DISCURSO INAUGURAL DE BOEHNER

AMERICAS: Boehner Pushes Budget Cuts In his inaugural address, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) promised to cut spending and shrink the size of the U.S. government. The remarks come ahead of a critical vote on the national debt ceiling (FT) and looming threats of a government shutdown. The new Congress, featuring a GOP-controlled House and a Democratic-led Senate, is likely to be dominated by partisan squabbles over debts and deficits, sidelining foreign policy, says CFR's James Lindsay. Follow Lindsay's blog, "The Water's Edge,"which looks at the intersection of domestic politics and foreign policy.