Foreign Policy In Focus/IPS March 20, 2009,
by Emily Schwartz Greco, Stephen Zunes [source]
Hopes that a Democratic administration with an expanded Democratic congressional majority might lead to a more ethical, rational, and progressive foreign policy were challenged with last week’s passage of the 2009 omnibus budget bill, which included many troubling provisions regarding the State Department and related diplomatic functions. http://www.fpif.org/articles/the_budgets_foreign_policy_handcuffs