<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
    xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
    xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
    xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/"
    xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
    xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/">

    <channel>
    
    <title><![CDATA[ In the Press | CIP RSS Feeds]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ciponline.orgpress-room</link>
    <description></description>
    <dc:language>en</dc:language>
    <dc:creator>jacob@ciponline.org</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights>Copyright 2012</dc:rights>
    <dc:date>2012-05-18T21:42:48+00:00</dc:date>
    <admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://expressionengine.com/" />
    

    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Key NDAA Reforms: Nuclear Weapons Complex Edition]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/key-ndaa-reforms-nuclear-weapons-complex-edition</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/key-ndaa-reforms-nuclear-weapons-complex-edition#When:17:42:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung comments on Rep. Turner's nuclear proposals for the Project on Government Oversight]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-18T17:42:48+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Drilling Off Cuba, and How the Embargo Could be Very Costly for the US]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drilling-off-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drilling-off-cuba#When:17:37:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“There is no standing agreement with Cuba on what to do in case of a blowout,” says Wayne Smith]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-18T17:37:00+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Cuban President&#8217;s Daughter gets US Visa]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuban-presidents-daughter-gets-us-visa</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuban-presidents-daughter-gets-us-visa#When:15:34:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It's a very positive thing they give her the visa," said Wayne Smith, America's former top diplomat in Cuba]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-17T15:34:36+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[GFI Calls on G8 to Tackle Illicit Financial Flows at Camp David Summit]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/gfi-calls-on-g8-to-tackle-illicit-financial-flows</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/gfi-calls-on-g8-to-tackle-illicit-financial-flows#When:11:18:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity (GFI) today called on leaders of the G8 to concretely tackle the issue of illicit financial flows and end tax haven secrecy when they meet this weekend at Camp David]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Europe & Russia, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-17T11:18:29+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Call on Congress to Support Incorporation Transparency, Ban Anonymous U.S. Shell Companies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/call-on-congress-to-support-incorporation-transparency</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/call-on-congress-to-support-incorporation-transparency#When:10:46:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Today, 41 business and civil society groups sent a letter to every member of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate urging them to co-sponsor the Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act (S. 1483/ H.R. 3416)]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Advocacy, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-16T10:46:12+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Cuba drilling continues as US groups press spill response need]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-drilling-continues-groups-press-spill-response-need</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-drilling-continues-groups-press-spill-response-need#When:12:54:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[That won’t be easy, observed Wayne Smith, a CIP senior fellow and director of its Cuba project]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-11T12:54:27+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[British U-turn on US jets damages credibility of UK defence chiefs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/british-u-turn-damages-credibility-of-uk-defence-chiefs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/british-u-turn-damages-credibility-of-uk-defence-chiefs#When:14:34:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The cost issue isn't going to go away", writes William Hartung in Prophets of War]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-10T14:34:22+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Illicit Mexican Money Peppers the World]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/illicit-mexican-money-peppers-world</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/illicit-mexican-money-peppers-world#When:15:32:06Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[GFI's Dev Kar is quoted extensively throughout this article about illicit financial flows in Mexico (in Spanish)]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Mexico, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-06T15:32:06+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Air Force pilots reluctant to fly F-22 Raptors citing ongoing oxygen problems]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/air-force-pilots-reluctant-citing-ongoing-oxygen-problems</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/air-force-pilots-reluctant-citing-ongoing-oxygen-problems#When:16:12:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Bill Hartung discusses Defense Department spending and the cost and necessity of the F-22 Raptors]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-03T16:12:28+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Drones and the Dream of Remote Control in the Borderlands]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drones-and-dream-of-remote-control-in-borderlands</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drones-and-dream-of-remote-control-in-borderlands#When:11:44:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[More broadly, Barry states that that the CBP has failed to offer any documentation to support its claim that the drones are]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-03T11:44:13+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time to bring the troops home]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/time-to-bring-troops-home</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/time-to-bring-troops-home#When:09:18:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Davis' remarks echo judgments made earlier by Marine Captain Matthew Hoh and Colonel Andrew Bacevich, and thousands of veterans of the Afghan war]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-02T09:18:30+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Win Without War Statement on the Signing of U.S. – Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/statement-signing-us-afghan-strategic-partnership-agreement</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/statement-signing-us-afghan-strategic-partnership-agreement#When:15:15:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“We are pleased to continue to hear President Obama express his support for ending the war in Afghanistan,” said Win Without War ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Middle East, Afghanistan, Policy Research, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-01T15:15:46+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[US Companies Selling Drones to Undisclosed Foreign Governments]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-co-selling-drones-to-foreign-gov</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-co-selling-drones-to-foreign-gov#When:09:30:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry told the Texas Independent that many countries in Latin America, led by Brazil, are using drones and ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Middle East, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-01T09:30:03+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[India&#8217;s Latest Foot-Dragging Move to Fight &#8220;Black Money&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/india-to-fight-black-money</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/india-to-fight-black-money#When:09:22:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[More modestly, Global Financial Integrity, a programme run by the Center for International Policy, a Washington DC-based think tank, pegs the figure ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Asia, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-01T09:22:22+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Apple Tax Dodging Techniques Emblematic of Problem Costing U.S. $100 Billion, Poor Nations $1 Trilli]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/apple-tax-dodging-techniques-problem-costing-100-billion</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/apple-tax-dodging-techniques-problem-costing-100-billion#When:17:24:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A front-page article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times drew attention to shady accounting techniques utilized by Apple Inc, the technology giant]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-30T17:24:59+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Walmart Checking Compliance with US Bribery Law]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/walmart-checking-compliance-with-us-bribery-law</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/walmart-checking-compliance-with-us-bribery-law#When:09:25:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[GFI's Heather Lowe is quoted on NPR's Marketplace program in regards to the Wal-Mart FCPA fallout]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Mexico, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-25T09:25:22+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Even as It Hurts Mexican Economy, Bribery Is Taken in Stride]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/even-as-it-hurts-mexican-economy-bribery-taken-in-stride</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/even-as-it-hurts-mexican-economy-bribery-taken-in-stride#When:12:38:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“It is very much a part of business,” said Heather Lowe, legal counsel for the group. “It is an international business issue, but it hits Mexico significantly]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Mexico, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-23T12:38:20+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[The summit; Mexico&#8217;s deadly drug war; A view from the Americas]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-summit-mexicos-deadly-drug-war-view-from-americas</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-summit-mexicos-deadly-drug-war-view-from-americas#When:11:38:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Laura Carlsen discusses the Mexican drug war on CNTV]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-23T11:38:38+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[&#8216;This Industry&#8217;s Voice on Capitol Hill&#8217;: The Drone-Industrial Complex]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/voice-on-capitol-hill-drone-industrial-complex</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/voice-on-capitol-hill-drone-industrial-complex#When:11:48:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Atlantic cites Tom Barry for providing background information for their latest drone article]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Middle East, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-20T11:48:38+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[GFI Welcomes New IRS Regulation to Help Clamp-Down on Tax Evasion, Gain Information on Foreign]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/gfi-welcomes-new-irs-regulation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/gfi-welcomes-new-irs-regulation#When:14:54:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity (GFI) applauded the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for last night adopting]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-18T14:54:24+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Four Green Groups Officially Back Obama&#8217;s Reelection Campaign]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/four-green-groups-officially-back-obama</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/four-green-groups-officially-back-obama#When:14:19:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“...he'll drill, mine and frack as much as any Republican,” said Glenn Hurowitz, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-18T14:19:11+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Florida Bankers Object to Disclosing Identities of Foreign Depositors]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/florida-bankers-object-to-disclosing-identities-of-foreign-depositors</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/florida-bankers-object-to-disclosing-identities-of-foreign-depositors#When:13:43:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["If you want to get to the heart of any violent crime, it comes down to money," said Heather Lowe of Global Financial Integrity]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-18T13:43:21+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[ICBM Coalition Of Rural Senators Fights Nuclear Weapons Cuts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/icbm-coalition-rural-senators-fights-nuclear-weapons-cuts</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/icbm-coalition-rural-senators-fights-nuclear-weapons-cuts#When:09:09:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["But pork barrel considerations remain more prevalent on Capitol Hill," said William Hartung, director of the Arms & Security Project]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Asia, North Korea, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-17T09:09:24+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Historic Challenge to Drug War Looms at Cartagena Summit]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/historic-challenge-to-drug-war-looms-at-cartagena-summit</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/historic-challenge-to-drug-war-looms-at-cartagena-summit#When:13:16:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Everybody knows that it's impossible to wipe out the illicit drug business without making it legal," said Laura Carlsen]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-11T13:16:17+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Progress on Labor and Human Rights Must Come before Colombia Free Trade Agreement Goes Into Force Co]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/progress-labor-human-rights-must-come-before-colombia-free-trade-agr</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/progress-labor-human-rights-must-come-before-colombia-free-trade-agr#When:13:30:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama should not declare that key elements of the Labor Action Plan (LAP) have been implemented at the Summit of the Americas.