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Last week, President Barack Obama assured the United Nations General Assembly that Iran did not actually seek nuclear weapons. (breitbart.com)
Alec Baldwin, Matt Damon and John Cusack are among an array of A-list actors starring in a new video urging President Barack Obama to 'set the world's course' for an end to nuclear weapons at next week's G8 Summit in Northern Ireland. (yahoo.com)
Barack Obama has been accused of reneging on his disarmament pledges after it emerged the administration was planning to spend billions on upgrading nuclear bombs stored in Europe to make the weapons more reliable and accurate. (uchicago.edu)
Washington- In what officials are calling a "break" from the normally "level-headed" President, Barack Obama has threatened North Korea with a strongly worded letter should they continue developing Nuclear Weapons. (blogspot.com)
This is a list of presidential trips made by Barack Obama during 2009, the first year of his presidency as the 44th president of the United States. (wikipedia.org)
NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Barack Obama congratulated Coco Gauff on her U.S. Open title Saturday, less than two weeks after attending her first comeback of the tournament. (8newsnow.com)
We couldn't be prouder of you on and off the court - and we know the best is yet to come," Barack Obama wrote. (8newsnow.com)
In a Tuesday letter addressed to President Barack Obama, the state executives blasted the deal for essentially letting Iran continue being a 'state sponsor of terrorism,' while doing little to guarantee Tehran wouldn't obtain a nuclear bomb. (newsmax.com)
For the first time in nearly a decade we have halted parts of Iran's nuclear program" announced a jubilant Barack Obama after the news of the just-signed Geneva six-month interim agreement with Iran. (democast.tv)
Barack Obama has made many foreign policy errors in the past five years, but this is the first to rank as a disaster. (democast.tv)
The foreign policy quandary facing President Barack Obama is that America's traditional allies in the Middle East Israel and Saudi Arabia along with Official Washington's powerful neocons have effectively sided with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State out of a belief that Iran represents a greater threat to Israeli and Saudi interests. (consortiumnews.com)
The politics of science, which has been storm-tossed for the past eight years, head for uncharted waters with the inauguration of Barack Obama. (laserfocusworld.com)
U.S. President Barack Obama will have a packed agenda when he goes to Lisbon for two days of summit meetings (Fri. 11/19 and Sat. 11/20) with NATO, the European Union and Russia. (voanews.com)
At least 9,000 people streamed into tiny Searchlight, a former mining town 60 miles south of Las Vegas, bringing American flags, "Don't Tread on Me" signs and outspoken anger toward Reid, President Barack Obama and the health care overhaul. (blogspot.com)

Sanctions couldn't stop Iran's nuclear program on their own, but they helped bring Iran to the negotiating table. (asu.edu)
In the 2009 address, Obama supported Iran's use of nuclear power but condemned any country from having nuclear weapons. (redprofitsreport.com)
Let us see if this administration refuses to "speculate" on Iran's nuclear program. (dcmessageboards.com)
The officials said Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan and other Arab and Persian Gulf countries have been discussing the next steps toward possible strikes on Iran's nuclear sites. (democast.tv)
The dance of Iran's denial - nuclear weapon program? (newswithviews.com)
The latest is Obama penned a letter - no doubt, a stern one - to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the contents of which are unknown. (newswithviews.com)

