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The United States and its allies have accused Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons under the cover of a civilian nuclear program. Iran has denied the U.S. charges and insists that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only. (Xinhuanet, China)
N. Korea Rejects Request for Nuclear Sampling Nov 13, 2008
North Korea has agreed to give up its nuclear weapons but has bickered with the U.S. over verification, with Washington insisting on strict measures to ensure Pyongyang is not hiding any active atomic programs. South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan said Thursday that the North's latest refusal could be a ploy to secure more aid for the deeply impoverished country. (Time.com)
Mystery of lost US nuclear bomb Nov 12, 2008
Greenland is a self-governing province of Denmark but the carrying of nuclear weapons over Danish territory was kept secret ... The high explosives surrounding the four nuclear weapons had detonated but without setting off the actual nuclear devices, which had not been armed by the crew ... One was William H Chambers, a former nuclear weapons designer at the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory who once ran a team dealing with accidents, including the Thule crash. (BBC News)
North Korea to close land border Nov 12, 2008
Relations between the Koreas have become increasingly strained since February when conservative President Lee Myung-bak took office in Seoul, pledging to get tough with Pyongyang over its nuclear weapons programme. Last month North Korea threatened to reduce the South to rubble unless it stopped activists sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets attached to balloons into the communist state. (BBC News)
India reels over Obama's silence Nov 12, 2008
But now it transpires, following "leaks" from Washington, that as early as September 23, Obama had written to Manmohan that his administration would regard the deal with India as a "central element" of the US's nuclear weapons policy ... Obama added he would also pursue negotiations on a "verifiable, multilateral treaty" to end production of fissile material for nuclear weapons ... It was apprehensive that the letter challenges the official contention that the deal accords recognition to India... (Asia Times Online)
Ahmadinejad Shuts Down Paper After Obama Cover Nov 12, 2008
In his first news conference since last week's election, Obama declined to say Friday what proposals he might pursue in connection with Iran, but called the country's alleged efforts to develop nuclear weapons unacceptable. "We have to mount an international effort to prevent that from happening," Obama said. (Fox News)
Schwarzenegger Tours Calif. Superlaser System Nov 12, 2008
The governor went to the Lawrence Livermore nuclear weapons lab in Northern California on Monday and examined its $3 ... The National Ignition Facility will simulate the pressures and heat of a nuclear explosion, meaning scientists can study the performance and readiness of nuclear weapons without detonating a nuclear device. (Fox News)
Complicated reaction in Iran to letter to Obama Nov 12, 2008
But he also said Iran's "support for terrorist organizations has to ease" and its suspected development of nuclear weapons is not acceptable. On Saturday, reformist politicians offered praise for Ahmadinejad's outreach. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
A computer 55,000 times faster than your PC Nov 12, 2008
Only one other supercomputer is faster, and it's devoted to classified research on nuclear weapons at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Obama has free hand at Defense Nov 12, 2008
In a recent speech on why the US should retain nuclear weapons, Gates said: As long as other states have or seek nuclear weapons - and can potentially threaten us, our allies and friends - then we must have a deterrent capacity that makes it clear that challenging the US in the nuclear arena - or with other weapons of mass destruction - could result in an overwhelming, catastrophic response ... It s time to send a clear message to the world: America seeks a world with no nuclear weapons, the... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Analysis: For Obama, what to do about Iran nukes Nov 12, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama says Iranian efforts to develop nuclear weapons are unacceptable ... Anthony H. Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington said in a report this month that Iran now has a technology base to make nuclear weapons, limited only by its current level of uranium enrichment ... David Albright, a former U.N. arms inspector who heads the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security, says Iran has improved its centrifuges... (International Herald Tribune)
LETTERS: NCT, Nov. 11, 2008 Nov 12, 2008