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-10T13:30:02+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[End of War: The Military Industrial Complex]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/end-of-war-the-military-industrial-complex</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/end-of-war-the-military-industrial-complex#When:10:38:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung interviews for The Brian Lehrer Show, discussing the military industrial complex and whether cutting corporate influence could stop wars]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-06T10:38:50+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Pope Heads to Cuba After Call for Change]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pope-heads-to-cuba-after-call-for-change</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pope-heads-to-cuba-after-call-for-change#When:16:28:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["They want this [visit] to be constructive and positive in tone," said Wayne Smith on the Pope's trip to Cuba]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Cuba Project, Cuba, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-26T16:28:47+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Pope Seeks More Sway in Cuba Trip Amid Calls to Back Dissidents]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pope-seeks-more-sway-in-cuba-trip-amid-calls-to-back-dissidents</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pope-seeks-more-sway-in-cuba-trip-amid-calls-to-back-dissidents#When:16:24:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Many want Benedict to meet with dissidents, but that’s not going to happen,” said Wayne Smith]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Cuba Project, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-26T16:24:02+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Asia Is Up in Arms]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/asia-is-up-in-arms</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/asia-is-up-in-arms#When:18:30:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["U.S. companies have said that they're going to increase foreign sales by 25 percent to offset what they say are deep cuts in Pentagon spending, but which is really just a leveling off," explains William Hartung]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-23T18:30:57+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Tax Evasion Possibly Biggest Drain of Money From Africa]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/tax-evasion-possibly-biggest-drain-of-money-from-africa</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/tax-evasion-possibly-biggest-drain-of-money-from-africa#When:18:29:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Globally we have made an estimate that in the cross-border flow of illicit money, the component that stems from bribery and theft by government officials is only about three percent of the global total,” said Raymond Baker]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Africa, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-22T18:29:19+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Sojourner Truth Radio Interview with Bill Hartung]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/sojourner-truth-radio-interview-with-bill-hartung</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/sojourner-truth-radio-interview-with-bill-hartung#When:13:59:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The latest House of Representatives Budget Committee proposals would slash what's left of the safety net, give tax breaks to the wealthy and increase military spending. The interview starts at 40:30.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-22T13:59:12+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[&#8220;Voz de America&#8221; Interviews Laura Carlsen on Drug Legalization Debate in Central America.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/voz-de-america-interviews-laura-carlsen-on-drug-legalization-debate-in-cent</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/voz-de-america-interviews-laura-carlsen-on-drug-legalization-debate-in-cent#When:17:30:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Laura Carlsen discusses the effects of the drug war in Central America and the current debate over possibly legalizing or decriminalizing drugs]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-21T17:30:27+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Ryan Budget: Increases Pentagon, &#8220;Out of Touch&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/ryan-budget-increases-pentagon-out-of-touch</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/ryan-budget-increases-pentagon-out-of-touch#When:16:40:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["While pretending to make the 'tough choices,' Rep. Paul Ryan's budget cutting plan gives a free ride to the largest single item in the discretionary budget: Pentagon spending"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-21T16:40:25+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Proposals to Legalize Drugs in Latin America Spark Debate]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/proposals-to-legalize-drugs-in-latin-america-spark-debate</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/proposals-to-legalize-drugs-in-latin-america-spark-debate#When:12:36:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Laura Carlsen of the Americas Program at CIP, Johanna Forman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance debate drug legalization and discuss the issues surrounding the massive drug problem in the Americas]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas Program, Americas, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-20T12:36:27+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[America, Drones, and the Future of Combat]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/america-drones-and-the-future-of-combat</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/america-drones-and-the-future-of-combat#When:12:31:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry said on drone strikes, “The U.S. public, the U.S. Congress and most of the media support these clandestine operations for two main reasons: support for counterterrorism wars and intervention, and the relative lack of risk to U.S. lives.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-20T12:31:07+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Now We Know: Decriminalization Does Cut Drug Use]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/now-we-know-decriminalization-does-cut-drug-use</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/now-we-know-decriminalization-does-cut-drug-use#When:18:07:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Latin American citizens and government leaders are openly protesting a model where their nations pay in blood and lives to fill U.S. defense contractors’ pockets and spread the Pentagon’s global reach — with few, if any, positive results,” wrote Laura Carlsen]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-18T18:07:24+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[DPS Outsourced Key Border Security Tasks to Shadowy Private Contractor]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/dps-outsourced-key-border-security-tasks-to-shadowy-private-contractor</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/dps-outsourced-key-border-security-tasks-to-shadowy-private-contractor#When:12:48:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[According to Tom Barry, "It would be hard to exaggerate the degree to which Governor Perry and DPS Chief McCraw have outsourced state border-security, homeland-security, and public-safety programs to Washington Beltway contractors."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-15T12:48:30+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Budget 2012: Black Money- India&#8217;s Unobtanium]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/budget-2012-black-money-indias-unobtanium</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/budget-2012-black-money-indias-unobtanium#When:16:56:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Raymond Baker, the Director of Global Financial Integrity; R Vaidyanathan, Professor of Finance and Control; and GC Srivastava, Former Joint Secretary of India, discuss an amnesty or a voluntary disclosure scheme to whiten black money]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Asia, Advocacy, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-10T16:56:53+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[U.S. and Israel&#8217;s Threats Could Lead to Unpredictable Military Confrontation with Iran]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/u.s.-and-israels-threats-could-lead-to-unpredictable-military-confrontation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/u.s.-and-israels-threats-could-lead-to-unpredictable-military-confrontation#When:12:43:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's arrival in the U.S. this week, the world’s attention has focused on the repeated threats made by both the U.S. and Israel to launch airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear research facilities]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-07T12:43:21+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Interview: William Hartung, Defense Contractor Expert and &#8220;Prophets of War&#8221; Author]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/interview-william-hartung-defense-contractor-expert-and-prophets-war-author</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/interview-william-hartung-defense-contractor-expert-and-prophets-war-author#When:12:38:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Perhaps no one knows more about the problems associated with this defense contracting giant than William D. Hartung, whose book, Prophets of War]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-29T12:38:18+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Central America&#8217;s Women at War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/central-americas-women-at-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/central-americas-women-at-war#When:12:40:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Foreign policy analyst Laura Carlsen, an American who has lived in Mexico for 25 years, agrees the country is in crisis and its leaders in denial]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-28T12:40:52+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[D.C.-Area Resident Jailed in Cuba May Have Crossed the Line, But Supporters Still Demand His Release]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/d.c.-area-resident-jailed-in-cuba-may-have-crossed-the-line-but-supporters</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/d.c.-area-resident-jailed-in-cuba-may-have-crossed-the-line-but-supporters#When:10:19:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Some of the Jewish leaders in Cuba were "upset that the U.S. government was trying to involve" their community, said Wayne Smith]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-24T10:19:01+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Conscientious Quitter]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/conscientious-quitter</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/conscientious-quitter#When:10:50:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh spent years fighting in Iraq as a Marine, then he joined the State Department and was assigned to Afghanistan. What he saw there convinced him that the only thing he could do in good conscience was quit]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-23T10:50:52+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Not too poor for the wars]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/not-too-poor-for-wars</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/not-too-poor-for-wars#When:15:52:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[War. Wars. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The drumbeat for war in Iran]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-22T15:52:22+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[February 20, 2012: Bring The War Dollars Home: Raleigh]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/february-20-2012-bring-war-dollars-home-raleigh</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/february-20-2012-bring-war-dollars-home-raleigh#When:12:04:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Town Hall Meeting in Raleigh, February 20th, brought together 150 peace advocates to send the message for a need to reorder our priorities.  We need to “Bring Our War Dollars Home and Restore Our Communities"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-20T12:04:34+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Budget cuts slowing production of Lockheed&#8217;s F-35]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/budget-cuts-slowing-production-lockheeds-f-35</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/budget-cuts-slowing-production-lockheeds-f-35#When:09:51:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program is slated for national and international cuts that would slow production of the aircraft and could impact the work done at the company’s Marietta plant]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-16T09:51:54+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Bill Gates Joins Push for Strong SEC Rule on Extractive Industries]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-gates-joins-push-for-strong-sec-rule-on-extractive-industries</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-gates-joins-push-for-strong-sec-rule-on-extractive-industries#When:13:43:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It’s up to the companies to identify and cite the laws in foreign countries that prohibit them providing this kind of disclosure, so that is their burden and they have not met it."