May 21, 2010 The Fruits of Weakness By Charles Krauthammer WASHINGTON — It is perfectly obvious that Iran’s latest uranium maneuver, brokered by Brazil and Turkey, is a ruse. Iran retains more than enough enriched uranium to make a bomb. And it continues enriching at an accelerated pace and to a greater purity (20 percent). […]
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Washington Times Wednesday, April 28, 2010 GAFFNEY: Arsenal of roguery Frank J. Gaffney Jr. Seventy years ago, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt announced to the nation in one of his famous “fireside chats” that America must be “the great arsenal of democracy.” It was a visionary and, at the time, controversial declaration that a nation dead-set
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Washington Times Wednesday, April 28, 2010 BOLTON: Folding our nuclear umbrella John R. Bolton Although media coverage of President Obama’s unfold- ing nuclear policy has fo- cused on its implications for the United States, it is no less important to understand its effects on America’s friends and allies. The New START arms control treaty with
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Wall Street Journal MAY 3, 2010 Get Ready For a Nuclear Iran By JOHN BOLTON Negotiations grind on toward a fourth U.N. Security Council sanctions resolution against Iran’s nuclear weapons program, even as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in New York to address the Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference. Sanctions advocates acknowledge that the Security Council’s ultimate
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 Nuke-proof bunker repurposed Michael deYoanna SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN AIR FORCE STATION, Colorado | This mountain fortress — designed during the Cold War to withstand all manner of attack, including nuclear — stands today still formidable, if underused, while the new site for the North American Aerospace Defense
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APRIL 15, 2010 By WARREN KOZAK In 1964, Hollywood mirrored the world’s fears with two major motion pictures focused on nuclear nightmare scenarios—”Fail-Safe” and “Dr. Strangelove.” That same year saw the famous Daisy TV commercial linking the Republican presidential nominee, Barry Goldwater, to reckless nuclear behavior. This was during the Cold War, when the United
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Washington Times Tuesday, March 30, 2010 GAFFNEY: Ridding the world of U.S. arms Frank J. Gaffney Jr. President Obama announced Friday that he had concluded a follow-on to the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with Russia. He characterized the cuts that it would make in the two nations’ nuclear arsenals as a major step
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APRIL 13, 2010 Editor’s Note: Last week, the Obama administration began to unveil its new nuclear strategy. We asked six former U.S. foreign policy officials to reflect on the administration’s Nuclear Posture Review, the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia, and whether Mr. Obama’s emerging nuclear doctrine is a move in the right direction.
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Saturday, March 27, 2010 Self-Delusion in the White House [David Satter] Agreement on a new strategic arms-control treaty between Russia and the U.S. was accompanied in the West by self congratulation and self delusion. President Obama said it was a step on a path toward “the peace and security of a world without nuclear
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MARCH 11, 2010 An Energy Head Fake President Obama used his January State of the Union speech to promise “a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants” and “new offshore areas for oil and gas development.” Judging by its recent decisions, we’d say his Cabinet hasn’t received the memo. Congress’s ban on offshore drilling
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