Category: Politics
On Iran, Obama Will Prevail
by Lou Dubose | May 1, 2015 | PoliticsJoseph Cirincione is the president of the Ploughshares Fund, a nonprofit global security foundation dedicated to reducing nuclear stockpiles and stopping emerging nuclear powers. He is also a member of Secretary of State John Kerry’s International Security Advisory Board. The Washington Spectator interviewed Cirincione at the Conference on World Affairs in Boulder, Colorado, on […]
Accounting for the Pentagon
by Peter Certo | May 1, 2015 | Foreign Policy, PoliticsA battle is raging over how much money Americans will sink into the Pentagon next year. At least, that’s what it looks like. The Republican Party’s deficit hawks have clashed with its defense hawks over another hike in military spending. President Barack Obama, meanwhile, has vowed to veto any spending bill that underfunds his […]
A Farewell to Arms?
by Lou Dubose | May 1, 2015 | Foreign Policy, PoliticsIn 2002, as U.S. military forces mobilized to invade Iraq, Iran possessed 200 centrifuges to enrich uranium. By 2009, that number had grown to 7,000. By 2013, Iran had acquired 20,000, with more than 10,000 enriching uranium. The acquisition of centrifuges, and the bringing of existing centrifuges online, was stopped by the P5+1 negotiations […]
The Lies Still Killing Gulf War Vets
by Barbara Koeppel | Apr 13, 2015 | Legal Affairs, National Security, PoliticsSome cover-ups are scandalous. Others, like those surrounding the First Gulf War, suggest an official callousness that shocks and awes. During and immediately after the war, 200,000 of 700,000 U.S. troops were exposed to nerve gas and other chemical agents. The Department of Defense (DOD), fully aware of the chemical hazards and the troop […]
Net Neutrality Moves to Congress
by Lou Dubose | Apr 1, 2015 | PoliticsOn February 26, Federal Communications Commissioner Tom Wheeler led the Democratic majority on the commission to a 3-2 net neutrality ruling that designated the Internet a public utility and prohibits big Internet service providers from establishing pay-to-play fast lanes for preferred content providers while slowing content for everyone else. By classifying the Internet as a […]