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-15T13:43:01+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Oil Industry Must Stop Supporting Secrecy, Say Financial Transparency and Anti-Poverty Groups]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/oil-industry-must-stop-supporting-secrecy-say-financial-transparency-groups</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/oil-industry-must-stop-supporting-secrecy-say-financial-transparency-groups#When:13:10:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Anti-poverty groups and supporters of financial transparency urge the oil industry to drop its attacks on a new law that will reduce corruption and reveal the money trail]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-14T13:10:42+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[2013 Defense Budget Rollout: Just the Opening Salvo]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/2013-defense-budget-rollout-just-opening-salvo</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/2013-defense-budget-rollout-just-opening-salvo#When:17:28:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William D. Hartung, of the Center for International Policy, characterizes the 2013 budget as a "minor course correction, not a strategic shift.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-13T17:28:25+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Reckoning With a Genocide in Guatemala]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/reckoning-with-genocide-guatemala</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/reckoning-with-genocide-guatemala#When:13:53:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Laura Carlsen, the Mexico City-based director of the Americas Program at the Center for International Policy in Washington, explains that there is a running debate about historical memory in the southern cone]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-10T13:53:19+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[What&#8217;s the Real Truth about the War in Afghanistan?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/whats-the-real-truth-about-war-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/whats-the-real-truth-about-war-in-afghanistan#When:09:44:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[An Army Lieutenant Colonel praised by superiors for his "devotion to mission accomplishment" says reports of "progress" in Afghanistan are Pentagon spin. We hear from him and others]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Transparency & Accountability, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-08T09:44:52+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[50 Years After Kennedy’s Ban, Embargo on Cuba Remains]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/50-years-after-kennedys-ban-embargo-on-cuba-remains</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/50-years-after-kennedys-ban-embargo-on-cuba-remains#When:15:09:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“All this time has gone by, and yet we keep it in place,” said Wayne Smith, who was a young American diplomat in Havana in 1961 when relations were severed ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-07T15:09:52+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Officer Blows Whistle on Afghan War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/officer-blows-whistle-on-afghan-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/officer-blows-whistle-on-afghan-war#When:11:00:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis just submitted a classified report to members of Congress, arguing that the Department of Defense has intentionally and consistently misled the American people and Congress when it comes to measuring progress and conduct in what is now America's longest war. Lt. Col. Davis and Matthew Hoh with the Center for International Policy discuss.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Transparency & Accountability, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-07T11:00:09+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Afghanistan 2013: America&#8217;s Next Groove]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/afghanistan-2013-americas-next-groove</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/afghanistan-2013-americas-next-groove#When:10:32:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Last night, former State Department official and US Marine Matthew Hoh, now a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy, and I had a very good discussion with Chris Matthews]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-03T10:32:48+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Early End to U.S. Combat Role in Afghanistan Draws Cheers, Jeers, Confusion]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/early-end-to-u.s.-combat-role-in-afghanistan-draws-cheers-jeers-confusion</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/early-end-to-u.s.-combat-role-in-afghanistan-draws-cheers-jeers-confusion#When:11:49:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta's surprise announcement Wednesday that U.S. troops will phase out their combat role in Afghanistan by mid-2013 is drawing mixed reactions]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-02T11:49:40+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[US Seeks to End Combat in Afghanistan by 2013]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-seeks-to-end-combat-in-afghanistan-by-2013</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-seeks-to-end-combat-in-afghanistan-by-2013#When:10:35:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh of the Center for International Policy and The Atlantic's Steve Clemons join Hardball to discuss the significance of the announcement]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-02T10:35:25+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Mexico Lost $872 billion In Illicit Outflows Over Last 40 Years, Study Says]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mexico-lost-872-billion-in-illicit-outflows-over-last-40-years-study-says</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mexico-lost-872-billion-in-illicit-outflows-over-last-40-years-study-says#When:13:48:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“This is a devastatingly large amount of money for any developing country to lose,” GFI Director Raymond W. Baker said. "The negative ramifications are huge for everyday Mexicans.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-31T13:48:29+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[GFI Press Release Mexico Report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/gfi-press-release-mexico-report</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/gfi-press-release-mexico-report#When:17:40:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A new report by Global Financial Integrity finds that Mexico lost more than US$872 billion in illicit financial flows between 1970 and 2010. The study recommends]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-30T17:40:53+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Mexico cops nab suspect in 75 drug cartel killings]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mexico-cops-nab-suspect-in-75-drug-cartel-killings</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mexico-cops-nab-suspect-in-75-drug-cartel-killings#When:11:55:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, a program of the Center for International Policy, a Washington-based think tank, said Monday that its analysis found that $872 billion in proceeds from crime]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-30T11:55:16+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Money laundering, tax evasion suck billions from Mexican economy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/money-laundering-tax-evasion-suck-billions-from-mexican-economy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/money-laundering-tax-evasion-suck-billions-from-mexican-economy#When:11:25:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico lost $872 billion between 1970 and 2010, the Washington-based advocacy organization Global Financial Integrity said in an 80-page report]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Mexico, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-30T11:25:32+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Dallas Morning News Exlcusive Mexico pays heavy price for tax evasion, report finds]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/dallas-morning-news-exlcusive-mexico-pays-heavy-price-for-tax-evasion-repor</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/dallas-morning-news-exlcusive-mexico-pays-heavy-price-for-tax-evasion-repor#When:13:39:04Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a nation with nearly half the population living in poverty, more than $872 billion has been lost to the Mexican economy over four decades to tax evasion, corruption and criminals]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Mexico, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-28T13:39:04+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[EPA: Palm oil flunks the climate test]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/epa-palm-oil-flunks-climate-test</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/epa-palm-oil-flunks-climate-test#When:16:49:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Oil palm planted on rainforest peatland when Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence is still paying off its carbon debt today,” said Glenn Hurowitz]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-26T16:49:03+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[World Trade Organization&#8217;s Pascal Lamy warns the West not to make a &#8216;bogeyman&#8217; out of China.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/world-trade-organizations-pascal-lamy-warns-west-make-bogeyman-china</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/world-trade-organizations-pascal-lamy-warns-west-make-bogeyman-china#When:16:41:15Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Raymond Baker said a "new age of financial transparency and accountability is required"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-26T16:41:15+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Pentagon 2013 Budget Wars: Ground Forces Lose]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pentagon-2013-budget-wars-ground-forces-lose</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pentagon-2013-budget-wars-ground-forces-lose#When:10:14:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William D. Hartung said the president’s plan is, at most, a “modest adjustment at a time when military budgets of recent years have been at the highest levels since World War II” ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-26T10:14:42+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Drones lead the way to tighter defense budgets]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drones-lead-way-to-tighter-defense-budgets</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drones-lead-way-to-tighter-defense-budgets#When:10:08:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung with the Center for International Policy says big contractors like Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman already make both. But drones cost one-fifth, or less, than fighter planes]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Transparency & Accountability, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-26T10:08:21+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[January 26 - The Defense Cutting Mirage]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/january-26-defense-cutting-mirage</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/january-26-defense-cutting-mirage#When:09:53:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung joins us to examine the numbers game and the astronomically expensive and useless weapons programs that are not being cut]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Transparency & Accountability, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-26T09:53:05+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Romney under fire for tax avoidance in Bermuda]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/romney-under-fire-tax-avoidance-bermuda</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/romney-under-fire-tax-avoidance-bermuda#When:16:57:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“It’s difficult even to estimate exactly how much tax money the US government is deprived of each year through what is now legal tax avoidance"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-25T16:57:35+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Special Ops&#8217; burden of success]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/special-ops-burden-success</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/special-ops-burden-success#When:16:35:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung said de-emphasizing boots on the ground and emphasizing a more flexible force is "a logical way to go"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-25T16:35:03+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Romney’s Bermuda Tax Holiday]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/romneys-bermuda-tax-holiday</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/romneys-bermuda-tax-holiday#When:16:53:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“The measure of a future president should not be that he took advantage of a great business deal,” said the writers]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-20T16:53:50+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Guantanamo Bay 10th Anniversary: Obama&#8217;s Detention Law Could Fill Prison Obama Tried to Close]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/guantanamo-bay-10th-anniversary-obamas-detention-law-could-fill-prison-obam</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/guantanamo-bay-10th-anniversary-obamas-detention-law-could-fill-prison-obam#When:13:45:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["With any of this, the concern is what the next administration will do," said Stephen Miles of the progressive national security coalition Win Without War]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-11T13:45:12+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Drones, Asia and Cyber War: Pentagon Shifts Priorities in New Review; Budget Still Exceeds Bush Era]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drones-asia-and-cyber-war-pentagon-shifts-priorities-in-new-review-budget</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drones-asia-and-cyber-war-pentagon-shifts-priorities-in-new-review-budget#When:14:47:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Watch William Hartung's interview with Democracy Now! about Obama's new military strategy]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-09T14:47:58+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Less Counter-Insurgency, More Asia in New U.S. Strategy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/less-counter-insurgency-more-asia-in-new-us-strategy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/less-counter-insurgency-more-asia-in-new-us-strategy#When:00:59:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The Pentagon’s proposed reductions in its spending plans are far too low," according to William Hartung, a veteran defence analyst]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-07T00:59:41+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Obama’s not-so “dangerous” Pentagon cuts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obamas-not-so-dangerous-pentagon-cuts</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obamas-not-so-dangerous-pentagon-cuts#When:17:37:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[But are the proposed cuts really all that drastic? For an answer to that question and an explanation of how cuts might — or might not — ultimately be made, I spoke to Bill Hartung]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-05T17:37:14+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[$128 billion siphoned out of India in a decade]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/128-billion-siphoned-out-of-india-in-a-decade</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/128-billion-siphoned-out-of-india-in-a-decade#When:16:03:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[International watchdog Global Financial Integrity's (GFI) report on illicit financial flows says nearly Rs 6 lakh crore was illegally siphoned out of India in the decade spanning 2000 to 2009.