Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The Gates Legacy The Pentagon is not ready for the 21st century. But it’s not too late to change course. Jim Talent December 13, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 13 No one questions the contributions to national security of Defense Secretary Robert Gates or his skill at getting his way […]
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DECEMBER 21, 2010 New Start’s Old Illusions The arms treaty is irrelevant to today’s nuclear proliferation. The Obama Presidency wouldn’t have been complete without an arms-control treaty. Since at least the Kellogg-Briand pact in the 1920s, which outlawed war, it has been an article of faith in some circles that reasonable men everywhere could be
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Don’t Link START We need nuclear modernization whether the treaty is ratified or not. Spencer Abraham December 13, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 13 As the White House endeavors to secure Senate approval of the new START treaty, it is seeking to forge a grand bargain with Senator Jon Kyl:
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Stuxnet versus the Iranian nuclear program. Jonathan V. Last December 13, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 13 Last week Mahmoud Ahmadinejad acknowledged that Iran’s uranium enrichment program had suffered a setback: “They were able to disable on a limited basis some of our centrifuges by software installed in electronic equipment,”
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MONROE: Hesitation over New START Trouble with Russia’s tactical nukes By Vice Adm. Robert R. Monroe – The Washington Times November 23, 2010 The Senate has just reconvened for its “lame-duck” November and December session. President Obama is urging this body to hold a ratification vote on the New START nuclear weapons treaty with Russia
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About Senator Burr | Constituent Services | Contact Me | Share with a Friend Before getting into what we worked on in Washington this week, I would like to express my deepest condolences to the family of Elizabeth Edwards. She was a passionate advocate for issues she believed in and a caring and loving mother.
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GOP senator cites new intel, won’t back New START Bond joins Kyl in opposition to nuke treaty with Moscow By Eli Lake– The Washington Times November 22, 2010 A second leading Republican is opposing Senate ratification of the New START treaty based on classified intelligence that the arms pact cannot be verified and that Moscow is
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U.S. Warns WikiLeaks Giving Hit List to Terrorists Published December 06, 2010 | Associated Press WASHINGTON — In a disclosure of some of the most sensitive information yet revealed by WikiLeaks, the website has put out a secret cable listing sites worldwide that the U.S. considers critical to its national security. U.S. officials said the
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The ‘New York Times’ can’t handle the truth. Harvey Klehr and John Earl Haynes November 29, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 11 The New York Times may be the paper of record, but its record leaves much to be desired when the issue is Soviet espionage in the United States.
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WHY OBAMA FAILED FROM THE START Published on Washington Examiner (http://washingtonexaminer.com) By James Carafano Nov 29 2010 Throughout World War II, Walter “Beetle” Smith fought on two fronts. As Dwight D. Eisenhower’s chief of staff, he battled Ike’s prickly subordinates like George “Blood and Guts” Patton as well as the Germans. It gave him hundreds
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