The day that the Obama administration unveiled the so-called New START nuclear arms control treaty with Russia to cut the nuclear stockpiles of the two largest nuclear-armed countries by 30 percent, Joe Cirincione, a longtime nonproliferation wonk, offered some friendly advice to the negotiating teams. “Enjoy the victory of the More…
At a White House briefing on the “New START” treaty on mutual nuclear weapons reductions with the Russians, senior Obama administration officials pressed the case that there ought to be what Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called “broad bipartisan support” for the accord, which requires 67 votes in a More…
Curious choice of words from Defense Secretary Bob Gates yesterday on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” He’s talking about how to deal with the law-slash-regulation in advance of attempts to overturn it, as President Obama reiterated was his intention last week:
And so one of the things we’re looking at
Just one quick point about President Obama’s speech yesterday in Prague on a U.S.-led global agenda for nuclear disarmament. Did you ever think you would hear the president of the United States say this:
There is violence and injustice in our world that must be confronted.
Just released from Rep. Ellen Tauscher‘s (D-Calif.) office:
“For the past 13 years, I have had the honor and privilege of serving you in Congress. Representing California’s 10th Congressional District always has been and remains – especially in these trying times – my first priority.”
“Last week, Secretary of
Al Kamen at The Washington Post reports that Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.) is being considered for a top post at the State Department: undersecretary for arms control and nonproliferation. If Tauscher is tapped, the Pakistani government, which already doesn’t like Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, is probably More…
Here’s a reason to be relieved if you’re a deployed or deployable member of the U.S. military (though at this point “deployable member of the U.S. military” is pretty much redundant). Tomorrow Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.) is set to introduce a bill mandating that the Defense Department provide U.S. troops More…
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