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July 20, 2006

Monetary Report to the Congress -- July 19, 2006

U.S. Federal Reserve Board.
Available online.
Semiannual report to Congress on economic conditions and policies.
A link will be maintained on this Leyburn Library page.

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July 19, 2006

WMD Insights

U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Available online only.
Monthly collection of expert articles on worldwide issues relating to the control of weapons of mass destruction.
A link will be maintained on this Leyburn Library page.

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July 17, 2006

Estimated Costs of U.S. Operations in Iraq Under Two Specified Scenarios

U.S. Congressional Budget Office.
Available online.
A link will be maintained on this Leyburn Library page.

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America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2006

U.S. Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics (ChildStats.gov)
Available online. A link will be maintained on this Leyburn Library page.
The latest edition of this annually-published report presents brief highlights from data available elsewhere in the ChildStats site.

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Counting the Vote: Should Only U.S. Citizens Be Included in Apportioning Our Elected Representatives?

U.S. House Committee on Government Reform.
Shelved in the U.S. Government Depository collection: Y 4.G 74/7:V 94/3
Also available online. A link will be maintained on this Leyburn Library page.

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Foreign Relations of the United States... Vietnam, January 1969-July 1970

U.S. State Department.
Shelved in the U.S. Government Depository collection: S 1.1:969-76/V.6
Also available online. A link will be maintained on this Leyburn Library page.
The lastest volume in this ongoing series of declassified diplomatic correspondence and documents.

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July 11, 2006

State and Metropolitan Area Data Book, 2006

U.S. Census Bureau.
Available online. Print copy ordered.
Quick data source (PDF and Excel) for counties and metropolitan areas.
A link will be maintained on this Leyburn Library page.

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July 10, 2006

Friction in U.S. Foreign Policy: Cultural Difficulties with the World

U.S. Strategic Studies Institute.
Available online. Print copy ordered.
"The author examines the ideological threats confronting the United States and America’s lack of cultural savvy, along with its implications, proposing a new outlook for policy leaders and strategists."
A link will be maintained on this Leyburn Library page.

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Effects of Increasing Chinese Demand on Global Commodity Markets

U.S. International Trade Commission.
Available online. Print copy ordered.
Research study prepared by ITC staff. The impact of rising Chinese demand on four key commodity markets, including petroleum, is explored.
A link will be maintained on this Leyburn Library page.

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July 7, 2006

Cigarette Use Among High School Students -- United States, 1991-2005

U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
Available online.
This report in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report indicates "that the prevalence of lifetime, current, and current frequent cigarette use among high school students was unchanged from 2003 to 2005 is consistent with trends observed in other national school-based surveys, suggesting that the national decline in youth smoking observed during 1997–2003 might have stalled.”
A link will be maintained on this Leyburn Library page.

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