions of separated powers, participating appropriately in defense and national security policymaking with due deference to the principle of civilian control.
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 Patrick Rayermann	Exploiting Commercial SATCOM: A Better Way The Defense Department and the US military have committed themselves to using commercial satellite communications to augment their organic SATCOM capabilities. The DOD should adopt better business practices to obtain more favorable lease terms.
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 James K. Wither	British Bulldog or Bush's Poodle? Anglo-American Relations and the Iraq War There are many factors beside Blair's leadership that helped to shape the British government's role in Iraq. This article addresses these issues and places them in historical context.
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 Steven E. Meyer	Carcass of Dead Policies: The Irrelevance of NATO During the Cold War, NATO provided the proper linchpin of American--and West European--security policy, and served as a useful, even fundamental deterrent to Soviet military might and expansionism. However, NATO's time has come and gone, and today there is no legitimate reason for it to exist.
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 Tulak, Kraft, & Silbaugh	State Defense Forces and Homeland Security State Defense Forces represent a valuable additional component for homeland security and homeland defense contingency planning and operations. They can provide key technological and procedural bridges to link US Northern Command to local first-responders and state and federal agencies during operations.
BusinessWeek January 26, 2004 Howard Gleckman	Why the Democrats Can't Win On Taxes Only hikes can fund plans for health care, education -- and yes, breaks for workers.
National Defense January 2004 Harold Kennedy	U.S.-Led Coalition Seeks To Block Weapon Shipments The United States and 10 other nations have embarked upon a controversial plan to limit the spread of weapons of mass destruction by blocking suspect shipments by air, land or sea.
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