Lawmakers press for W.H. promise on nukes September 26, 2013 By Leigh Munsil Senate arms control hawks challenged President Barack Obama on Thursday to promise that he would not unilaterally reduce the size of the nuclear arsenal, despite his comments earlier this year. Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, including Sens. Robert Menendez, Bob […]

Clock is ticking on aging B61 bomb, StratCom chief says September 23, 2013 By Steve Leiwer The oldest atomic bomb in the U.S. arsenal desperately needs to be upgraded before its aging electronics go bad early in the next decade, the head of the Offutt-based U.S. Strategic Command says. Gen. C. Robert Kehler has been […]

Foot-draggers: U.S. and Russia slow to destroy own chemical weapons amid Syria smackdown By Guy Taylor September 22, 2013 As the Obama administration presses the United Nations this week to rid Syria of its chemical weapons, it faces the stark reality that the United States has failed to meet a 2012 deadline to destroy its […]

Tone and Tenor show looked at the tense United States standoff with Syria in an effort to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons. Show guests are Phil Coyle, Senior Science Fellow for the Center for Arms Control & Non-Proliferation and Alexis Moore, Associate Director, Communications for the American Friends Service Committee. September 20, 2013  

A History of Weapons “Red Lines”