Calculating Iran's threat to the U.S

2010-11-29T15:42:53Z

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How to improve government oversight of the nuclear power industry

2010-11-29T15:40:26Z

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Lobby the U.S. and Israel and the genocide of the Palestinian people

2010-11-02T20:38:02Z

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How to End the World

2010-11-02T19:07:18Z

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Comix Nation

2010-11-02T15:41:00Z

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Ballistic missile defence and the politics of testing the case of the US groundbased midcourse defence

2010-11-02T15:23:35Z

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U.S. nuclear realism

2010-05-14T02:17:54Z

Obama updates nuclear strategy to recognize growing threat from terrorists

When Barack Obama was sworn in as president more than a year ago, not only did he inherit a tattered economy, but he also was dealing with the bitter aftermath of President George W. BushÕs go-it-alone foreign policy that had alienated many of this countryÕs longtime...

Scientists praise Obama as Doomsday clock reset

2010-06-25T18:55:19Z

International scientists nudged back the minute hand of the symbolic Doomsday clock Thursday, as they praised President Barack Obama for helping to pull the world back from nuclear or environmental catastrophe.

"It is six minutes to midnight," the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (BAS), which created the Doomsday clock in 1947 as a b...

AP source: Obama writes letter to NKorean leader

2010-06-25T16:13:03Z

AP source: Obama writes letter to North Korea's Kim Jong Il in effort to restart nuclear talks

President Barack Obama has written a personal letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il as part of an intense effort to draw the reclusive nation back to nuclear disarmament talks, a senior Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday scrapped a Bush-era missile defense plan for Europe that Russia had bitterly opposed and offered what he said would be faster, more flexible defense systems to protect against Iran.

America?s Declining into Fascism

2010-10-05T15:27:42Z

Fascism is a word tossed around much by those of us on the left side of politics. Dr. Lawrence Britt examined the fascist regimes of Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, Suharto, and several Latin American regimes. Through his examination Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each regime. Does America have any of the characteristics Britt discovered? I believe elements of each characteristic can be found in America now, and I will cite examples of each characteristic.

14 Defining Ch...

Korea: A House Divided

2010-10-26T21:33:16Z

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UN chief: Time to break stalemate on cutting nukes

2010-04-16T12:14:38Z

UN chief tells disarmament conference to seize opportunity to reduce nuclear arsenals

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged nations to seize on recent momentum in nuclear disarmament talks, saying they had a historic opportunity to make the world a safer place.

Closer cooperation between the

Obama's nuclear-free call taps global momentum

2010-06-25T17:44:05Z

US President Barack Obama's call for a nuclear-free world builds on solidifying support at home and abroad amid what experts fear is the rising risk of an atomic weapons attack.

Analysts said reclusive Stalinist North Korea's launch of a rocket -- which could eventually deliver a nuclear warhead -- underscored the threat even if it upstaged Obama's pledge.

During a vi...

US, Russia must work to halt nuclear proliferation

2010-06-26T02:42:19Z

US President Barack Obama said the United States and Russia should lead the way in preventing nuclear proliferation by restarting negotiations to cut their atomic arsenals.

"I think it's important for the United States and Russia to lead the way on this," Obama told his first news conference.

He added that he has told

Bush's Big One

2010-10-21T09:49:37Z

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Hill says NKorea nuclear talks have made progress

2010-06-25T17:38:22Z

AP INTERVIEW: Hill says talks have pressured North Korea to scrap plutonium production

President-elect Barack Obama will be confronted during his first days in office with stalled disarmament talks involving a recalcitrant North Korea, which holds a stash of weapons-grade plutonium that experts say could fuel as many as 10 nuclear bombs.

In an interv...

Bush says attack on homeland still major threat

2010-04-16T17:30:21Z

Bush says most urgent threat Obama will face is major threat of homeland attack

President George W. Bush said Monday the "most urgent threat" that Barack Obama will face is the potential for an "attack on our homeland."

At a farewell news conference, Bush said the president-elect will be facing an enemy that "would like to inflict damage" on Am...

Bush to give press conference 1415 GMT Monday

2010-06-26T01:16:28Z

US President George W. Bush will hold a press conference at 9:15 am (1415 GMT) Monday, the White House said, eight days before he leaves office to make way for incoming president Barack Obama.