"WRONG.The whole point of CHOICE is that the WOMAN is the one who gets to decide medical choices about the most private part of HER OWN BODY.Choices may include: pregnancy to term and keeping a baby, pregnancy to term and adopting the baby out, or choosing not to continue a pregnancy to term.Don't you remember all the criticism Obama took for the statement that for him to supersede the woman about choices regarding her own body is "above his pay grade"?Obama was 100% right.And get over the... (North County Times)
When it comes to Obama, world leaders are champing at the bit Nov 12, 2008
One of his questions is sure to be about Russian intentions: Will Moscow do anything to halt Iran's drive toward nuclear weapons. Conversations with Chinese, Indian and Japanese leaders are possible. (International Herald Tribune)
REPORT: Obama to focus on bin Laden capture Nov 12, 2008
President George W. Bush has made talks between the United States and Iran contingent upon the Islamic republic stopping its uranium enrichment program that the Bush administration believes is intended for nuclear weapons. Iran maintains its enrichment program is solely for the generation of energy. (USA Today)
Was the U.S. Right About Syria Nukes? Nov 12, 2008
Diplomats at the IAEA say the Syrian government, which denies that it was trying to build nuclear weapons, has balked at the agency's requests for wider inspections. The findings at the Syrian site have yet to be declared in any official IAEA documentation, but whatever the conclusion of the IAEA's investigation, the deepening suspicions toward the Assad regime are coming at an increasingly complicated moment in relations between Damascus and Washington. (Time.com)
Syrian site yields uranium, envoys say Nov 11, 2008
Iran says it is refining uranium only for electricity, not nuclear weapons as Western leaders suspect. ElBaradei's Syria report, as well as his latest one on Iran, are expected to be issued next week. (Boston Globe)
Schwarzenegger sees a gleaming fusion future Nov 11, 2008
There, he rendezvoused with Shultz, and they received a classified briefing by Laboratory Director George Miller on lab operations, which includes research aimed at preserving the safety and security of the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile ... The laser facility, which is jointly financed by the U.S. Department of Energy and private industry, has three principal research missions: to support the nuclear weapons stockpile, explore the origins of the universe, and help pave the way for the... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Ahmadinejad's letter to Obama sparks storm in Iran... Nov 11, 2008
But he also said that Iranian "support for terrorist organizations has to ease" and that its suspected development of nuclear weapons was not acceptable. On Saturday, opposition politicians offered praise for Ahmadinejad's outreach. (The Drudge Report)
Russian nuclear death sub 'was due for delivery to India' Nov 11, 2008
All countries should stop wasting so much of money on nuclear weapons, this money should go towards basic necessities of life such as food, shelter, education & health care needs of people in their respective countries ... All countries on this earth must stop spending so much of money on Nuclear weapons. (Times Online)
Dull particles make good detectives Nov 11, 2008 Spy agency rejects Kim Jong-il's stroke report Nov 11, 2008 Letters to the Editor Nov 11, 2008 Obama Is Catching Five Lucky Breaks on Foreign Policy Nov 11, 2008 * Science can solve many of the worlds woes X and create more Nov 10, 2008 US nuclear chief forced to quit Nov 10, 2008 After Breaches, Head of U.S. Nuclear Program Is Ousted Nov 10, 2008 Climate 'would reel from A-bombs' Nov 10, 2008 Work at SRS secures its survivals Nov 9, 2008 Did Oregon’s biggest river save the world? Nov 9, 2008 Iran slams Obama's tough language on nuclear arms Nov 9, 2008 Aussies uneasy about uranium exports Nov 9, 2008 Obama's remarks on Iran nuclear issue come under fire Nov 9, 2008 foreign policy goals will face a reality check Nov 8, 2008 My vision for America: Speeches by Barack Obama Nov 8, 2008 A smarter North Korea policy Nov 8, 2008 Obama to tackle crisis Nov 8, 2008 The economy and the dog- Obama's ready to act Nov 8, 2008 What India wants from Barack Obama Nov 8, 2008 Edit: Agenda for Obama Nov 8, 2008 Bush Seeks Breakthrough With Moscow Nov 7, 2008 UT to look at nuclear technology Nov 7, 2008 I-Team: The Road Warriors Nov 7, 2008 An Obama foreign policy will be a change in style, not substance Nov 7, 2008 Palestinians, Israelis see Obama differently Nov 7, 2008 Solana proposes more talks on Iran's nuclear issue Nov 7, 2008 Are we on the verge of an unprecedented shift of power? Nov 7, 2008 * What Obama means to US global leadership Nov 6, 2008 LETTERS: NCT, Nov. 5, 2008 Nov 6, 2008 Measuring 'Inaudible' Sounds To Detect Illegal Nuclear Tests, And