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 […]

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 […]

Executive Director, John Isaacs, Friends Committee on National Legislation’s Kate Gould & National Iranian American Council’s Jamal Abdi join The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann to discuss first-step deal with Iran

Do They Even Know What’s In The Bill? By Andrew Sullivan January 17, 2014 In the to and fro on the AIPAC sanctions bill, it’s easy to get lost about how precisely the law would immediately kill the negotiations. Edward Levine has a terrific primer on why that would happen, citing various, specific parts of […]

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 […]