Unresolved Issues Hang Over U.S. Missile Shield By Sandra Erwin August 6, 2013 For the second year in a row, lawmakers will be squabbling this fall over if and when the United States should shore up its defenses against North Korean and Iranian ballistic missiles. The lightning rod in this debate is a Republican-led proposal […]

Time for a Deal with Iran By Laicie Heeley August 2, 2013 The election of new president Hassan Rowhani in Iran has presented a rare moment of modest optimism, both in Congress and in the administration, for a deal with Iran. But if the moment is not seized, it will be short-lived. Skeptical observers see […]

U.S. House Move to Freeze New START Nuke Reductions Under Contention Diane Barnes April 18, 2013 WASHINGTON — U.S. House lawmakers voted last week to prevent the United States from scaling down its fielded strategic nuclear arsenal to meet the terms of a 2-year-old treaty with Russia, citing a failure by Obama officials to provide […]

Snowden Asylum May Imperil Proposed U.S.-Russia Nuke Talks August 2, 2013 Russia’s decision to allow former U.S. intelligence analyst Edward Snowden one year of asylum could jeopardize hopes for new nuclear arms control negotiations between the two nations, Foreign Policy reported on Thursday. Some Republican lawmakers have called for Washington to punish Moscow for granting […]

Nuclear Bomb Program Takes Hit in Defense Spending Bill August 1, 2013 Megan Scully Senate appropriators took another swipe at the Obama administration’s efforts to begin an extensive overhaul of the B61 nuclear bomb, proposing only $6.2 million for the Air Force to continue development of a new tail kit for the weapon. The Pentagon […]