He adds that the late Ayatollah Khomeini had also issued a fatwa against weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, on to break them during the Iran-Iraq War (58-59). (breitbart.com)
President Obama sent the following message to the White House email list laying out how today's historic understanding with Iran will prevent Iran from producing a nuclear weapon. (asu.edu)
If fully implemented, this framework will prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, making our nation, our allies, and our world safer. (asu.edu)
For decades, Iran has been advancing its nuclear program. (asu.edu)
When I took office, Iran was operating thousands of centrifuges - which can produce the materials for a nuclear bomb - and was concealing a secret nuclear facility. (asu.edu)
And after many months of tough and principled diplomacy, the United States - joined by the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, China, and the European Union - achieved the framework for a deal that will cut off every pathway Iran could take to develop a nuclear weapon. (asu.edu)
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX, defended himself on Twitter after a fact-checker claimed he was wrong about former President Obama, Iran and its 'right' to have nuclear technology during a speech he gave last month. (redprofitsreport.com)
Of course, I didn't say Obama said Iran had a 'right' to nuclear weapons… they laughably rate my statement 'mostly false' because Obama didn't say…what I didn't say he said,' the senator tweeted. (redprofitsreport.com)
Speaking at the Hudson Institute on May 17, Cruz said Obama 'gave a speech where he said Iran has a right to nuclear technology. (redprofitsreport.com)
PolitiFact addressed the comments and determined his line about Obama's speech was 'mostly false' as the former president did not support Iran having 'nuclear weapons. (redprofitsreport.com)
I said Obama said Iran had a 'right' to 'nuclear technology,'' Cruz wrote on Twitter. (redprofitsreport.com)
The Texan added: 'And, of course, they ignore my broader point: Iran doesn't want nuclear technology bc they need electricity-they have tons of oil-the want nukes only to carry out their genocidal, theocratic war cry of 'Death to America! (redprofitsreport.com)
Obama said in 2009 that 'any nation - including Iran - should have the right to access peaceful nuclear power if it complies with its responsibilities under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,' according to an excerpt from the White House. (redprofitsreport.com)
And any nation - including Iran - should have the right to access peaceful nuclear power if it complies with its responsibilities under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. (redprofitsreport.com)
Cruz's speech at the Washington, D.C. think tank addressed Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, which is nearing 500 days, its cooperation with Iran, the Biden administration's response to the invasion and the events of the Obama administration which proceeded it. (redprofitsreport.com)
Republican presidential hopeful says president more concerned about Israel attacking Iran than Iran obtaining nuclear weapons. (ynetnews.com)
Romney on Saturday told the Faith and Freedom Coalition he believes the president is more concerned about Israel attacking Iran than he is about Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon. (ynetnews.com)
He's almost sounded like he's more frightened that Israel might take military action than he's concerned that Iran might become nuclear," Romney said. (ynetnews.com)
It is unacceptable for Iran to become a nuclear nation and that we're prepared to take any and all action necessary to keep that from happening. (ynetnews.com)
Fifteen governors - including five in contention for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016 - are denouncing the White House-backed nuclear deal with Iran. (newsmax.com)
What the Obama administration achieved with Iran deserves great credit. (theconversation.com)
The officials said the U.S. passed strong messages to Israel and the Saudis that the Americans maintain and control radar capabilities around the skies of Iran and that no strike should be launched without the permission of the Obama administration. (democast.tv)
Is Obama setting-up Israel to confront Iran on nukes? (democast.tv)
With Israel and Saudi Arabia siding with the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda versus Iran and its allies, President Obama faces a critical decision whether to repudiate those old allies and cooperate with Iran or watch as Sunni terrorist groups possibly take control of a major country in the Mideast, writes Robert Parry. (consortiumnews.com)
But the Obama administration has reconfigured its missile defense proposal to focus on the nuclear threat from Iran. (voanews.com)
That would be a huge victory for President Obama, not just for his overall policy, and not just for the NATO policy, but as a signal to Iran that Russia takes this threat seriously as well and wants to be part of missile defense,' he said. (voanews.com)
As the June 30 deadline approaches for the P5+1 - a group of nations including the US, Russia and China - and Iran to complete a nuclear agreement, all signs seem to be pointing to the fact that Britain alongside the US and France seem to be caving in on some of their long-standing central demands. (telegraph.co.uk)
Foremost among these is that Iran must be transparent about the "possible military dimensions" (PMDs) of its nuclear program. (telegraph.co.uk)
This means that the ultimate agreement could leave open the potential for Iran to weaponize its nuclear program and acquire and then possibly deploy a nuclear weapon. (telegraph.co.uk)
Finally, there are those who feel that the nuclear agreement being considered between Iran and the P5+1 adequately prevents Iran from quickly weaponizing its nuclear program. (telegraph.co.uk)
One thing is clear: we must stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. (jewishvirtuallibrary.org)
Iran pursues nuclear weapons its leaders vow to use to annihilate Israel. (jewishvirtuallibrary.org)
And it was an even greater mistake for President Obama to distance himself from Israel and seek engagement with the hostile regimes in Syria and Iran. (jewishvirtuallibrary.org)

