Robert Menendez, Cory Booker undermine Iran accord By 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 […]
The Week Cites Menendez-Kirk Sanctions Bill Analysis by Ed Levine
What sank the Senate’s Iran sanctions bill? By Peter Weber January 30, 2014 In mid-January it appeared that a bipartisan Senate bill threatening Iran with new sanctions was a foregone conclusion. Yes, President Obama opposed the legislation and promised to veto it, but supporters of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act strongly hinted that they […]
Global Security Newswire Story on Missile Defense Quotes Kingston Reif
Pentagon Test Czar Sees Possible Need for Interceptor Component Redesign Rachel Oswald January 29, 2014 The Pentagon’s testing czar on Wednesday said a critical piece of the U.S. missile-defense system may require a redesign following multiple test failures. The Defense Department’s operational test and evaluation office concluded in its fiscal 2013 annual report that repeated […]
Reuters Story on Missile Defense Re-Design Quotes Kingston Reif
U.S. should consider re-design of missile defense system: report January 29. 2014 By Andrea Shalal-Esa (Reuters) – The U.S. Missile Defense Agency should consider redesigning a key part of its ground-based missile defense system after a series of test failures in recent years, the Pentagon’s chief arms tester said in a new report due to […]
Engineering & Technology Magazine Story on Missile Defense Flaws Quotes Kingston Reif
Call for flawed US missile defence system redesign By Tereza Pultarova The US Missile Defense Agency should consider redesigning a key part of its ground-based missile defence system following a series of test failures, a new report has said. The report by Pentagon’s chief arms tester has reviewed glitches that occurred during the system’s testing […]