On January 13, the Senate and House appropriations Committees released the text of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Omnibus appropriations bill, a $1 trillion government spending bill that includes 12 appropriations bills to fund the federal government for the remainder of the fiscal year. The Senate and House are scheduled to vote on and approve the legislation later this week.
Global Security Newswire Story on 2014 Budget & Nuclear Weapons Quotes Kingston Reif
Nuclear Security and Omnibus Legislation: What’s Up and What’s Down Douglas Guarino January 16, 2014 The spending bill the House passed on Wednesday includes a boost for nuclear weapons and a nonproliferation funding cut — but it’s not quite so simple. A close read of the omnibus bill for fiscal 2014 appropriations shows that while […]
An Insurance of Failure in Iran
Senator Robert Menendez OpEd in the January 10, 2014 Washington Post (A Diplomatic Insurance Policy Against Iran) advocates a policy that will ensure failure. If S.1881 (the so-called Nuclear Weapons Free Iran Act) should pass over a promised presidential veto, it is highly likely to scuttle the negotiations between the P-Five plus one and Iran to curb Iran’s nuclear program.
Voices of Russia Discusses Iran Nuclear Deal & Menendez-Kirk with Laicie Heeley
Director of Middle East and Defense Policy, Laicie Heeley joins Voices of Russia to discuss the first-step deal with Iran and Menendez-Kirk sanctions bill.
Voices of Russia Discusses Biological Weapons “Tests” with James Lewis
Communications director, James Lewis joins Voices of Russia to discuss reports of U.S. testing of agricultural biological weapons in early 1960s.