19 Aug 2016 - The world currently faces two existential threats: climate change and nuclear Armageddon. (transcend.org)

Japan (IDN) - Despite President Barack Obama's call for a "world without nuclear weapons" during his 'historic' visit to Hiroshima, the city where the first ever atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945, causing over 140,000 casualties, the United States is nowhere close to prohibiting nuclear weapons. (indepthnews.net)
In run-up to Obama's Hiroshima visit, ICAN's Executive Director Beatrice Fihn said: "Over the past seven years, the U.S. nuclear policy has been nothing but disappointing for those who believed that Obama could make real change on nuclear weapons - in particular its boycott of a promising new process to ban nuclear weapons. (indepthnews.net)
Obama's call from Prague in 2009 to "put an end to the cold war thinking" and reduce the role of nuclear weapons in the U.S. and its allies' security strategies has not been matched by action, she said. (indepthnews.net)
President Obama's cowardly deal with the Iranian regime - a regime dedicated to the destruction of Israel, pursuing nuclear weapons in violation of multiple United Nations resolutions, and the persecution of Christians - marks the most ignominious moment in western foreign policy in decades. (democast.tv)
President Obama's foreign policy over the last six months has "won" America the diplomatic victory of leaving a weapons of mass destruction-using dictator in power in Syria while shifting Russia into the Middle Eastern driver's seat and donating American stockpiles to al Qaeda. (democast.tv)
Adding further embarrassment: Obama's weak-kneed blunders actually opened the doors for Russia's Vladimir Putin to flex his leadership muscles and capture the public relations ground by acting as the third party to take control of Assad's chemical stocks - the same chemical stocks that Obama couldn't even get Assad to admit owning, never mind using. (newswithviews.com)

The recently unveiled B61 is the first of five new warhead types called for in the updating of America's nuclear weapons. (fpif.org)
Perhaps this is why President Obama has been so cautious about declaring a "no-first-use" policy for America's nuclear weapons during his final months in office, a proposal that has run into opposition even among top cabinet members. (transcend.org)
The Defense Department has also acknowledged the declining role of America's nuclear arsenal in deterring non-nuclear attacks, due to the growing capabilities of conventional forces. (transcend.org)
On April 5, 2009 in Prague, you gave millions of people around the world new hope when you declared: "So today, I state clearly and with conviction America's commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons. (paxchristiusa.org)
And that's why I strongly reaffirmed America's commitment to seek a world in which no nations hold nuclear weapons. (redprofitsreport.com)

Instead, we insist that the Iranian government meet its responsibilities under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and UN Security Council resolutions. (breitbart.com)
The Russians accuse the U.S. of violating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty of 1987, which banned land-based cruise and medium-range missiles with a range between 300 and 3,400 miles. (fpif.org)
In Hiroshima Obama was accompanied by Japanese Prime Minister Abe, who is also facing harsh criticism at home for his "hypocritical stance" on nuclear weapons, calling for nuclear disarmament while continuing to rely on U.S. nuclear weapons and opposing progress on a new treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons. (indepthnews.net)
This conflict may come to a head at the 2015 Review of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). (paxchristiusa.org)
It has signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, and the Chemical Weapons Convention. (telegraph.co.uk)
This year's ceremony marking the event comes a month after the majority of the world's nations reached a historic nuclear weapons ban treaty. (commondreams.org)
The nuclear-armed states, including the U.S. and North Korea, boycotted the treaty negotiations. (commondreams.org)

The G7's three nuclear powers possess one-third of the world's atomic arsenal, estimated at a total number of 15,350 atomic warheads. (indepthnews.net)
A summary of the status of the nuclear weapons stockpile, including the number and age of warheads (including both active and inactive) for each warhead type. (cornell.edu)
The majority of those nuclear warheads are owned by the U.S. and Russia . (commondreams.org)

He does a great job in describing the Obama administration's ongoing nuclear targeting review and its place in the life of the administration with the myriads of policy issues and special interests that limit the president's options in fulfilling the nuclear disarmament vision he presented in Prague in 2009. (fas.org)
Leaders' journey into a spiritual land surrounding Ise Jingu seems to have sparsely influenced G7 decisions: While the Group's three nuclear powers - USA, France and Britain - and the non-nuclear Japan, Canada, Germany and Italy vowed that "non-proliferation and disarmament issues" are among their "top priorities", the 32-page Declaration devoted only nine lines to the issue . (indepthnews.net)
In this context, the 'Leaders' Declaration' endorsed the G7 Foreign Ministers' 'Hiroshima Declaration' on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation and the Statement of the G7 Non-Proliferation Directors' Group on Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. (indepthnews.net)
Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, who hails from Hiroshima, explained that the rift between nuclear-weapon states and non-nuclear weapon states had grown deeper and that the prevailing conditions surrounding nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation efforts had become increasingly severe. (indepthnews.net)
Would that you would apply the same standard to nuclear disarmament! (paxchristiusa.org)
Bolstered by that hope, over the past three years, there has been a new round of nuclear disarmament initiatives by governments not possessing nuclear weapons, both within and outside the United Nations. (paxchristiusa.org)
They insist that Obama remains committed to the disarmament agenda he outlined in a 2009 landmark speech in Prague, in which he promised to work towards a world free of nuclear weapons. (uchicago.edu)

It flies directly in the face of the pledges Obama made in 2010 that he would not deploy new weapons. (uchicago.edu)

