What Effect Will Cuts to UN Peacekeeping Have?

One of the foreign policy goals of United States President Donald Trump's administration has been to reform United Nations peacekeeping. 川普总统领导下的美国政府的外交政策目标之一是对联合国的维和行动进行改革。 The

Anti-Hunger Advocates Fast to Protest US Budget Cuts

Leading anti-hunger advocates are fasting to protest U.S. budget-cutting proposals that could threaten some of the world's most vulnerable people. The budget passed by the House of Representatives includes deep cuts to programs aimed at alleviating h

VOA慢速英语2011--US Congressional Committee Fails to Identify Budget Cuts

Economics Report - US Congressional Committee Fails to Identify Budget Cuts This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. An American congressional committee reported failure earlier this week. The committee failed in its effort to cut the federa

VOA标准英语2010年-Britain Makes Huge Cuts to Avert Debt

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne holds his Budget Box as he poses for the media outside his official residence at 11 Downing Street in central London, 22 Jun 2010 Britain's new coalition government has passed an emergency budget a

Uganda AIDS Programs at Risk from Proposed US Budget Cuts

Uganda was one of the first sub-Saharan African countries to address the HIV/AIDS crisis early on. Over the years, it's come to rely heavily on U.S. support for its prevention and treatment programs. But Congress is considering cutting hundreds of mi

VOA标准英语2013--Washington Tourism Up, Despite Sequester Budget Cuts

Washington Tourism Up, Despite Sequester Budget Cuts The number of visitors coming to the National Air and Space Museum has actually increased since the sequester took effect. The budget for the Smithsonian Institution museums that line the National

VOA标准英语2013--Senior Citizens Express Anxiety About US Budget Cuts

Senior Citizens Express Anxiety About US Budget Cuts The volunteers and staff at Meals on Wheels in Takoma Park, Maryland feed two meals a day to between 30 to 40 home-bound senior citizens and disabled clients. Many of the volunteers are seniors the

VOA标准英语2009-Obama Proposes $17 Billion in Budget Cuts

U.S. President Barack Obama is proposing modest cuts in government spending to help offset major investments in health-care, education and energy initiatives. President Obama and Budget Director Peter Orszag (l), 07 May 2009 The president says all t

VOA标准英语2012--Pentagon Prepares for Deep Budget Cuts

Pentagon Prepares for Deep Budget Cuts The cuts are set to be massive, $50 billion a year for 10 years, and so are the consequences. That's the warning from officials including the nation's top military officer, General Martin Dempsey. We can't yet s

VOA标准英语2013--Conservatives See Victory in Budget Cuts

Conservatives See Victory in Budget Cuts Earlier this week, Obama was back in campaign mode at a shipyard in Virginia, warning about the dangers of the mandatory budget cuts. So these cuts are wrong. They are not smart. They are not fair. They are a

VOA标准英语2013--Budget Cuts Hit US Foreign Aid Programs

Budget Cuts Hit US Foreign Aid Programs Mandatory federal cuts Like other federal agencies, the U. S. Agency for International Development has to cut its budget as a result of sequestration. The four-percent USAID must cut will reduce its foreign ass

VOA标准英语2013--New Budget Cuts Cost of Living Adjustments for US Retirement Fund

New Budget Cuts Cost of Living Adjustments for US Retirement Fund About 58 million Americans receive social security benefits. Many live day-to-day on fixed incomes. Everything is going up. It's rising and there is not much you can do about it, Denni

美国国家公共电台 NPR White House Proposes Deep Cuts To Safety Nets With 'Taxpayer First' Budget Plan

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Trump administration has been dogged by controversy for the past few weeks, but now, even as the president is traveling overseas, his administration is proceeding with the business of government. It's presenting the 2018 budg

Roadblocks to US Budget Deal Persist

The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, John Boehner, says he stands ready to cut a budget deal with President Barack Obama - so long as no taxes are raised, leaving deep spending cuts as the sole vehicle to trim Americas massive $1.5-trill

Obama seeks greater cooperation with allies in face of budget crisis

BEIJING/WASHINGTON, March 2 (Xinhua) -- As Jacob Lew was sworn into office as the new U.S. Treasury Secretary on Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama has so far put in place three key positions in his second-term cabinet. However, what greeted Lew,

英闻天下——348 US Gov't Spending Cuts Loom This Friday

From tomorrow the U.S-government is going to be forced to begin slashing some 85-billion dollars from its federal budget, if a deal to avoid the sequestration can't be found. US-President Barack Obama has been making a series of public appearances, w

U.S. federal budget deficit swells amid fiscal uncertainties

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. federal government registered a budget deficit of about 69.6 billion U.S. dollars in July, bringing the total budget gap for the first 10 months of this fiscal year near the 1-trillion-dollar mark. The aggrega

US Lawmakers Reach Budget Agreement

U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican lawmakers reached a last-minute budget agreement late Friday, averting a potential government shutdown. Less than two hours before the deadline, Democrats and Republicans（共和党） agreed, in principle,

US Congress Decides 2011 Federal Budget

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a spending bill to fund the federal government through September. The last-minute agreement was reached nearly a week ago after intense negotiations between the White House and Congress, slashing $38.5 bil

英闻天下——302 Spending Cuts Would Undermine US Diplomacy

US Secretary of State John Kerry has joined a chorus of other Obama cabinet ministers in warning of the impending budget cuts, which are set to kick in this coming month. Kerry says the looming sequestration will undermine U.S. diplomacy. I'm particu