Bush, in what could be his final press conference as president, will begin with a "general" statement and then make...

US official: NKorea will challenge Obama

2010-06-25T17:39:24Z

Bush administration official says Obama will face early challenge from NKorea

The Bush administration said Wednesday that nuclear-armed North Korea will be an early test for President-elect Barack Obama's new administration, conceding that one of President George W. Bush's top foreign policy initi...

Bush: World must be 'firm and patient' on NKorea

2010-06-25T17:21:46Z

US President George W. Bush said Monday that he hoped Washington's partners in North Korean nuclear disarmament talks will stay "firm and patient" with the secretive regime.

Fresh talks last week failed to yield a formal verification mechanism for ensuring North Korea tells the truth about its nuclear program...

Bush: Obama to get 'vexing' Mideast peace efforts

2010-04-16T13:57:45Z

US President George W. Bush said Friday that successor Barack Obama will inherit a Middle East in which Iran seeks nuclear arms and the Arab-Israeli conflict remains "the most vexing problem."

In a sweeping defense of his policies towards the region, Bush acknowledged "frustr...

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2010-06-25T18:07:26Z

President Bush wrapped up his final meeting with leaders of Asia-Pacific nations here on Sunday, walking away with a collection of modest achievements: an endorsement of his plans for international financial regulatory reform, a renewed call for free trade and a promise from China to host another round of the so-called six-party talks, aimed at ending

Talks on North Korea set for Dec. 8 in China

2010-06-25T17:26:31Z

Secretary Rice: Six parties will resume talks on North Korean nuclear program Dec. 8 in China

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says new talks on North Korea's nuclear program will begin Dec. 8 in China.

Rice made the announcement Sunday aboard A...

US accuses North Korea of violating nuclear accord

2010-10-13T14:01:00Z

The United States accused North Korea Tuesday of violating a six-nation nuclear accord and retained it on a terror blacklist, after the hardline communist state defiantly suspended disabling its atomic plants.

Washington said North Korea would stay on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list until it agreed to a protocol that could verify a nuclear program declared by

US accuses NKorea of violating six-nation nuclear accord

2010-06-25T17:33:25Z

The United States accused North Korea Tuesday of violating a six-nation nuclear accord and maintained it on a terror blacklist, after the hardline communist state defiantly stopped disabling its atomic plants.

Washington said North Korea would stay on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list until it agreed to a protocol that could verify a nuclear program declared by

Bush signs US-India nuclear law

2010-04-16T13:02:06Z

US President George W. Bush on Wednesday signed legislation to enact a landmark US-India civilian nuclear agreement, celebrating "the growing ties between the world's two largest democracies."

"This agreement sends a signal to the world: Nations that follow the path to democracy and responsible behavior will find a friend in the

Bush to sign US-India nuclear deal law

2010-06-25T22:48:42Z

US President George W. Bush was to sign legislation on Wednesday to enact a landmark US-India nuclear deal, in a lavish ceremony to highlight how the pact helps usher in a new era in relations.

Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee will make a surprise visit Friday to US President George W. Bush will sign legislation enacting a landmark US-India nuclear agreement in a high-profile ceremony at the White House on Wednesday, his press office said.

Vice President Dick Cheney, ...

Rice in India amid hitches with nuclear pact

2010-04-16T13:05:59Z

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in India Saturday to showcase a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation deal, although the triumph of her trip was tempered by last-minute hitches.

Rice, who had lobbied Congress to pass a deal despite fears it could undercut international efforts to curb the spread of nuclear weapons, raised doubts over whether she and the Indians w...

US and Indian diplomats laud nuclear deal

2010-04-16T13:06:02Z

Nuclear cooperation pact with India aims to open new chapter after Cold War suspicions

The top American and Indian diplomats on Saturday lauded a new agreement that opens up U.S. nuclear trade with India, but they stopped short of signing the deal, which some private U.S. arms control experts say is likely to speed up nuclear arms competition in Asia.

Some U.S. officials had sa...

US-India pact strains nuclear rules

2010-04-16T13:06:37Z

India's Congress party leadership and the Bush administration were celebrating yesterday after the US Senate finally approved a nuclear cooperation agreement that opens the way for a $14bn investment in new Indian reactors and nuclear plants over the next year alone. The deal also has wider strategic significance, bolstering US-India ties at a time of rising Chinese influence.