Analyze Atmosphere Nov 6, 2008 Miraculous March To The White House Nov 6, 2008 Pair of wars will present early test for Obama Nov 6, 2008 Analysis: Great presidents born from bad times Nov 6, 2008 Obama Faces Dangerous Crises From Day 1 Nov 6, 2008 Business as usual with China Nov 5, 2008 Watchdog warns on Trident timing Nov 5, 2008 Iran warns US not to violate Iranian airspace Nov 5, 2008 Tell us: How do you feel at the moment? Nov 5, 2008 Obama's promises, vision to collide with reality Nov 5, 2008 For many abroad, an ideal renewed Nov 5, 2008 Adoring messages cross the Atlantic Nov 5, 2008 Putin, Medvedev Should Talk to Obama, Not Test Him, Russian Officials Say Nov 5, 2008 A President Obama Scares Me Nov 5, 2008 Iran's Parliament Ousts Ahmadinejad Ally Nov 5, 2008 a bigger margin Nov 4, 2008 Matt Reed: Last polite race turns ugly this weekend Nov 4, 2008 Palin last 'culture warrior' Nov 4, 2008 Whispers of war Nov 4, 2008 Global interest in U.S. election reaches a crescendo Nov 4, 2008 Obama's Defense Cuts Breathtakingly Naive Nov 4, 2008 Senator McCain recently compared Nov 3, 2008 Keeping tabs on nuclear material Nov 3, 2008 Israel debates strike on Iran to cripple its nuclear capabilities Nov 2, 2008 What would Jesus do? Nov 2, 2008 Surrounded by socialists Nov 2, 2008 Confident Obama: 'I think we're winning right now so maybe I'm doing something right'... Nov 1, 2008 Gadhafi Visits Moscow for Energy, Military Talks Nov 1, 2008 WEB EXCLUSIVE: 2008 ELECTIONRepublican Potter challenges incumbent Democrat Sutton Nov 1, 2008 US nuclear chief forced to quit Nov 1, 2008 After Breaches, Head of U.S. Nuclear Program Is Ousted Nov 1, 2008 Climate 'would reel from A-bombs' Nov 1, 2008 Attention: Next U.S. president Oct 31, 2008 IAEA misses the mark on Iran Oct 31, 2008 Top Ten Reasons to Vote for McCain/Palin Oct 31, 2008 James Carroll: Our future with Russia Oct 31, 2008
Seventy-five years later, we know that Chadwick's "neutral" particles have underpinned some of the most potent and controversial inventions of the 20th Century, including nuclear weapons. But it turns out that neutrons are also the ideal tools for mapping the inner architecture of molecules. (BBC News -- Science)
Flawed system Nov 11, 2008
The anti-nuclear movement activists called for a world that is free from nuclear weapons. Related story. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
U.S. and South Korean officials have said Kim suffered a stroke in August, raising questions about succession in Asia's only communist dynasty and about who was making decisions concerning its nuclear weapons program. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, who last month said Kim was on the mend and in control, told a leading local daily the North Korean leader had not lost his grip on the country. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
North Korea is using the possibility that it has plutonium and nuclear weapons as leverage. Its leadership wants admittance to the community of nations. (Yahoo News)
He should reiterate Bush's point (whether or not it's entirely true) that the batteries in Eastern Europe were designed to shoot down Iran's missiles, not Russia's, and if he's going to let down our guard on that front, Russia has to help him keep Iran from building nuclear weapons in the first placein other words, Russia has to stop assisting the Iranian nuclear program and join the sanctions initiated by the United States, the European Union, and the U.N. Security Council. If this trade can... (Slate)
We are confronted by proliferation of nuclear weapons (by, say, North Korea and Iran). Al-Qaeda-style terrorists might willingly detonate a nuclear weapon in a city center, killing tens of thousands. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
US nuclear weapons agency chief Linton Brooks has been made to resign following a number of security breaches at Los Alamos Laboratory ... The NNSA is in charge of maintaining the country's nuclear weapons stockpile and reducing the threat posed by WMDs ... The agency was created in 2000 after an espionage scandal at Los Alamos, site of US nuclear weapons research. (Yahoo News -- Nuclear Weapons)
Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman has fired the head of the nation's nuclear weapons program, Linton F. Brooks, because of security breaches last year at weapons facilities, including Los Alamos National Laboratory ... a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said in a written statement yesterday he was "afraid that it will take more than a new boss to fix the problems, which are far more systemic and pervasive in nature." He added that "the new Democratic Congress will... (Yahoo News -- Nuclear Weapons)
The researchers said current concern about emerging nations acquiring nuclear weapons and the threat of terrorist attacks merited a return to the subject ... "We're on a trend of a build-up of nuclear weapons. In a couple of decades, there could be 20, 30, 40 nuclear states all as dangerous as the Soviet Union used to be.". (Yahoo News -- Nuclear Weapons)