And how should the Biden administration and NATO respond if, indeed, Putin goes nuclear? (undispatch.com)
We put these questions and more to Jon Wolfsthal a longtime nuclear policy professional and aid to then Vice President Joe Biden who currently serves as senior advisor to Global Zero and as a board member for Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. (undispatch.com)
In his endorsement of Biden, Obama gave his consent for his former running mate to go beyond the policy platform they built. (theconversation.com)

Michelle Obama also sent congratulations with a picture of their meeting, while Clinton wrote: "The future of American tennis looks bright. (8newsnow.com)

Four years ago in Prague, [y]ou stated clearly and with conviction your commitment to seek a world without nuclear weapons. (yahoo.com)

Reserving the right to use nuclear weapons first in a conflict made sense during the Cold War, when the United States and its allies confronted a massive Soviet threat along the entire European front. (transcend.org)
The United States would almost certainly never use its nuclear weapons against an enemy that does not have any because the political and moral cost would be too high, which also makes the threat of using them in such a scenario rather empty. (transcend.org)
There are laws of war that require both proportionality and discretion in the use of force, and so many would argue that any threat to use nuclear weapons first in this context would be fundamentally illegal under international law. (undispatch.com)
Today, the greatest threat to the security of Israel and, by extension, a threat to America, is the Iranian government developing a nuclear arsenal. (jewishvirtuallibrary.org)
Commenting on the anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where the U.S. dropped a second atomic bomb on Aug. 9, 1945, Paul Kawika Martin, senior director for policy and political affairs at Peace Action, warned of the increased nuclear threat. (commondreams.org)

While it is encouraging to hear Sen. McCain move away from the Bush administration's incredibly aggressive nuclear policy, there are still many concerns about his position (including how he expects to kick Russia out of the G8 and then have friendly negotiations to reduce our nuclear stockpiles ). (peaceaction.org)

We are not seeking regime change, and we respect the right of the Iranian people to access peaceful nuclear energy. (breitbart.com)
Put another way, the evidence on which President Obama is basing his decision to trust the Iranian regime is far weaker than the evidence on which George W. Bush based his decision not to trust Iraq's Saddam Hussein. (breitbart.com)

NATO has steadily moved eastward under Bush and Obama, so that today its troops are stationed on Russia's borders. (fpif.org)
There are 28 pages of the Joint Inquiry of Congress (an investigation into the U.S. government intelligence failures prior to 9/11) that have remained classified and hidden away from the American public by both the Bush and Obama Administrations. (consortiumnews.com)
compared to Obama, bush is the best president in history. (sciforums.com)
you fail to understand, during bush administration you had deterring factor, they knew exactly the price, now thanks to Obama, they feel that America is weaker. (sciforums.com)
In a speech marking the Eid festival, Rafsanjani reproved the incoming president: "It is not appropriate for Obama to use such words similar to those of Bush. (debka.com)

It imports its nuclear reactors and its weapons from China. (thedailybeast.com)
At KACARE, Saudi nuclear scientists have already carried out the strategic planning on a nuclear program, and plans are in place to spend around $80 billion over the next twenty years to build about sixteen nuclear power reactors. (telegraph.co.uk)

Administration plans now call for the U.S. to spend a trillion dollars over the next three decades modernizing its nuclear arsenal. (fpif.org)
We write now, on the eve of the third Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) meeting for the 2015 Review Conference of the NPT, which will take place at UN headquarters in New York April 28 - May 9, 2014, to underscore our plea that your administration shed its negative attitude and participate constructively in deliberations and negotiations regarding the creation of a multilateral process to achieve a nuclear weapons free world. (paxchristiusa.org)
He once again illustrates a point I keep trying to make: anti-Islamist and moderate Arab states, intellectuals, and democratic opposition movements are just as upset with the Obama Administration as I am. (blogspot.com)
Spokesman Ben LaBolt says Obama has given Israel more security assistance than any other administration and has stood with Israel at the United Nations. (ynetnews.com)
The Trump administration has the tools to slow the momentum Obama started on clean energy. (theconversation.com)
Yet the Obama administration wants to pretend he is a moderate. (democast.tv)
January 20, 2009 --On this U.S. Presidential Inauguration day, I thought it would be appropriate to share some viewpoints about what an Obama administration may mean to the scientific community--especially to the problem of global climate change. (laserfocusworld.com)
by Robert G. Gard and Leonor Tomero In 2008, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation sought input from 60 scientists, academics, members of Congress, senior congressional staffers, and representatives from advocacy groups, think tanks, and foundations to assess the priorities for the next Administration on nuclear arms control and non-proliferation. (armscontrolcenter.org)
Unfortunate errors by the Obama administration have encouraged the Palestinians to take steps backward away from peace. (jewishvirtuallibrary.org)
When the Obama administration demanded a settlement freeze, it led to a freeze in Palestinian negotiations. (jewishvirtuallibrary.org)
Will the Trump administration do more than spout bellicose threats of using nuclear weapons? (commondreams.org)