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-26T16:03:54+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Bank Negara did not contact us, says GFI]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bank-negara-did-not-contact-us-says-gfi</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bank-negara-did-not-contact-us-says-gfi#When:15:58:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington-based think-tank Global Financial Integrity dismisses remarks by Deputy Finance Minister Donald Lim that it is in touch with Bank Negara]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-21T15:58:43+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[More Predator drones fly U.S.-Mexico border]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/more-predator-drones-fly-us-mexico-border</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/more-predator-drones-fly-us-mexico-border#When:01:05:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Congress and the taxpayers ought to demand some kind of real cost-benefit analysis of drones,” said Tom Barry, director of the TransBorder Project]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-21T01:05:59+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Kim Jong Il Dies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/kim-jong-il-dies</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/kim-jong-il-dies#When:11:41:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Kim Jong Il has been more than a frontman, but less than the totalitarian leader his father was, able to just issue diktats and do whatever he wanted to do," says Selig Harrison]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-19T11:41:57+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Developing World Hemorrhaged $903 Billion In Illicit Funds In 2009]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/developing-world-hemorrhaged-903-billion-in-illicit-funds-in-2009</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/developing-world-hemorrhaged-903-billion-in-illicit-funds-in-2009#When:16:03:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Developing countries lost $903 billion in illicit financial outflows in 2009, with China, Mexico and Russia ranking as the top three hemorrhagers]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-16T16:03:31+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Despite Global Financial Crisis, Illicit Financial Outflows from Developing World Remain High]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/despite-global-financial-crisis-illicit-financial-outflows-from-developing</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/despite-global-financial-crisis-illicit-financial-outflows-from-developing#When:16:21:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Developing countries lost US$903 billion in illicit financial outflows in 2009 despite the massive slowdown in economic activity which rocked world markets in late 2008, finds a new study by Global Financial Integrity]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-15T16:21:17+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Thousands of US Contractors will Replace Troops in Iraq]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/thousands-of-us-contractors-will-replace-troops-in-iraq</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/thousands-of-us-contractors-will-replace-troops-in-iraq#When:15:54:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Jon Soltz of VoteVets.org and Matthew Hoh of the Center for International Policy debate the winners and losers of the Iraq War and the non-military presence that will remain]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-14T15:54:31+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Legal U.S. gun sales to Mexico Arming Cartels]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/legal-us-gun-sales-mexico-arming-cartels</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/legal-us-gun-sales-mexico-arming-cartels#When:11:43:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["I think most Americans are aware that there's a problem in terms of the drug traffickers in Mexico, increases in violence," said Bill Hartung]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-06T11:43:27+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Ethiopian Illicit Outflows Doubled In 2009, New Report Says]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/ethiopian-illicit-outflows-doubled-in-2009-new-report-says</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/ethiopian-illicit-outflows-doubled-in-2009-new-report-says#When:15:52:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Ethiopia lost $11.7 billion to outflows of ill-gotten gains between 2000 and 2009, according to a coming report by Global Financial Integrity. That’s a lot of money to lose to corruption for a country that has a per-capita GDP of just $365]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-05T15:52:09+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Bring Them Home - Now]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bring-them-home-now</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bring-them-home-now#When:15:50:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Like a slow train coming,” said Matthew Hoh, a former Marine who resigned his Afghanistan post in protest and now is a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-05T15:50:23+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Goodman: Obama has not shown he wants to lead]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/goodman-obama-has-not-shown-he-wants-to-lead</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/goodman-obama-has-not-shown-he-wants-to-lead#When:16:09:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mel Goodman, national security and intelligence columnist for Truthout.org, joined WJBC’s Jim Fitzpatrick on Wednesday to discuss current events on the world stage]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-02T16:09:36+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Experts Demand Removal of Terrorist Status of Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-experts-demand-removal-of-terrorist-status-of-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-experts-demand-removal-of-terrorist-status-of-cuba#When:16:19:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[According to Wayne Smith, former diplomat and member of the Center for International Policy, the workshop, which meets on Thursday, would clarify the situation]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-01T16:19:54+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[WisdomTree Local Debt ETF And Emerging Markets&#8217; Bearish Short-Term Outlook: Part 1]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/wisdomtree-local-debt-etf-and-emerging-markets-bearish-short-term-outlook</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/wisdomtree-local-debt-etf-and-emerging-markets-bearish-short-term-outlook#When:16:07:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On a side note, Malaysia has a high rate of capital flight. Global Financial Integrity estimates that illicit flows of capital between 2000 and 2008 were $291 Billion]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-01T16:07:11+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Tyrants or liberators?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/tyrants-or-liberators</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/tyrants-or-liberators#When:11:23:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Former US diplomat in Afghanistan Matthew Hoh, who resigned as a mark of protest against the US Afghan policy, stated that “the insurgency in Afghanistan (as it did in Pakistan) only arrived after the US troops did”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-01T11:23:58+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[A Call for Cuba’s Removal from the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/press-release-cubas-removal-list-state-sponsors-terrorism</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/press-release-cubas-removal-list-state-sponsors-terrorism#When:10:29:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for International Policy and the Latin America Working Group convened a conference today calling for the removal of Cuba from the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-01T10:29:56+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[How the Drone Warfare Industry Took Over Our Congress]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/how-drone-warfare-industry-took-over-our-congress</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/how-drone-warfare-industry-took-over-our-congress#When:12:02:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a new policy report by the Center for International Policy and Common Cause, William Hartung says that McKeon is the arms industry’s most forceful advocate in the battle to bolster the Pentagon budget]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-30T12:02:54+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[After the Deficit Committee, A New Propaganda Push from the War Profiteers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/after-deficit-committee-a-new-propaganda-push-from-war-profiteers</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/after-deficit-committee-a-new-propaganda-push-from-war-profiteers#When:16:01:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Long-time war industry observer Bill Hartung, the director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy, had a simple description for the Panetta/McKeon/war]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-29T16:01:05+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin girds for battle]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/lockheed-girds-battle</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/lockheed-girds-battle#When:15:25:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It's going to be a very challenging time for Lockheed," says William Hartung, an industry analyst and the author of Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-29T15:25:28+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Activists urge Obama to take Cuba off ‘terror’ list]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/activists-urge-obama-to-take-cuba-off-terror-list</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/activists-urge-obama-to-take-cuba-off-terror-list#When:14:36:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“There is no evidence that would place” Cuba on the list, the Latin America Working Group and Center for International Policy said in an invitation to the public event.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-29T14:36:40+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin girds for battle]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/lockheed-martin-girds-for-battle</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/lockheed-martin-girds-for-battle#When:11:58:10Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It's going to be a very challenging time for Lockheed," says William Hartung, an industry analyst and the author of Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-29T11:58:10+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Navy&#8217;s Amphibious Fleet Could fall Short of Goals, CBO Says]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/navys-amphibious-fleet-short-of-goals-cbo-says</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/navys-amphibious-fleet-short-of-goals-cbo-says#When:16:03:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung, a defense specialist at the Center for International Policy, told Government Executive that the report seemed "to acknowledge]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-28T16:03:47+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Critics Target Bribery Law]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/critics-target-bribery-law</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/critics-target-bribery-law#When:11:04:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Heather Lowe, director of government affairs at the anticorruption group Global Financial Integrity, which opposes any changes to the FCPA,]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-28T11:04:49+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Analyst: Keep Defense Cuts in Place, Avoid &#8216;Exaggerated Rhetoric&#8217;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/analyst-keep-defense-cuts-in-place-avoid-exaggerated-rhetoric1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/analyst-keep-defense-cuts-in-place-avoid-exaggerated-rhetoric1#When:16:05:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“We don’t need more Pentagon spending, we need more spending discipline at the Pentagon – an agency so disorganized that it can’t even balance its own books]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-22T16:05:53+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[War: The Wrong Jobs Program]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/war-the-wrong-jobs-program</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/war-the-wrong-jobs-program#When:17:01:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[There are several reasons why military spending ends up near the back of the pack. The inefficiency of the “cost-plus” system is one. Pointing to another, analyst William Hartung]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-21T17:01:53+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Meria With Melvin Goodman -U.S. Foreign Policy and Militarization]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/meria-with-melvin-goodman-us-foreign-policy-and-militarization</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/meria-with-melvin-goodman-us-foreign-policy-and-militarization#When:11:59:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Meria with Melvin Goodman, Senior Fellow -Center for International Policy with 42 years of Govt Service, Intel, CIA Whistleblower, writer and more]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-15T11:59:58+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[House Bill Introduced to Crack Down on Abusive American Shell Companies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/house-bill-introduced-to-crack-down-on-abusive-american-shell-companies</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/house-bill-introduced-to-crack-down-on-abusive-american-shell-companies#When:11:45:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Legislation Would Help Prevent Criminals and Tax Evaders from Laundering Their Ill-Gotten Gains, Provide Crucial Information Access for Law Enforcement]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Policy Research, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-15T11:45:37+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Adios, Fidel. Hola, Hugo. Cuba charts new course]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/adios-fidel.