SRS' tritium facilities are mostly newer projects that are already modernized for today's nuclear weapons programs ... "A lot of things we do as far as nuclear weapons can be applied, in an unclassified way, to solving energy problems -- in particular, hydrogen storage." ... According to the Energy Department, the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile has been reduced by 50 percent since 2001, making it the smallest since the Eisenhower administration. (The Augusta Chronicle)
And it s no coincidence that Hanford, where the bombs used in Hiroshima and Nagasaki were built, is situated on the Columbia River near the dams nuclear weapons research and production requires enormous amounts of electricity. Perhaps these needs would have been sated without the two job-creation projects on the Columbia. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
The criticism from Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani followed Obama's comment Friday that it is "unacceptable" for Iran to develop nuclear weapons and there should be a concerted international effort to prevent it. "Obama can understand that strategic changes in (American) policy are required, not just cosmetic changes," Larijani told state television. (International Herald Tribune)
Almost two-thirds of Australians oppose exporting uranium to countries with nuclear weapons, a survey has found. The survey of 1,200 people, conducted by Newspoll for the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), showed 62 per cent were against exporting yellow cake to nations with nuclear weapons, with 31 per cent in favour. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
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Obama needs Europe's backing to stabilize Afghanistan, combat terrorism and impede the spread of nuclear weapons. He needs firmer ties with China to shore up U.S. interests in volatile South Asia and slow global warming. (Los Angeles Times)
And when I am president, we will put an end to a politics that uses 9/11 as a way to scare up votes, and start seeing it as a challenge that should unite America and the world against the common threats of the 21st century: terrorism and nuclear weapons; climate change and poverty; genocide and disease. We can do this. (Independent)
The North never disassociated security and political leverage with nuclear weapons elimination as did South Africa, Ukraine, Belarus, and Libya ... Then there remains one line the US cannot allow Pyongyang to cross: the exporting of nuclear weapons, weapons material, or technology ... Washington must tell North Korea clearly that if it contributes any nuclear item that results in a nuclear weapons incident, the US will take steps to ensure the regime's prompt demise. (Yahoo News)
However he said that Iran's development of nuclear weapons was "unacceptable" and the Islamic Republic must end its "support of terrorist organisations.". Obama said during his campaign that he would explore the possibility of direct talks with US foes like Iran, North Korea and Cuba as president. (iAfrica.com)
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Jitendra JoshiNovember 9, 2008. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
"Obama says he will sustain the relationship with India. His administration will likely be dominated by people who view the relationship with China as the most important US relationship in Asia, and by individuals who have difficulty accepting either the legitimacy or the reality of India's nuclear weapons.". From all accounts, Obama starts out with the right ideas, of taking forward the India-US relationship. (India Times, India)
Americas blood feud with Iran has festered under Bush, but a grand rapprochement with that country could wean it from the path of developing nuclear weapons. Russia has responded to the US proposal of stationing a missile defence system in Eastern Europe by saying it will place short-range nuclear missiles on its borders targeting East Europe. (India Times, India)
He hopes to discuss the proposal on further reductions in the two countries' nuclear weapons capabilities with his Russian counterpart in the negotiations. Those talks should be in about two weeks, probably in Moscow, Rood said. (CBS News)
UT gets grant to explore elimination of nuclear weapons testing - Austin Business Journal ... UT gets grant to explore elimination of nuclear weapons testing ... The U.S. Department of Energy awarded $511,000 to engineers at the University of Texas at Austin as part of an effort to eliminate the testing of nuclear weapons. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
