April 28, 2009 5:07PM 

# New at Cato 

By Brandon Arnold 

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Here are a few highlights from [*Cato Today*](https://www.cato.org/ecommunity/index.php), a daily email from the Cato Institute.

- Dan Ikenson and Scott Lincicome argue in [a new study](http://www.freetrade.org/node/941) that restoring the pro-trade consensus must be a top priority for the Obama administration.

- In the *[DC Examiner](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10153)*, Gene Healy discusses Obama’s first 100 days and argues that he’s massively expanded the power of government in a short period of time.

- In the [*Asia Times* Online](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10154), David Isenberg discusses private security contractors in the war in Iraq.

- [Watch](https://www.cato.org/mediahighlights/index.php?highlight_id=475) Patrick J. Michaels discuss energy on CNBC.

- In Tuesday’s[ Cato Daily Podcast](https://www.cato.org/dailypodcast/podcast-archive.php?podcast_id=885), Peter Van Doren discusses the interaction between Congress and regulators on the issue of food safety.

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