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McManus: Gridlock, Tehran-style
With the United States locked in confrontation with Iran, was it good or bad for diplomacy that "Argo," a movie about U.S. spies getting the best of the Iranians, won this year's Academy Award for best picture? Depends on whom you ask. To Iran's...
Tags: Iran, Media Industry, Iran's Nuclear Program, United Nations, Espionage and Intelligence
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Obama in Israel: 'Peace must come to the Holy Land'
JERUSALEM -- Opening his first presidential visit to the nation's closest Mideast ally, President Obama declared Wednesday that "peace must come to the Holy Land" during a red carpet arrival ceremony with Israeli leaders. In remarks after landing at Ben...
Tags: Government, Iran, Arab Spring, Ben Gurion International Airport, Benjamin Netanyahu
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Cyber-crime tops threats to U.S., intelligence chief says
WASHINGTON - Iran has made progress toward developing nuclear weapons capability, Al Qaeda sympathizers are resurgent across North Africa and the Middle East, and the U.S. economy is vulnerable to relatively unsophisticated cyber-attacks, according to...Tags: Networking, Nuclear Policy, Robert Mueller, Iran, United Nations
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South Korea, U.S. begin drills as North Korea threatens war
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korea staged dueling war games Monday as threatening rhetoric from the rivals rose to the highest level since North Korea rained artillery shells on a South Korean island in 2010. Enraged over the South'...
Tags: Nuclear Policy, Petroleum Industry, Wars and Interventions, Korean War (1950-1953), American Red Cross
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UN sanctions may play into North Korean propaganda
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Seven years of U.N. sanctions against North Korea have done nothing to derail Pyongyang's drive for a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the United States. They may have even bolstered the Kim family by giving their...
Tags: Government, Nuclear Policy, Media Industry, Physical Fitness and Exercise, United Nations
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China's North Korea dilemma
The U.N. Security Council is set to vote this week on a new round of sanctions on North Korea in response to Pyongyang's February nuclear test, and with China's backing, it is likely to pass. Beijing was "strongly dissatisfied and resolutely opposed" to...
Tags: Nuclear Policy, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Harvard University, China, Pyongyang (North Korea)
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Biden: President promises to keep Iran from getting nuclear weapons
This post has been updated, as indicated below.WASHINGTON – President Obama is “not bluffing” when he vows that he will not allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon, Vice President Joe Biden said Monday in a speech that put a heavy emphasis on winning consensus on that view from the rest...Tags: Government, Nuclear Policy, Los Angeles Times Journalists, Palestinian National Authority, Iran
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Kerry tackles questions on Iran, Syria, Hagel
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John Kerry, President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of state, collected pledges of support Thursday and testified at his confirmation hearing that U.S. foreign policy should be defined by a helping hand as well as...
Tags: Iran, United Nations, Global Change, Environmental Issues, Harry Reid
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North Korea's missile antics
Under its new ruler, Kim Jong Un, North Korea has reverted to its old tactics of provocation and aggression with the launch this week of a long-range missile it claims was intended to put the country's first satellite into orbit. It's unclear whether...Tags: United Nations, Wars and Interventions, China, Japan, North Korea
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Obama returns to arms control -- just in time
President Barack Obama's call during the State of the Union address to reduce the threat of nuclear war could not have been more timely. The day before the president spoke, North Korea tested a primitive nuclear device, and the following day reports...Tags: Nuclear Policy, Military Equipment, Iran, Pakistan, Ronald Reagan
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Fewer nukes make financial, strategic sense
The recent editorial on arms control ("Avoiding Armageddon," Feb. 18) was exactly on point. More than two decades have passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and U.S. national security strategy has changed drastically. Yet many in Congress still...Tags: Nuclear Policy, Berlin Wall's Fall (1989), Wars and Interventions, U.S. Congress, Politics
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Fallout of fear
Chicago Tribune reporterHalf a century ago, the unthinkable became all too thinkable as the Soviet Union and the United States engaged in a game of chicken, played with nuclear bombs. On Oct. 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy went on television to announce that the Soviet...Tags: Applied Physics, John F. Kennedy, Argonne National Laboratory, Science, Grant Park
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