Category Archives: New START
Spin versus Facts on Nuclear “Modernization” and New START
Also published here. The photo above was taken in December 2009. It’s a White House Situation Room meeting between President Obama and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Special Assistant to the President (Coordinator for Arms Control and WMD) Gary Samore, Sen. Dick Lugar, R-Ind., and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. They’re discussing nuclear arms control and [...]
Also posted in Nuclear Weapons Tagged modernization, New START, Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, strategic nuclear weapons 1 Comment
Recap: President Obama’s Nuclear Week
Also published here. Back on March 31, Marc Ambinder over at The Atlantic posted something that made me smile: Next week kicks off nuclear madness month at the White House — or, as one senior administration official resignedly describes it, “all nukes, all the time.” If you’re a nuke/national security blogger or journalist, last week [...]
Politico: Forget Actual Arms Control Experts! Bring On John Bolton.