The badge was from the NNSA, the National Nuclear Security Agency, the branch of the Department of Energy responsible for nuclear weapons ... What we stumbled upon was the OST, Office of Secure Transportation, the special unit created to transport nuclear weapons and weapons-grade material. (KLAS-TV.com, NV)
But he also says he would do anything in his power to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, including (he has as much as said) ordering a military strike as a last resort. No option is excluded. (Globe and Mail)
Iran won't be afraid to develop nuclear weapons, Hezbollah won't be afraid to attack Israel and Hamas will be the same. " In that event, he said, "I worry that pro-Western Arab leaders won't feel they're getting the support they need from Washington and that, then, they'll try to appease Iran. (Globe and Mail -- International)
The U.S. and some of its allies accuse Iran of seeking to build nuclear weapons. Iran has denied the charges. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
" Those who wish to harm us, despise our country, way of life, our quality of life! I foresee Obama pulling us out of Iraq which is fine, pulling us out of Afghanistan, letting the drug countries flourish. I See Obama doing Nothing to prevent IRAN and N. Korea from using Nuclear weapons. I see Obama not standing up to Russia or China! The Democratic Party is a "Pacifist" Party and we saw that in the 60's era! No Obama will ensure we NEVER use our military and most likely will reduce our military... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
One set of answers might seem apparent from the collapse of international trade negotiations and the unraveling international system to control the spread of nuclear weapons. Things can certainly get grim. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
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18, 2008) Newly published data from the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, the Soviet Union's primary nuclear weapons testing ground during the Cold War, can help today's atomic detectives fine-tune their. (Mar. (Science Daily)
Given the credit crisis and resulting recession, as well as the determination of Iran's terrorist-supporting mullahs to develop nuclear weapons, he must pursue prudent approaches that will foster a quick economic recovery and should be determinedly decisive with Iran instead of dithering, as the current administration has been. One area in which the president-elect can do immediate, immeasurable good is to vigorously declare for a strong and stable dollar. (Forbes)
Mr. Obama will get two, plus an avowed enemy Iran apparently determined to acquire nuclear weapons. Mr. Obama has pledged that won't happen. (Globe and Mail)
With the world s climate heating, its financial system freezing, two wars, expanding markets in nuclear weapons and nonstate terrorism, and a general loss of confidence in our government to make wise choices and deliver on them, the coming transition is fraught with opportunities. Additional surprises will almost certainly arise, from natural disasters to the collapse of allied governments to spreading conflict. (Yahoo News)
"It means Pakistan falling and nuclear weapons getting into the hands of an Islamist government and the widening of the regional conflict and Afghanistan reverting to a playground for al-Qaida.". He urged Obama to convene an international peace conference with players like Iran and China. (Newsmax)
Beijing and Washington have since developed, and continue to maintain, close cooperation on issues ranging from combating terrorism to North Korea's nuclear weapons program. In addition, the two countries have also sought to manage disputes that once irritated bilateral relations, with various degrees of success. (Asia Times Online)
Critical decisions must be taken urgently on replacing Britain's nuclear weapons system if it is to be ready in time, says the National Audit Office. The spending watchdog warned of a "challenging timetable" if the new submarines are to be ready before the old Vanguard class are retired in 2024. (BBC News -- UK)
The United States also accuses Iran of seeking to build nuclear weapons, prompting its push to isolate the Islamic Republic with more U.S. and U.N. sanctions. Iran, the world's fourth largest oil producer, says it wants atomic technology to make electricity and save its oil and gas for export. (Reuters)
When the depression strikes, when the terrorists vaporize cities with stolen nuclear weapons, when our malls are bombed, our health is threatened and our planes are grounded, look in the mirror and ask yourself if you are still proud to have voted in a man who is no more than a dictionary that walks upright, has no moral courage, will steal from you and your children AND your grandchildren. We are in serious, serious trouble, my fellow citizens. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