American Giver

2010-10-21T09:41:47Z

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Israel asked US for green light to bomb nuclear sites in Iran

2010-04-16T13:11:27Z

Israel gave serious thought this spring to launching a military strike on Iran's nuclear sites but was told by President George W Bush that he would not support it and did not expect to revise that view for the rest of his presidency, senior European diplomatic sources have told the Guardian.

The then prime minister,

Bush running out of time on nuclear threats

2010-04-16T16:20:43Z

Bush runs out of time to see through new nuclear arrangements with North Korea, Iran, India

President Bush is rushing the clock and running out of time as he tries to stare down nuclear threats on three fronts. Bush has seen Iran ignore a weekend deadline to say whethe...

Intelligence spin by US hardliners sparked NKorean crisis: book

2010-06-25T17:55:24Z

In circumstances echoing the Iraq war controversy, hardliners in US President George W. Bush's administration spun intelligence and triggered a nuclear crisis with North Korea, says a new book to be released this week.

Intelligence on a North Korean effort to acquire components for uranium enrichment was politicized to depict t...

Hopes for peace grow as Iran and US hold first high-level talks for 30 years

2010-04-16T16:48:12Z

The US is to send a senior official to talks with Iran on Saturday, the highest level meeting between the two since the 1979 Iranian revolution and a departure from George Bush's previous hard line.

William Burns, an undersecretary of state, left George Bush warned North Korea yesterday that it had yet to fully address international concerns over its nuclear weapons programme, just over a week after the regime handed over a detailed declaration of its nuclear activities.

The US president, speaking to reporters on the eve of the G8 summit in

Views Differ Over US Shift on North Korea

2010-10-23T19:07:00Z

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The Politics of India-us Nuclear Agreement

2010-10-06T10:50:13Z

The India-US Nuclear agreement is the subject of hope and debate, yet again, in India. Apart from the substance of the pact, the politics (and timing) of the negotiations is mystifying.

First, the substance of the pact: the benefits -- immediate access to nuclear technology and nuclear fuel -- are very robust. India's need for energy is monumental and nuclear energy must form a part of the energy portfolio for India.

The United States -- President Bush -- has made an ex...

The New Nuclear Threat

2010-11-02T16:21:15Z

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Many Options for Dealing With Iran, Israeli Expert Says

2010-10-23T19:06:24Z

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South Korea Stresses Importance of Verification in Nuclear Deal

2010-10-23T11:09:15Z

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The Worst of All Options, The editors

2010-11-02T16:21:56Z

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Come and get us

2010-10-25T07:02:15Z

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Israel Must Deal With Iranian Threat Alone, Former UN Official Says

2010-10-23T11:08:19Z

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Database Tracks Gov't Statements on Saddam

2010-11-02T13:12:58Z

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Missile Defense Systems Improving, Future Funding Uncertain

2010-10-23T10:19:07Z

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Iran and the Bomb: Defusing Tensions

2010-11-02T16:21:27Z

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White House Corrects When Bush Knew About Iran Intelligence

2010-10-23T10:18:46Z

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Bush Prods International Community on Iran

2010-10-23T09:58:22Z

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Like Iraq, US intel on Iran faulty

2010-09-10T17:03:43Z

As With Iraq, US Intelligence on Iran's Weapons Ambitions Found Faulty

First Iraq, now Iran. The United States has operated under a cloud of faulty intelligence in both countries.

In a bombshell intelligence assessment, the United States has backed away from its once-ironclad assertion that US Statements on Iran: Tough Talk, Glimmers of Diplomatic Outreach

The Bush administration's approach to Iran in 2007 has been tough talk mixed with glimmers of reaching out diplomatically. A look at some of the statements since January:

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"The Iranians clearly believe that we are tied down in Iraq, that they have the initiative, that they are in a position to press us in...

Bush says he is relevant

2010-09-10T04:23:16Z

Bush Say He's Relevant, Congress Has `little to Show' for Past Nine Months

President Bush, weakened by record-low poll ratings, asserted he is still politically relevant and scolded the Democratic-led Congress on Wednesday for having "little to show for all the time that has gone by."

