Laicie Heeley, director of Middle East and Defense Policy, joins Washington Post TV to discuss Iran. Click here to watch the video
Reuters Story on Nuclear Modernization Quotes Phil Coyle
U.S. nuclear arms modernization plan misguided: scientists’ group David Alexander October 17, 2013 (Reuters) – An Obama administration plan to spend $60 billion over the next 25 years to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal is misguided and violates the spirit of its pledge not to develop new nuclear arms, a Union of Concerned Scientists report […]
USA Today Story on P5+1 Negotiations with Iran Quotes Laicie Heeley
Iran Nuclear Talks End with No Breakthrough By Oren Dorell October 17, 2013 Nuclear talks between Iran and world powers ended on a promising note Wednesday, according to the United States, but analysts cautioned that Iran had not appeared to agree on any of the major demands of the West. Media reports that Iran had […]
Global Security Newswire Story on Plutonium & Uranium Facility Report Quotes Phil Coyle
U.S. Should Cancel Plutonium Plant, Delay Uranium Facility: Expert Report Rachel Oswald October 17, 2013 WASHINGTON — The United States should cancel plans to build a multi-billion dollar plutonium research facility in New Mexico and postpone construction of an enriched-uranium processing plant in Tennessee, according to a report released Thursday by the Union of Concerned […]
The Hill OpEd: Some Pentagon Spending Actually Harms Our National Security by Lt. General Robert Gard
Published in The Hill on October 16, 2013. Article summary below, click here to read full article. By Lt. General Robert Gard A powerful U.S. military is indispensable to our national security; but in many ways, our bloated military budget has become a direct threat to the very security it is designed to create and […]