Lessons Senators Should “Read Before Signing” the Menendez-Kirk Iran Sanctions Bill The Menendez-Kirk Iran sanctions bill (SB 1881), or “Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act,” would move America closer to a Hobson’s choice between going to war with Iran and accepting an Iranian nuclear weapon. Have the senators planning to sign the bill actually read it? […]
The New Republic Cites Menendez-Kirk Sanctions Bill Analysis by Ed Levine
The Boldest Part of Obama’s Speech Was His Iran Veto Threat By John B. Judis January 28, 2014 My attention wandered through much of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech, but I perked up when I heard Obama say, “Let me be clear: if this Congress sends me a new sanctions bill now […]
Politico Morning Defense Story on Review of US Nuclear Forces Quotes Kingston Reif
Review of U.S. nuclear forces January 24, 2014 By Kate Brannen TIME FOR A REVIEW — U.S. NUCLEAR FORCES UNDER SCRUTINY, via POLITICO’s Philip Ewing: “Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered a full review of the Pentagon’s nuclear mission — the second in six years — in response to the alleged cheating and drug rings […]
New Jersey Star-Ledger Publishes Letter to the Editor on Undermining Iran Nuclear Accord by Usha Sahay
Robert Menendez, Cory Booker undermine Iran accordBy Usha Sahay In her Jan. 23 op-ed “N.J. senators a threat to Iran deal,” Rachel Staley argues that Sen. Robert Menendez’s sanctions bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) and 43 Republican senators, undermines ongoing attempts to cap Iran’s nuclear program. For three decades, the United States […]
A necessary evil
By Kingston Reif Published in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Online on January 22, 2013. Article summary below; read the full text here. On January 20, the provisions of a historic nuclear agreement between Iran and six powers took effect. Reached last November in Geneva, the deal between the P5+1—the United States, China, Russia, Great […]