Trying to shape the political debate, Bush used a midmorning news conference to lecture lawmakers about their failur...

Iran: US must change policy before talks

2010-09-10T02:22:18Z

Iranian President Says There Will Be No Talks Until U.S. Changes Its Policies

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that talks with the United States would only be possible if Washington changes its policy toward Iran, an official Web...

U.S. makes gains in dismantling warheads

2010-09-10T00:44:30Z

U.S. Is Dismantling Unneeded Nuclear Warheads at Faster Pace Than Forecast, Government Says

The U.S. is dismantling unneeded nuclear warheads at a faster pace than forecast as it substantially reduces its atomic arsenal under terms of an arms control treaty with Russia, government officials said Sunday.

The Bush administration planned to announce Monday that...

NKorea sees summit as message to US

2010-09-10T00:31:38Z

North Korean Leader Sees Chance to Reach Bush in Summit With the South

When North Korean leader Kim Jong Il sits face-to-face with his South Korean counterpart this week, the communist dictator may have someone else in the back of his mind, whom he fears and wants to make friends with the most: President ...

Iran leader says nuclear issue is closed

2010-09-09T23:28:04Z

Ahmadinejad Proclaims `the Nuclear Issue of Iran Is Now Closed,' Rejecting U.N. Demands

Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Tuesday that Iran's disputed nuclear program is closed as a political issue and said Tehran will ignore a Bush: North Korea's Nuclear Program Might Be Dismantled Before His Presidency Ends

President Bush, ahead of his trip next week to an Asian summit, said it's possible that North Korea will give up its nuclear weapons program before he leaves office.

"Can it happen before I'm through? Yes, it can. I hope so," Bush told foreign journalists Thursday ...

House boosts energy efficiency programs

2010-09-09T09:28:04Z

House Votes to Boost Water Projects and Programs Aimed at Promoting Energy Efficiency

The House voted Tuesday to award increases to programs aimed at making cars and buildings more energy efficient and boosting research and development of alternative energy sources.

By a 312-111 vote, the House passed a $32 billion measure funding the Department of Energy budget and hundreds of Clinton, Richardson Urge Bush Administration to Continue Talks With Iran

Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bill Richardson on Wednesday urged the Bush administration to continue a dialogue with Iran as the U.S. tries to thwart the country's pursuit o...

House lawmakers boost clean energy, veterans funding

2010-09-09T00:28:43Z

Democrats gave big increases to programs aimed at making cars and buildings more energy efficient and boosting research and development of alternative energy sources in legislation approved Wednesday by the House Appropriations Committee.

At the same time, the panel rejected the Bush administration's plans to develop a new, sturdier nuclear warhead. The lawmakers said it woul...

Quotes from Republican debate

2010-09-09T00:24:57Z

Quotes From Republican Debate

Quotes from the third Republican debate:

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On whether President Bush was right to open a dialogue with Iran, Brownback said: "But I think we have to at times talk with them in different situations. Like, before we went into Afghanistan, we talked wit...

Eminent physicists warn US against nuclear option

2010-10-15T19:47:45Z

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Bush says ties with India, rest of South Asia will boost US security

2010-10-14T07:50:51Z

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Bush Library Electronic Archives

2010-12-22T15:33:08Z

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2009, file photo workers store thousands of boxes of documents from President Bush's years in the White House at a warehouse in Lewisville, Texas. Bush’s electronic archives alone contain more than 200 million e-mails. But, don't expect to see am email ...

Billy Graham Bush

2010-12-20T14:01:44Z

Former president George W. Bush greets a person as he signs autographs of his new book "Decision Points" at the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Nell President Barack Obama, joined by Vice President Joe Biden at left, speaks before signing the bipartisan tax package that extends tax cuts for families at all income levels, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White H...

Mideast Lebanon Iraq Shoe Thrower

2010-12-14T12:31:52Z

Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi signs his first book entitled "The Last Salute to President Bush," at a book fair in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Al-Zeidi who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush in Baghdad in 200...

US Presidents Behind Closed Doors

2010-11-30T06:32:14Z

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2001, file photo congressional leaders Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., from left, Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, D-Ill., and Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D. leave the West Wing of the White House in

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