-hola-hugo.-cuba-charts-new-course</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/adios-fidel.-hola-hugo.-cuba-charts-new-course#When:16:47:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“I don’t know what it is about Cuba,” says Wayne Smith at the Center for International Policy, a Washington-based think tank]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-12T16:47:22+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[New Report on Mistakes of Plan Colombia and Lessons for Latin America]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/new-report-on-mistakes-of-plan-colombia-and-lessons-for-latin-america</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/new-report-on-mistakes-of-plan-colombia-and-lessons-for-latin-america#When:17:51:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[CIP, the Washington Office on Latin America and the Latin America Working Group Education Fund release "A Cautionary Tale: Plan Colombia's Lessons for Mexico and Beyond"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-10T17:51:53+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Delays Decision on Pipeline Until After Election]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-delays-decision-on-pipeline-until-after-election</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-delays-decision-on-pipeline-until-after-election#When:17:15:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Glenn Hurowitz, an environmental activist and senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, said the delay could leave the final decision in the hands of Mr. Obama’s Republican successor]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Advocacy, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-10T17:15:36+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Would IRS rule prompt foreigners to yank billions from Florida banks?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/would-irs-rule-prompt-foreigners-yank-billions-from-florida-banks</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/would-irs-rule-prompt-foreigners-yank-billions-from-florida-banks#When:16:39:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The U.S. has no real idea of which foreigners are investing in the U.S. and how much they are investing," said Heather Lowe]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-08T16:39:32+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Back in Monterey, Panetta’s institute honors a Washington crowd]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/monterey-panettas-institute-honors-washington-crowd</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/monterey-panettas-institute-honors-washington-crowd#When:18:27:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Lockheed has a history of donating to causes favored by influential lawmakers and government officials, said William D. Hartung]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-04T18:27:57+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[G20 Commits to Addressing Illicit Financial Flows, Links Tax Haven Secrecy to Poverty]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/g20-addressing-illicit-financial-flows</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/g20-addressing-illicit-financial-flows#When:15:57:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity (GFI) praised the G20 today for its commitment to tackle the issue of illicit financial flows and crack down on tax haven secrecy]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-04T15:57:39+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Assassination Backlash]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/assassination-backlash</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/assassination-backlash#When:17:01:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As Matthew Hoh, the foreign service officer who quit in protest at the futility of the Afghan war, told me recently, "War is a breeding ground for]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-03T17:01:41+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Checking the Pentagon&#8217;s Job Loss Math]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/checking-pentagons-job-loss-math</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/checking-pentagons-job-loss-math#When:16:44:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung a defense budget analyst at the Center for International Policy agrees and thinks the Defense Department may be "front-loading" the numbers]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-03T16:44:01+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[ISAF Data Show Night Raids Killed over 1,500 Afghan Civilians]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/isaf-data-show-night-raids-killed-over-1500-afghan-civilians</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/isaf-data-show-night-raids-killed-over-1500-afghan-civilians#When:16:57:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The killing of family members and neighbours who responded to night raids with weapons was already a major issue within the U.S. mission to]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Afghanistan, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-02T16:57:44+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Right to reply: The aid debate we need to have]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/right-to-reply-aid-debate-we-need-to-have</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/right-to-reply-aid-debate-we-need-to-have#When:16:19:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Raymond Baker, a senior fellow at the US Centre for International Policy and an internationally respected authority on money laundering]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-02T16:19:23+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity Urges G20 to End Tax Haven Secrecy in Cannes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/global-financial-integrity-g20-end-tax-haven-secrecy-cannes</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/global-financial-integrity-g20-end-tax-haven-secrecy-cannes#When:16:02:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity (GFI) today joined over 40,000 people from around the world calling on G20 leaders to end tax haven secrecy when they meet this week in Cannes]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-02T16:02:02+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Budget Cuts&#8217; Cost, in U.S. Jobs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/budget-cuts-cost-in-us-jobs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/budget-cuts-cost-in-us-jobs#When:15:12:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung said Pentagon planners need more than a rough estimate of total jobs that might be lost amid budget cuts]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-31T15:12:18+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Hartung Press Release Super Committee Policy Brief]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/hartung-super-committee-former-members-lobby-defense</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/hartung-super-committee-former-members-lobby-defense#When:13:33:15Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A new policy brief from William D. Hartung explores the mutually beneficial and close ties between the arms lobby and super committee members. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-31T13:33:15+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[No todo sería miel en TLC de Colombia y Panamá con EEUU]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/no-todo-seria-miel-en-tlc-de-colombia-y-panama-con-eeuu</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/no-todo-seria-miel-en-tlc-de-colombia-y-panama-con-eeuu#When:15:20:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Con el acuerdo comercial, los precios internacionales para los agricultores cayeron a la mitad y 2 millones de campesinos fueron empujados hacia trabajos]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-27T15:20:16+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[PRESS RELEASE: EU proposal helps curb corruption but fails to tackle tax dodging]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/eu-proposal-helps-curb-corruption-but-fails-tackle-tax-dodging</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/eu-proposal-helps-curb-corruption-but-fails-tackle-tax-dodging#When:12:36:15Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Raymond Baker, director of Global Financial Integrity, said: “The European Commission through this proposed Country-by-Country Reporting legislation]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-25T12:36:15+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[President Obama Announces All U.S. Troops in Iraq Finally Coming Home]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/president-obama-announces-us-troops-iraq-home</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/president-obama-announces-us-troops-iraq-home#When:15:59:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The President announcement today that all U.S. troops in Iraq will return home by the end of 2011 is a major step in the right direction]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-21T15:59:55+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Exports or black money? Time for govt to investigate]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/exports-or-black-money-time-for-govt-to-investigate</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/exports-or-black-money-time-for-govt-to-investigate#When:11:53:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington-based Global Financial Integrity released a report last year that estimated about $213 billion ($462 billion at today’s prices)]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Asia, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-21T11:53:25+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Is there room for the environment at the Occupation?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/is-there-room-for-the-environment-at-the-occupation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/is-there-room-for-the-environment-at-the-occupation#When:11:31:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The idea to bring sun power to Occupy D.C. was hatched by Glenn Hurowitz, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, where he does writing and advocacy work on environment and climate issues.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-21T11:31:37+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Only speak out against govt when my colleagues are arrested]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/only-speak-out-against-govt-when-my-colleagues-are-arrested</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/only-speak-out-against-govt-when-my-colleagues-are-arrested#When:15:30:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It has been estimated by think tank Global Financial Integrity that Rs 25 lakh crore black money from India is in Swiss banks]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Asia, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-20T15:30:56+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Mel Goodman, 60s-era CIA Whistleblower, Addresses 200 People at ISU]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mel-goodman-60s-era-cia-whistleblower-addresses-200-people-at-isu</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mel-goodman-60s-era-cia-whistleblower-addresses-200-people-at-isu#When:12:25:06Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mel Goodman, senior analyst at the Center for International Policy and ex-CIA whistleblower, spoke Wednesday evening to a crowd of 200 people]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-20T12:25:06+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Could&#8212;And Should&#8212;the Zanesville Exotic Animals Have Been Saved?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/could-and-should-zanesville-exotic-animals-have-been-saved</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/could-and-should-zanesville-exotic-animals-have-been-saved#When:12:06:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["(Muskingum County Sherriff Matt) Lutz's ignorant savagery and Hanna's defense of it is the reflexive attitude of too many police and public officials in this country, and not just when it comes to exotic animals. Police too often respond to one complaint with a hail of bullets - even when it's native wildlife like black bears, wolves or mountain lions," Glenn Hurowitz of the Center for  International Policy wrote his blog on The Huffington Post]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-20T12:06:45+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[War-Gaming the Defense Budget as Deadline Nears]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/war-gaming-defense-budget-deadline-nears</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/war-gaming-defense-budget-deadline-nears#When:13:41:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“The hawks in this administration and at various think tanks would like to see a presence well beyond 2014,” said Matthew Hoh, a senior fellow at the left-leaning Center for International Policy]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-18T13:41:44+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[War-Gaming the Defense Budget as Deadline Nears]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/war-gaming-the-defense-budget-as-deadline-nears</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/war-gaming-the-defense-budget-as-deadline-nears#When:12:24:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“The hawks in this administration and at various think tanks would like to see a presence well beyond 2014,” said Matthew Hoh]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-18T12:24:22+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Panetta: Wrong on Military Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/defense-secretary-panetta-wrong-on-military-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/defense-secretary-panetta-wrong-on-military-spending#When:15:31:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is flagrantly advocating for war profiteers at the expense of real security for the American people]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-14T15:31:40+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Trade Deals May Alienate Some Obama Supporters]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/trade-deals-may-alienate-some-obama-supporters</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/trade-deals-may-alienate-some-obama-supporters#When:13:28:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Glenn Hurowitz of the liberal Center for International Policy says these deals demoralize some Obama supporters.