Budget Cuts: Congress Puts Institute of Peace on the Chopping Block
The Institute of Peace, created under Reagan, has a relatively small $40 million budget, but its gorgeous new headquarters may have drawn the ire of congressional budget cutters. Eleanor Clift on its unlikely would-be rescuers—military brass.
Anthony Weiner (top) and Jason Chaffetz (second from top) both oppose funding for the Institute of Peace (left), while David Petraeus (second from bottom) and John McCain (bottom) are supporters. (Photo: Courtesy of Moshe Safdie; Landov; AP Photo (3)