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The New America Foundation policy institute says that of 283 reported strikes from 2004 to Nov 16, 2011, between 1717 and 2680 people were killed. Between 293 and 471 were thought to be civilians -- approximately 17 percent of those killed. ...

“The United States is on a perilous debt course, and today's announcement does nothing to alter it,” said Maya MacGuineas, head of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget think tank. In the coming weeks, Democrats will scramble to extend ...

In 2010, that number jumped to 118, followed by 68 this year, according to the New America Foundation. The think tank's statistics raise doubts about the success of the drones. It estimates as many as 471 civilians were killed by drone strikes in ...

... Daniel Levy, a former Israeli peace negotiator under Prime Minister Ehud Barak who is now at the New American Foundation think tank in Washington, said, "The Palestinian strategy right now is hurting America more than it's hurting Israel." ...

Maya MacGuineas, head of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said while cutting taxes as part of comprehensive reforms can help the economy grow, as Republicans argue, that does not mean tax cuts pay for themselves. ...

The New America Foundation think tank estimates at least 325 militants were killed in US drone strikes in Pakistan this year. Pakistani leaders say drone strikes inflame widespread anti-American sentiment in Pakistan and play into the hands of ...

Daniel Levy, a New America Foundation analyst, said hopes for a substantive preparatory meeting had died with Netanyahu's prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip and is the main political rival to Abbas' Fatah that exercises ...

Afshin Molavi, a senior research fellow at the New America Foundation in Washington, said neither Asia nor the Gulf had effectively promoted integration through social, cultural and religious links. Elites in both regions typically send their children ...

The report, from the nonpartisan New America Foundation and co-authored by Laura D'Andrea Tyson, an economic adviser to President Bill Clinton, is the latest in a series of analyses judging the pros and cons of the corporate tax break. ...

"I wouldn't rule out the preparatory meetings," said Daniel Levy, an adviser to former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak who is now at the New America Foundation in Washington. "I do not see any real productivity coming from negotiations."