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12. Foreign Policy and Homeland Security

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Suggested Web Sites

www.9-11commission.gov/. National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States (9/11 Commission),"Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States."

www.brookings.edu. Brookings Institution. Select Research Topics and follow the link to Defense for studies on defense strategy, homeland security, military organization and management, and military technology issues.

http://www.dhs.gov/index.shtm. U.S. Department of Homeland Security portal, with links to major issues such as immigration and borders, emergencies and disasters, security threats and protection, travel and transportation.

www.csis.org/. Center for Strategic and International Studies, a major independent research organization that studies defense and security policy, international affairs, and world trends.

www.cia.gov. The Central Intelligence Agency home page, with information about the agency, its history, its organization, its activities, and a variety of agency publications.

www.defenselink.mil/. U.S. Department of Defense home page, with links to the war on terror, military news, U.S. military forces and capabilities, a variety of fact sheets on the military and the Pentagon, and to each of the military services and other defense-related agencies.

www.fbi.gov/. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Select the link Counterterrorism for detailed information about FBI programs related to homeland security.

www.rand.org. The RAND Corporation, an independent policy analysis organization that has long studied military and national security threats. Does extensive and high-quality work on terrorism, international affairs, defense, and science and technology issues.

www.state.gov/. U.S. Department of State home page, with links to a variety of international issues, the department's bureaus and offices, press and public affairs, travel and living abroad, countries and regions, and more.

www.un.org/english/. United Nations portal, with exhaustive links to UN programs and activities, from the establishment of Millennium Development Goals to end world poverty to actions of the World Health Organization in combating disease and promoting public health in developing nations.

www.worldpublicopinion.org/. A new Web site sponsored by the Program on International Policy Attitudes, located at the University of Maryland, that provides information and analysis of public opinion on international issues.

www.un.org/. United Nations Web site.