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-14T13:28:55+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Ex-CIA analyst lays out dangers of US militarization]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/ex-cia-analyst-lays-out-dangers-of-us-militarization</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/ex-cia-analyst-lays-out-dangers-of-us-militarization#When:13:24:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mel Goodman, who joined the agency in the 1960s and is today an author and national security expert, spoke to a standing room-only crowd of about 200 at Illinois State University]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-10T13:24:30+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Wangari Muta Maathai, 1940-2011]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/wangari-muta-maathai</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/wangari-muta-maathai#When:18:02:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Wangari Maathai was a larger than life figure who truly made a difference on the ground in a way that few have ever done]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Avoided Deforestation Partners, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-27T18:02:43+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[‘The Costs of War’: A Must-Read Study]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/costs-of-war-a-must-read-study</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/costs-of-war-a-must-read-study#When:17:12:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The 2000s have seen the highest level of defense spending since World War II, up to over $400 billion dollars]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-23T17:12:23+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Study: Federal Spending on Defense Doesn&#8217;t Create As Many Jobs As Education Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/federal-defense-spending-doesnt-create-as-many-jobs-as-education</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/federal-defense-spending-doesnt-create-as-many-jobs-as-education#When:17:16:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["... maintaining military spending at the expense of other forms of federal expenditures would actually result in a net loss of jobs"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-21T17:16:28+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Petition Moved in SC to Recover Looted Wealth from Politicians, Bureaucrats]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/petition-moved-to-recover-looted-wealth-from-politicians-bureaucrats</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/petition-moved-to-recover-looted-wealth-from-politicians-bureaucrats#When:17:06:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The petitioner made the following respondents]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Middle East, Pakistan, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-21T17:06:32+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Anna Hazare: India’s New Superhero]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/anna-hazare-indias-new-superhero</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/anna-hazare-indias-new-superhero#When:16:57:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A report released by Washington-based Global Financial Integrity said India could be losing at least 19.3 billion dollars annually in illegal flows]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Asia, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-21T16:57:30+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Glencore and BP Named as Worst Offenders at Top of Tax Secrecy Table]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/glencore-bp-worst-offenders-at-top-of-tax-secrecy-table</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/glencore-bp-worst-offenders-at-top-of-tax-secrecy-table#When:16:50:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Raymond Baker, director of research group Global Financial Integrity, said: ‘This is about getting rich secretly and not having to account for such riches locally,’ he said.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-20T16:50:45+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Changing Key Law Could Mean &#8220;License to Bribe&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/changing-key-law-could-mean-license-to-bribe</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/changing-key-law-could-mean-license-to-bribe#When:09:42:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Anti-corruption advocacy organisations including Global Financial Integrity, Transparency International, and the Project on Government Oversight have written letters in support of keeping the FCPA, which applies to U.S. businesses and any businesses trading on the U.S. Stock Exchange and makes it a crime to trade favours for business advantages in countries where multinational companies do business, in its current form. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-17T09:42:20+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Fight Brews Over Anti-Bribery Law as Fines Jump]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/fight-brews-over-anti-bribery-law-as-fines-jump</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/fight-brews-over-anti-bribery-law-as-fines-jump#When:09:45:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[They're trying to take the teeth out of the FCPA," said Heather Lowe, legal counsel at Global Financial Integrity, a nonprofit organization focused on the cross-border flow of illegal money.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-15T09:45:44+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Border Wars Release]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/border-wars-barry-release</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/border-wars-barry-release#When:14:22:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry's newest book, Border Wars, blends investigative reporting and policy analysis regarding the politics of homeland security ten years after 9/11.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-12T14:22:09+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Is There a Desirable Jobs Benefit in DOD Spending?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/is-there-a-desirable-jobs-benefit-in-dod-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/is-there-a-desirable-jobs-benefit-in-dod-spending#When:17:14:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Plans for cutting the federal deficit have raised an important question: what impact would military spending reductions have on jobs?]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-08T17:14:30+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Libya: Moammar Gadhafi and His Billions Are Unaccounted For]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/libya-moammar-gadhafi-and-his-billions-are-unaccounted-for</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/libya-moammar-gadhafi-and-his-billions-are-unaccounted-for#When:12:07:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Monique Danziger, communications director with Global Financial Integrity, said Libya has the "spottiest" data reporting of the 162 countries that report financial figures to the IMF and World Bank. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Africa, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-26T12:07:18+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Obama Faces Big Green Tests in 2012]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obama-faces-big-green-tests-in-20121</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/obama-faces-big-green-tests-in-20121#When:12:34:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Still, as the oil sands protests near, Glenn Hurowitz, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy who has been critical of Obama, said activists are in a very different place with the president then they were three years ago.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-20T12:34:57+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Former State Department Official Matthew Hoh Talks About Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/matthew-hoh-talks-about-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/matthew-hoh-talks-about-afghanistan#When:12:38:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh, who in 2009 famously quit his State Department post in Afghanistan to protest U.S. strategy there, spoke on August 11th as part of the Dallas Peace Center’s dinner lecture series, and he didn’t mince words about how he thinks the war in Afghanistan is going. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-18T12:38:13+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Post 9/11, US Economy Pays Steep Price]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/post-9-11-us-economy-pays-steep-price</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/post-9-11-us-economy-pays-steep-price#When:12:26:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The war in Iraq, which had nothing to do with terrorism, was a huge price to pay to get rid of one dictator," William Hartung, a defense expert at the New America Foundation, told AFP.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-18T12:26:46+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Islamist Threat with Qaeda Link Grows in Nigeria]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/islamist-threat-with-qaeda-link-grows-in-nigeria</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/islamist-threat-with-qaeda-link-grows-in-nigeria#When:12:31:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Looking toward Nigeria would be “natural” for the Qaeda affiliate, said Paul Lubeck, a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who studies the region.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Africa, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-17T12:31:59+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Our Future in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/our-future-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/our-future-in-afghanistan#When:15:53:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[We’ll spend this hour with former State Department official Matthew Hoh, who resigned his position in 2009 in protest of U.S.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-10T15:53:23+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[At a Crossroads in Afghanistan?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/at-a-crossroads-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/at-a-crossroads-in-afghanistan#When:16:25:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[CIP senior fellow Matthew Hoh appeared on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews to talk about the US role ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-08T16:25:05+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Sojourner Truth August 8 Broadcast]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/sojourner-truth-august-8-broadcast</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/sojourner-truth-august-8-broadcast#When:16:11:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Student protests in Chile, the new left leaning President of Peru, and US involvement in Mexico's war against drugs]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-08T16:11:35+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[As Federal Cutbacks Loom, Maryland Businesses Fear Losses]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/federal-cutbacks-loom-maryland-businesses-fear-losses</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/federal-cutbacks-loom-maryland-businesses-fear-losses#When:14:52:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Proposed “cuts” in future Pentagon spending aren’t really reductions, said William D. Hartung, director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy in Washington]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-05T14:52:20+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Cuba Court Upholds 15-Year Sentence of US Contractor for Alleged Spying]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-court-upholds-15-year-sentence-of-us-contractor-for-alleged-spying</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cuba-court-upholds-15-year-sentence-of-us-contractor-for-alleged-spying#When:13:17:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[While the court’s decision is “disappointing,” the Cuban government may still release Gross for humanitarian reasons, said Wayne Smith]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-05T13:17:03+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Bill Hartung on Military Cuts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-on-military-cuts</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-on-military-cuts#When:12:26:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The debt ceiling has been lifted; that fixed everything, right? Well, the Democratic base is unhappy ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-05T12:26:29+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Will the Pentagon Suffer in the Debt Deal?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-quoted-in-the-nation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-quoted-in-the-nation#When:14:52:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Bill Hartung, a noted defense expert writing in the Huffington Post, says: “The good news is that the Pentagon budget is finally on the table in deficit reduction talks.