He vowed to "renew the tough, direct diplomacy that can prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and curb Russian aggression." ... He vowed to "renew the tough, direct diplomacy that can prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and curb Russian aggression.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Israelis worry that he will talk to Iran rather than stop it from developing nuclear weapons; Georgians worry that he will not grasp how to handle Russia. An Obama presidency, they say, risks appeasement. (International Herald Tribune)
Aloud, he fantasised about a "world without nuclear weapons", said no to torture and elicited the longest and loudest cheers and applause when he pledged to lead the globe in its battle against climate change. But those were the words of an election campaign and it would be naive to imagine that, as president, Senator Obama will not also insist on a series of foreign policy decisions Europe may not like. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Obama has identified nuclear weapons as an area where the two countries can work together. Medvedev said in October that he places ``extraordinary significance'' on signing a new agreement on nuclear weapons. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
With his known discomfort with American exceptionalism, his naive mindset about good and evil in the world, his reckless underestimation of threats to America, his stated intention to disarm our nuclear weapons unilaterally, his open-borders extremism, his willingness to relax our intelligence monitoring, and his misguided concern for terrorists' rights, how can America be as secure under his watch. With his sordid background in "community organizing" and his symbiotic relationship with an... (Newsmax)
Under Ahmadinejad, Iran has suffered international isolation, skyrocketing prices and threats, from the U.S. and Israel, of military strikes to halt Iran's nuclear program, which the West fears masks a nuclear weapons project. Iran denies the charge. (Newsmax)
Well, the final day before the official presidential voting and the final version of Karl Rove's exclusive national electoral map sees a strong victory for , gaining the most electoral votes since lopsided win over Bob Dole in 1996. According to the research of compiled state polls by the hypothetical electoral college numbers suggest an Obama win over the Republican ticket of and of 338 electoral votes to 200. (Harper's Magazine)
But the Posey campaign sent a last-minute direct-mail piece featuring a scary photo of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and radical-sounding quotes such as: "Iran has a right and need to develop nuclear weapons." ... One quote in the mailer came from a March 2006 letter from Blythe to FLORIDA TODAY. In context, he wrote: "Israel has never agreed to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and open its programs to inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Meanwhile, Iran, which... (Florida Today)
Countries that hate America like North Korea and Iran are building nuclear weapons. And you want Obama in charge of our military. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
It is a frightening notion, but it is not just the Bush administration discussing, if only theoretically, the possibility of military action to stop Iran's nuclear weapons program. Of course, no president or would-be president ever takes the option of using the military off the table, and Barack Obama and John McCain are no exceptions. (International Herald Tribune)
"Obama is very naive about how things work in the Middle East. He thinks that by being nice to Iran they will stop building nuclear weapons and stop threatening us. He doesn't understand that being nice doesn't work in our region," said Ariel Hajaj, a 36-year-old Jerusalem contractor. "McCain understands the way things work here better his approach is more suited the Middle East and he would be better for Israel.". (International Herald Tribune)
I will not develop new nuclear weapons ... I ll tell you what we cannot afford ; a trillion-dollar commitment to Star Wars, new nuclear weapons, a thousand-ship Navy, the F-22 Raptor, Biden said ... Obama promises I will not develop new nuclear weapons. (Human Events Online)
Promises to cut government spending are pretty much worthless unless accompanied by convincing explanations of how precisely they will be implemented. Obama has failed this basic test. (Harper's Magazine)
Ever since Sept. 11, 2001, the world has shuddered at the possibility of loose nuclear weapons or radioactive material falling into the hands of terrorists ... That is no consolation in a world where so many countries are eager to build their own nuclear reactors and possibly nuclear weapons. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
