Pentagon Suspends Missile Silo Study, Citing Conflicting Laws Megan Scully March 20, 2014 The Pentagon has put the brakes on an environmental assessment of the effects of eliminating potentially dozens of intercontinental ballistic missile silos as defense officials sort out two conflicting provisions in the fiscal 2014 omnibus spending bill. Last month, Pentagon officials asked […]

U.S. Nuclear Security Efforts in Russia Stalled Amid Ongoing Ukraine Crisis Douglas Guarino March 5, 2014 U.S. Energy Department efforts to secure vulnerable nuclear materials in Russia have stalled following the expiration of a long-held agreement with Moscow last summer, an agency official said on Tuesday. The now-tenuous situation in neighboring Ukraine may further delay […]

As Pentagon Emphasizes Tough Choices, Post-War Budget May Force Innovation Eric Auner March 5, 2014 After more than a decade with the U.S. at war, the question around Washington is not whether the Defense Department’s budget will come down, but by how much. The Department of Defense officially released its base budget yesterday, which came […]

The Military Budget By Robert Gard February 27, 2014 Your Feb. 26 editorial “A Military Budget to Fit the Times” was bold and important. The editorial laid out the reasons our inflated defense budget is having an inverse impact on our national security. As we continue to overspend for unneeded defense programs, we reduce our […]

Director of Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Kingston Reif, joins The Jeff Santos Show to discuss the first-step deal with Iran.