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| 2010-01-04 | |
| Obama's nuclear-free vision mired in debate Pentagon officials have pushed back against the president's goals to shrink the U.S. stockpile and reduce the role of such weapons in foreign policy, sources say. President Obama's ambitious plan to begin phasing out nuclear weapons has run up against powerful resistance from officials in the Pentagon and other U.S. agencies, posing a threat to one of his most important foreign policy initiatives. Obama laid out his vision of a nuclear-free world in a speech in Prague, Czech Republic, last April, pledging that the U.S. would take dramatic steps to lead the way. Nine months later, the administration is locked in internal debate over a top-secret policy blueprint for shrinking the U.S. nuclear arsenal and reducing the role of such weapons in America's military strategy and foreign policy.
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| #4 TOPIX > OBAMA"S FAILED FRESHMAN YEAR [POTUS]; + WORLD CONFLICT TOTAL 2009 DROPS TO A MERE SEVEN WARS, 24 SEVERE CRISES [incl. 365 political trouble spots]. 00's of attempts at negotiated peace as per various world conflicts result only in a few score de facto Agreements. * SAME > [SOUTH KOREA'S INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSIS Report] NORTH KOREA COULD CONDUCT THIRD NUCLEAR TEST, LAUNCH WARFARE IN 2010. Ballistic Missles, NucBombs, Limited Mil Confrontation? agz SOKOR in usual trouble spots = NK-SK disputed areas. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-01-04 21:33 |
| #3 Unlike the darling technologies of the left (wind, solar, pixie dust) nuclear energy actually works. For this reason alone Bammo will seek to kill it. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2010-01-04 18:22 |
| #2 "He's batting a thousand at screwing it up, he really must want to cripple America." I suspect that's his actual goal, as it is the goal of Leftists everywhere who believe American power is at the root of most or all of the world's ills. Cripple America, and the world will return to its natural state-- a socialist, egalitarian Peaceable Kingdom. Or so they think. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2010-01-04 17:47 |
| #1 LetÂ’s see here. Health care, immigration, Patriot act, the Economy, the Olympics, global warming, the intel community, now heÂ’s after the one defense hammer that forces the world to listen-Nuclear weapons. HeÂ’s batting a thousand at screwing it up, he really must want to cripple America. My only thought is Stalin could not have done it better. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2010-01-04 16:20 |