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Cecille Isidro — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:37:00 -0400

... according to the deficit hawks at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, generating "significant savings" in the second 10-year period. ... and more »

Michael Calabrese in Scripps News | 'Devices May Boost Rural Internet'

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:18:00 -0500

"It was a tremendous waste of the very best airwaves," said Michael Calabrese, director of the New America Foundation's Wireless Future Program. LINK

U.S.-Cuba Policy Initiative in Scripps News | 'October Surprise?'

Communications — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:39:00 -0400

Could there be an October surprise headed our way from the Caribbean? That's what some Cuba watchers are warning.

After being pummeled by four hurricanes, Cuba is a wreck, with 500,000 homes damaged, 200,000 people homeless and 30 percent of all crops ruined. Schools and hospitals are out of commission, the electrical grid is damaged and food is scarce.

What better time for another boat exodus from the communist island?

That's the thinking of Lawrence Wilkerson, who was chief of staff for Colin Powell when he was secretary of state. Wilkerson now is chairman of the U.S.-Cuba Policy Initiative at the New America Foundation. LINK