Little Hope Seen for Nuclear Security Bill Passage in Lame-Duck Session By Douglas P. Guarino WASHINGTON — Proponents of a legislative effort to bring the United States into line with two international nuclear security agreements appeared skeptical on Tuesday that Congress would be able to complete the task by the end of this year’s lame-duck […]
Associated Press Quotes John Isaacs on Defense Spending
In fiscal cliff scramble, defense budget part of the mix as Washington pursues deficit cut By Associated Press WASHINGTON — One war is done, another is winding down and the calls to cut the deficit are deafening. The military, a beneficiary of robust budgets for more than a decade, is coming to grips with a […]
The Vindicator Article on Cuban Missile Crisis Quotes Kingston Reif
Cuban Missile Crisis By Robert L. Schaadt The Vindicator For those who do not remember the Cuban Missile Crisis and for those that do, the photos of the Minuteman Missile at the 1962 Trinity Valley Exposition are stark reminders. Click here to read the rest of the articles on the The Vindicators website, including quotes […]
AlterNet Features Center’s Military Spending Research
How a Mitt-Style Increase in Military Spending Might Cost You Your Job By Lynn Stuart Parramore AlterNet As predicted, one of the big clashes in the final presidential debate on Monday night concerned military spending. The dustup not only revealed a key difference between the candidates, it gave us the best line of the […]
Bloomberg News Article on Missile Plan Quotes Phil Coyle
Navy OKs $1B for missile called flawed by weapons tester By Tony Capaccio Bloomberg News WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy approved an Alliant Techsystems Inc. anti-radar missile for full production valued at as much as $1.1 billion, even though the Pentagon’s chief tester says the weapon’s performance flaws “largely negate” its “ability to accomplish […]