JERUSALEM - With international efforts to increase sanctions against Iran at a standstill, many Israelis believe their nation alone stands in the way of Tehran eventually building nuclear weapons. But officials and analysts in Jerusalem also acknowledge that a unilateral attack is fraught with danger and might fail to cripple Iran's bomb-making abilities. (Boston Globe)
We need someone in office who is not going to seend $600 million dollars of our money to Europe to subsidize their fuel cost and we need someone who is not going to send billions of our dollars to Middle Eastern countries to use to fund their nuclear weapons programs so that can wipe us "The Great Satan" off of the face of the earth. Mr. Grooms, I do hope the next time you put a letter in the paper quoting scripture that you use a more wide variety than just the few to promote your agenda. (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
The Oct. 29 issue of the HJ carries a letter declaring a previous news article regarding nuclear weapons as being off the mark. I have no idea what color Kool-Aid the writer has been drinking or where he is getting his information, but let me assure him that I, and many hundreds of thousands are still alive, Americans and Japanese, because President Truman had the strength and resolve to order the August 1945 dropping of the atom bombs. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Man, you right, what a wonderful idea, let's call their bluff, they have nuclear weapons but not many so they can't do much. Wow, brillant plan. (The Drudge Report)
Gadhafi ended years of Libya's international isolation in 2003 when he renounced terrorism and gave up efforts to develop nuclear weapons. The same year, Libya accepted responsibility for the 1988 Pan Am airplane bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270 people, and agreed to pay compensation to families. (ABC News -- Wire)
Sutton: I am a co-sponsor of House Resolution 363 regarding the threat posed to international peace, stability in the Middle East, and the national security interests of the U.S. by Iran s pursuit of nuclear weapons and regional hegemony. We must continue to stand together in fighting terrorism and threats from stateless actors and rogue nations. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
US nuclear weapons agency chief Linton Brooks has been made to resign following a number of security breaches at Los Alamos Laboratory ... The NNSA is in charge of maintaining the country's nuclear weapons stockpile and reducing the threat posed by WMDs ... The agency was created in 2000 after an espionage scandal at Los Alamos, site of US nuclear weapons research. (Yahoo News -- Nuclear Weapons)
Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman has fired the head of the nation's nuclear weapons program, Linton F. Brooks, because of security breaches last year at weapons facilities, including Los Alamos National Laboratory ... a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said in a written statement yesterday he was "afraid that it will take more than a new boss to fix the problems, which are far more systemic and pervasive in nature." He added that "the new Democratic Congress will... (Yahoo News -- Nuclear Weapons)
The researchers said current concern about emerging nations acquiring nuclear weapons and the threat of terrorist attacks merited a return to the subject ... "We're on a trend of a build-up of nuclear weapons. In a couple of decades, there could be 20, 30, 40 nuclear states all as dangerous as the Soviet Union used to be.". (Yahoo News -- Nuclear Weapons)
"It has nuclear weapons, corruption, poverty, extremism, a terrible financial situation, a government that's just come in that's not very strong. And it is in a location that is absolutely essential in dealing with Afghanistan.". Share this on. (CNN -- International)
Clearly, this does not sound like an alarm bell, heard ever so loudly in the US and Israel, about Iran's imminent leap to the nuclear weapons club. However, the biggest hurdle on the path of normalization of Iran's nuclear file is the IAEA's demand that Iran should somehow prove "the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities". (Asia Times Online)
The triumvirate will do this at a time when a vibrant America is more necessary than ever -- with Iran seeking nuclear weapons, Pakistan teetering, al-Qaida regrouping, China and Russia telegraphing hostility, and Iraq just barely emerging into the sunshine. This election has become about far more than John McCain versus Barack Obama; it has become about whether the United States will remain the champion of freedom -- economic and political -- or whether we will join the queue of formerly great... (Townhall.com)
U.S.-Soviet partnership on the urgent project of getting rid of nuclear weapons was what ended the Cold War; a renewal of that partnership now could usher in a new era of international collaboration. Both sides need it. (International Herald Tribune)
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