Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has been the Senate's leading champion for more transparency in international federal spending. The issue is becoming critical as U.S. government expenditures on the War on Terror and on global health increase. At this event, Senator Coburn will offer three case studies: the U.S. Agency for...

Since September 11, 2001, Americans have begun to face up to the growing problem of anti-Americanism throughout the Arab and Muslim world. Polls consistently indicate high levels of hostility to the United States, and the problem has only intensified since the Iraq war began. One answer to the problem has...

Will Congress find a way to put off the confrontation another month or so until the debt ceiling is reached and use their leverage there for a higher-stakes confrontation?

The House Republican Study Committee presents four ineffective ideas for the budget and cuts.

United States broadcasting has been thriving and producing more "journalism with a purpose."

The author comments on the role ofpublicdiplomacyand introduces a conference on U.S. government broadcasting in the Middle East.

America's foreign aid programs must be accountable to taxpayers, and transparency makes it happen.

Congress needs to consider the balance between the public interest obligations andtheneed to adjustbroadcaster standardsto the digital age where the real model will be multiple channels.