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-04T14:52:28+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Does debt deal weaken defense?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/does-debt-deal-weaken-defense</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/does-debt-deal-weaken-defense#When:12:38:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Despite the debt deal’s passage, economists don’t predict any forthcoming sign of relief for an]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-03T12:38:35+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[After Months of Partisan Wrangling, Wall Street &amp; Pentagon Emerge Victorious on Debt Deal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/aftewall-street-pentagon-emerge-victorious-on-debt-deal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/aftewall-street-pentagon-emerge-victorious-on-debt-deal#When:12:41:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[After months of a bitterly partisan stalemate, the U.S. House of Representatives has voted 269 to 161 ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-02T12:41:44+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Military Hawks Upset With Debt Deal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-quoted-via-al-jazeera-english</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-quoted-via-al-jazeera-english#When:10:51:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["In the short term, the budget deal crafted by the president and the congressional leadership gives]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-02T10:51:55+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Experts Skeptical that Debt Deal will Result in Significant Military Spending Cuts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/experts-skeptical-debt-deal-will-result-in-military-spending-cuts</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/experts-skeptical-debt-deal-will-result-in-military-spending-cuts#When:10:50:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["In the short-term, the budget deal crafted by the president and the congressional leadership gives]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-02T10:50:12+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[War, Debt, and the President]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-quoted-in-truthdig</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-quoted-in-truthdig#When:10:48:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“This year is the 50th anniversary of [Dwight] Eisenhower’s military-industrial complex speech,” William Hartung of the Center for International Policy told me while the Senate assembled to vote on the debt ceiling bill.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-02T10:48:14+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Experts Respond: How the Deal Affects Defense]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-quoted-by-national-security-network</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bill-hartung-quoted-by-national-security-network#When:10:53:15Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the short-term, the budget deal crafted by the president and the congressional leadership gives the Pentagon virtually a free ride. It reduces projected Pentagon spending by less than one percent. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-01T10:53:15+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[N. Korea Talks May Be a Last Chance]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/n.-korea-talks-may-be-a-last-chance</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/n.-korea-talks-may-be-a-last-chance#When:11:38:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The North Koreans "have made a strategic decision," said Selig S. Harrison, director of the Asia Program at the Center for International Policy in Washington.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-25T11:38:31+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Stolen State Assets: World Bank Report Details Obstacles to Recovery]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/raymond-baker-quoted-by-iwatch-news</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/raymond-baker-quoted-by-iwatch-news#When:10:55:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The problem, says Raymond Baker, the director of Global Financial Integrity, a financial watchdog group, is that even in nations like Switzerland that have changed procedures and rules to reduce bank secrecy, “it’s not entirely clear” how foreign governments can get stolen assets back.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Europe & Russia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-25T10:55:51+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Remove Incentive to Keep Money in Tax Havens]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/remove-incentive-to-keep-money-in-tax-havens</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/remove-incentive-to-keep-money-in-tax-havens#When:12:59:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As India debates the black money issue, Washington-based think tank, Global Financial Integrity (GFI) has]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Asia, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-20T12:59:19+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Why US is Shifting Nuclear Stand With India]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/why-us-is-shifting-nuclear-stand-with-india</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/why-us-is-shifting-nuclear-stand-with-india#When:11:47:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Yes, this does look at India on an individual basis, but it also rewards a worthy country for its very good performance on nuclear proliferation, and in that sense it reflects a desirable change in US policy," says Selig Harrison, director of the Asia Program at the Center for International Policy in Washington.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-20T11:47:42+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[News Corp Faces Potential US Probe over Alleged Payments to UK Police Officers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/heather-lowe-quoted-by-the-national</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/heather-lowe-quoted-by-the-national#When:10:57:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Heather Lowe, legal council with Global Financial Integrity, a Washington-based NGO, said while there are "some grounds" for investigation, "there are a lot of factors going into whether or not a company will be charged", including overlapping jurisdictions between the US and UK.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Europe & Russia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-20T10:57:53+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[US Securities Watchdog Still Dragging Feet on Key Anti-Corruption and Transparency Laws]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/heather-lowe-quoted-by-india-infoline</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/heather-lowe-quoted-by-india-infoline#When:13:36:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Section 1504 requires all U.S. and foreign oil, gas and mining companies, which must report to the SEC, to publicly report how much they pay governments for the extraction of their oil, gas and minerals," said Global Financial Integrity Legal Counsel and Director of Government Affairs Heather Lowe. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-19T13:36:37+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[News Corp Probe May Shed Light on US Anti-Corruprtion Act]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/heather-lowe-quoted-by-india-infoline1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/heather-lowe-quoted-by-india-infoline1#When:11:00:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“The public is outraged by the possible link between Murdoch’s News Corp. and the U.S. Chamber’s aggressive lobbying efforts to emasculate the FCPA, but that may only be the tip of the iceberg,” said GFI’s Legal Counsel and Director of Government Affairs, Heather Lowe.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-19T11:00:16+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Reprocessing Nuclear Waste]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/glenn-hurowitz-quoted-by-paper-magazine</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/glenn-hurowitz-quoted-by-paper-magazine#When:16:42:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[There are “major economic risks for Southeast Asia’s agriculture and timber sectors if they don’t take prompt action to conserve their forests,”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Avoided Deforestation Partners, Asia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-17T16:42:12+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[White House in Panic Over Spy Scandal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/white-house-in-panic-over-spy-scandal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/white-house-in-panic-over-spy-scandal#When:11:54:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA['It actually worked. It was aimed at stopping the bleeding after Wilson spoke out and no one else did,' said Mel Goodman, a former top CIA analyst now at the Center for International Policy.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-16T11:54:12+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Jeff Santos Show]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/jeff-santos-show</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/jeff-santos-show#When:13:03:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh appears on the Jeff Santos Show to discuss the continued US role in Afghanistan]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-15T13:03:58+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Assassination in Afghanistan Creates a Void]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/assassination-in-afghanistan-creates-a-void</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/assassination-in-afghanistan-creates-a-void#When:14:08:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A suicide bomber struck mourners in Kandahar today, further evidence that Afghanistan faces both increased]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-14T14:08:59+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[IRS Delays Overseas Bank Reporting Rule Criticized by Aegon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/heather-lowe-quoted-in-bloomberg</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/heather-lowe-quoted-in-bloomberg#When:13:53:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Heather Lowe, the director of government affairs at Global Financial Integrity, a Washington-based group focused on ending bank secrecy, said the delay is unnecessary.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-14T13:53:56+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[First Full Country-By-Country Reporting Standard Proposed in US]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/raymond-baker-quoted-by-tax-research-uk1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/raymond-baker-quoted-by-tax-research-uk1#When:11:05:33Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity director Raymond Baker commented on the addition, stating: "For investors, the more information available about a company’s business practices and balance sheets, the better."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Europe & Russia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-13T11:05:33+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[A special round-table discussion on sex, race, class, and violence against women]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/discussion-on-sex-race-class-violence-against-women</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/discussion-on-sex-race-class-violence-against-women#When:14:22:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[We tackle the rape charges and other sexual abuse of women by Dominque Strauss-Khan, the former 
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-12T14:22:01+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[US Senator Introduces Revised Tax Haven Bill]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/raymond-baker-quoted-by-cayman-islands-news</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/raymond-baker-quoted-by-cayman-islands-news#When:14:13:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Passage of the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act would be a game changer,” said Global Financial Integrity (GFI) director, Raymond Baker, one of the NGOs backing the bill.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-12T14:13:34+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh and Zaher Wahab speak in Oregon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/matthew-hoh-and-zaher-wahab-speak-in-oregon</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/matthew-hoh-and-zaher-wahab-speak-in-oregon#When:14:25:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The last week in June, Peace Action West joined with groups around Oregon to present two ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-11T14:25:39+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Drug Lord Arrested in Mexico]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drug-lord-arrested-in-mexico</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drug-lord-arrested-in-mexico#When:14:28:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Laura Carlsen joins MSNBC to discuss the difficulties of successful prosecutions in Mexico with the recent ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-05T14:28:42+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Why is US Pumping AK-47&#8217;s and Military Rifles into the Hands of Mexican Drug Cartels?