‘Patience’ with North Korea is akin to doing nothing May 10, 2014 By Lt. General Robert Gard & Claudia Cheffs South Korea and U.S. intelligence sources believe that North Korea is on the brink of another nuclear test. What is Washington doing to stop it? Very little. Washington hasn’t even picked up the phone to […]
Global Security Newswire Story on Missile Defense Quotes Center
House Panel Approves Spending Extra $60 Million on Antimissile System Rachel Oswald May 8, 2014 A key House panel on Thursday approved a bill that would increase funding by at least $60 million for a homeland missile defense system. The chamber’s Armed Services Committee in a unanimous vote just after midnight approved annual defense authorization […]
Global Security Newswire Story on Missile Defense Deployment in Poland Quotes Kingston Reif
GOP Pushing to Speed Up Deployment of Advanced Interceptors in Poland Rachel Oswald May 6, 2014 Senate Republicans are pushing for the U.S. military to speed up deployment of advanced interceptors in Poland to send a deterrent message to Russia. A bill introduced last week by Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and 22 other GOP members […]
Global Security Newswire Covers Letter to President Obama on Non-Proliferation Funding Cuts
Issue Experts, Activists Decry U.S. ‘Major Retreat’ on Nuclear Security Sebastian Sprenger May 5, 2014 A group of 100 former officials, peace advocates and issue experts criticized the White House for planning to cut nuclear security funding next year. In a letter to President Obama, the mainly left-leaning critics argued that the fiscal 2015 budget […]
100 Leaders Write to President Obama on Non-Proliferation Spending Reductions
Dear Mr. President: We write to express our serious concern about the FY 2015 budget request for vital nuclear material security and nonproliferation programs. These cuts are difficult to understand since the danger of nuclear weapons in the hands of terrorists remains high. In your closing remarks last month at the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit […]