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/laura-carlsen-quoted-by-alternet</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/laura-carlsen-quoted-by-alternet#When:15:01:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Carlsen said, “They came out with absolutely nothing in terms of results on this.” She boiled the issue down to the following:]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-04T15:01:18+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Mexican opposition &#8216;set for election victory&#8217;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mexican-opposition-set-for-election-victory</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mexican-opposition-set-for-election-victory#When:14:12:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["[The PRI] appears to have won by a landslide, and this means that they're very well positioned to go into]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-04T14:12:28+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[This Week]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/this-week</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/this-week#When:14:57:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[From Florida, Mike Barnes, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, talks about the former ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-03T14:57:11+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[The Drug War&#8217;s Einsatzgruppen]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-drug-wars-einsatzgruppen</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-drug-wars-einsatzgruppen#When:14:15:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As Tom Barry of the Center for International Policy observes, the Commission's strategy document]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-30T14:15:40+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Gore: Obama lacks &#8216;bold action&#8217; on global warming]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/gore-obama-lacks-bold-action-on-global-warming</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/gore-obama-lacks-bold-action-on-global-warming#When:14:14:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It is one of many issues where Obama is going to have problems with his progressive base," said Glenn ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Avoided Deforestation Partners, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-30T14:14:57+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Costs of War Website Release]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/costsofwar</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/costsofwar#When:16:37:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The United States will spend a total of  $3.2 to 4 trillion paying for the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan according to a new report by scholars with the Eisenhower Research Project, including William D. Hartung.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-29T16:37:08+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Make it criminal to park money abroad illegally]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/make-it-criminal-to-park-money-abroad-illegally</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/make-it-criminal-to-park-money-abroad-illegally#When:14:29:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Such break-ups will immediately reflect high profits for shell companies set up in tax havens and will force]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-25T14:29:49+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Recovering Black Money is Tough]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/recovering-black-money-is-tough</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/recovering-black-money-is-tough#When:15:10:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Last November, Washington-based think-tank Global Financial Integrity estimated that India lost $462 ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Asia, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-24T15:10:26+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Al Gore&#8217;s Critique Sparks Debate Over Obama&#8217;s Record on Global Warming]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/al-gores-critique-sparks-debate-over-obamas-record-on-global-warming</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/al-gores-critique-sparks-debate-over-obamas-record-on-global-warming#When:15:31:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a "Rolling Stone" article, former Vice President Al Gore criticized President Obama's record on ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-22T15:31:51+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Gore, criticizing fellow Democrat, says Obama hasn’t taken ‘bold action’ on global warming]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/gore-criticizing-fellow-democrat-says-obama-hasnt-taken-bold-action-on-glob</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/gore-criticizing-fellow-democrat-says-obama-hasnt-taken-bold-action-on-glob#When:14:41:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It is one of many issues where Obama is going to have problems with his progressive base," said Glenn ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Avoided Deforestation Partners, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-22T14:41:44+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[The Economics of Money Laundering]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-economics-of-money-laundering</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-economics-of-money-laundering#When:14:45:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["For every dollar of aid ‘given’ to developing countries, there are $10 going the other way due to corruption, multi-national company tax evasion and straight out fraud,” he said.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-20T14:45:05+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[SABMiller Under Scrutiny]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/sabmiller-under-scrutiny</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/sabmiller-under-scrutiny#When:14:47:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Multinational companies can easily take these countries for a ride," said Dev Kar, a senior economist at]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-17T14:47:51+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[The United States’ Illegal Slaves]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-united-states-illegal-slaves</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-united-states-illegal-slaves#When:14:46:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[According to Tom Barry from The Center for International Policy: “There isn’t a real precise definition]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-17T14:46:22+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Mexican Peace Caravan Arrives in U.S. to Call for End to Deadly Drug War Policy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mexican-peace-caravan-call-for-end-to-deadly-drug-war-policy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mexican-peace-caravan-call-for-end-to-deadly-drug-war-policy#When:15:35:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A caravan of Mexican anti-violence protesters arrived in the United States over the weekend calling for]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-15T15:35:20+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Military and Civilian Challenges in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/military-and-civilian-challenges-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/military-and-civilian-challenges-in-afghanistan#When:15:40:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As America's longest war completes its tenth year, President Obama has promised a troop withdrawal ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-09T15:40:32+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Border Seen as Unlikely Terrorist Crossing Point]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/border-seen-as-unlikely-terrorist-crossing-point</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/border-seen-as-unlikely-terrorist-crossing-point#When:12:31:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It's politically motivated," Barry said, "playing on that sense of fear that certain people are]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-07T12:31:46+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Bring Back Black Money, End Tax Havens. But How?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bring-back-black-money-end-tax-havens.-but-how</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bring-back-black-money-end-tax-havens.-but-how#When:12:27:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[According to Raymond Baker of Global Financial Integrity, 'Thousands of companies]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Asia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-07T12:27:12+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[House Dems Push for Big Shift in Colombia Aid]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/house-dems-push-for-big-shift-in-colombia-aid</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/house-dems-push-for-big-shift-in-colombia-aid#When:11:57:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Adam Isacson, who tracks Colombia aid at the Center for International Policy in Washington, called the proposed aid package "a very significant change in direction."
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-07T11:57:18+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Pakistanis protest &#8216;Playstation&#8217; project]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pakistanis-protest-playstation-project</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pakistanis-protest-playstation-project#When:12:33:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“There is a big concern that the use of those drones by the US government has more to do]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-06T12:33:40+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Experts meet to seek changes in Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/experts-meet-to-seek-changes-in-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/experts-meet-to-seek-changes-in-cuba#When:12:42:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The United States and Cuba share a common challenge.  Both have black minority populations and]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-03T12:42:08+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Anger as US arms dealer takes over running of Scottish nuclear bomb base]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/anger-as-us-arms-dealer-takes-over-running-of-scottish-nuclear-bomb-base</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/anger-as-us-arms-dealer-takes-over-running-of-scottish-nuclear-bomb-base#When:12:34:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“This is particularly true in the case of Lockheed Martin,” he told the Sunday Herald.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Europe & Russia, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-03T12:34:44+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Policy on the Edge]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/policy-edge</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/policy-edge#When:17:11:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-01T17:11:07+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[How US Sanctions in Sudan Will Work]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/how-us-sanctions-in-sudan-will-work</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/how-us-sanctions-in-sudan-will-work#When:12:05:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It is potentially a very strong tool," says Raymond Baker of the Center for International Policy in Washington. "An awful lot of foreign institutions will look at that list and say, well, we don't want to take the chance that we will end up violating US law."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Africa, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-30T12:05:53+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Younger Castro Brother Turns 80 in Aging Regime]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/younger-castro-brother-turns-80-in-aging-regime</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/younger-castro-brother-turns-80-in-aging-regime#When:12:46:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["When we left in 1961, I expected to be back shortly. Here we are more than 50 years after]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-29T12:46:17+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Border Security: Based on &#8216;Dreams, Hopes and Fantasy&#8217; Says New Report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/border-security-based-on-dreams-hopes-and-fantasy-says-new-report</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/border-security-based-on-dreams-hopes-and-fantasy-says-new-report#When:14:57:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, followed by a push for immigration reform, the government jumped to secure ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-18T14:57:52+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[What about Afghanistan?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/what-about-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/what-about-afghanistan#When:12:53:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[This insurgency, as Matthew Hoh points out, "is composed of multiple, seemingly, infinite groups,"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-18T12:53:25+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh on Changing Course in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/matthew-hoh-on-changing-course-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/matthew-hoh-on-changing-course-in-afghanistan#When:15:47:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Late last week I had a chance to sit down for a talk with Matthew Hoh. You might remember his name from ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-16T15:47:16+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Glenn Hurowitz on PBS]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/glen-hurowitz-on-pbs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/glen-hurowitz-on-pbs#When:17:57:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Gwen Ifill discusses what Mr. Obama has and hasn't done with The Center for International Policy's Glenn Hurowitz.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Advocacy, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-10T17:57:18+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[How Will Bin Laden&#8217;s Death Affect the U.S. War in Afghanistan?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/how-will-bin-ladens-death-affect-us-war-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/how-will-bin-ladens-death-affect-us-war-in-afghanistan#When:16:19:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The nation and world were caught by surprise on May 1, when President Obama unexpectedly appeared 
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-04T16:19:37+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Is CIA&#8217;s &#8216;triumph&#8217; a turning point for maligned agency?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/is-cias-triumph-a-turning-point-for-maligned-agency</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/is-cias-triumph-a-turning-point-for-maligned-agency#When:13:16:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["That's the origin of the disaster (with al-Qaida),'' says Melvin Goodman, a former CIA analyst and]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-04T13:16:05+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    
    </channel>
</rss>