We at the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation are circulating an Appeal to the Next President of the United States of America for a nuclear weapons-free world. (peaceaction.org)
Jump over to Syria, and Obama proved himself similarly weak, setting a so-called red line for America to get involved militarily - if President Bashar Assad was proved to have used chemical weapons on his own people - and then pulling back from that vow after said proof was given. (newswithviews.com)
the true issue should be how long before Obama destroys America and plunge the world in WW3. (sciforums.com)

We will not sit idly by as North Korea threatens its neighbors with war and weapons," President Obama said Wednesday at a press conference in Mesa, Arizona. (blogspot.com)
A month later, North Korea defied international warnings to conduct an underground nuclear test - its second time doing so. (newswithviews.com)
Amidst increased tensions between the U.S. and world powers including North Korea , the city of Hiroshima, Japan on Sunday marked the 72nd anniversary of the U.S. dropping of the atomic bomb with a call to rid the world of 'the absolute evil that is nuclear weapons. (commondreams.org)

Notwithstanding a stockpile of 5,185 weapons of mass destruction at the command of the Three nuclear haves, the Seven declared: "We reaffirm our commitment to seeking a safer world for all and to creating the conditions for a world without nuclear weapons in a way that promotes international stability. (indepthnews.net)
It will take bold leadership backed by a people-powered movement to topple these weapons of mass destruction and the systems of injustice that uphold them. (globalzero.org)
For years, the Kingdom has been the primary leader in pushing for a Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Free Zone in the Middle East. (telegraph.co.uk)

This entry was posted in *English and tagged EU , New START , Nuclear Posture Review , Nuclear Weapons , Russia , U.S. . Bookmark the permalink . (uchicago.edu)
by Kingston Reif BACKGROUND The Fiscal Year 2008 National Defense Authorization Act mandated the U.S. Department of Defense to undertake a Nuclear Posture Review, a comprehensive review of U.S. nuclear weapons strategy and policy for the next five to ten years. (armscontrolcenter.org)

Speaking about nuclear weapons Clinton noted how Trump has said he didn't care if other countries such as Saudi Arabia got nuclear weapons. (complex.com)
And, why does President Obama, as well as certain other members, officials and bureaucrats in our government, think it is more important to support and protect the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia rather than Americans who were victims of a terrorist attack? (consortiumnews.com)
To avoid this calamity, Obama would have to throw U.S. support fully behind the embattled regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, precipitate a break with Israel and Saudi Arabia, and withstand a chorus of condemnations from influential neocon pundits, Republican politicians and hawkish Democrats. (consortiumnews.com)
Saudi Arabia has for past several years been laying the groundwork for a civil nuclear program with no PMDs. (telegraph.co.uk)
When the late King Abdullah decided to pursue a comprehensive national civil nuclear program, he established the King Abdullah Atomic Energy City (KACARE) that centralized all nuclear related research in Saudi Arabia. (telegraph.co.uk)

Our friends at the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation have put together a comprehensive comparison of Obama and McCain's positions on many aspects of nuclear weapons policy. (peaceaction.org)
If that isn't enough information for you, you can watch video of the Arms Control Association's Annual meeting , where representatives of each campaign discussed how the next president can strengthen global nuclear nonproliferation. (peaceaction.org)
With these nuclear-armed adversaries each vying to improve their geopolitical positions and expand their nuclear capabilities, the need for dialogue and diplomacy to prevent conflict and support nonproliferation is readily apparent. (commondreams.org)

Meanwhile, the Supreme Leader has issued a fatwa against the development of nuclear weapons, and President Rouhani has just recently reiterated that the Islamic Republic will never develop a nuclear weapon. (breitbart.com)

Romney described the 1967 borders as "indefensible" and noted that Obama has been "disrespectful of Prime Minister Netanyahu. (ynetnews.com)
Last week's Political Junkie column ( "Still Waiting For That Declaration of Independents" ) talked about the lack of ballot alternatives to President Obama (D) and Mitt Romney (R). If there is such dissatisfaction with the two major parties, I wondered, shouldn't there be greater support for a third party or independent presidential candidate? (nhpr.org)
On Wednesday morning's Morning Joe , panelist and former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell took a shot at Bill Burton 's pro-Obama SuperPAC Priorities USA Action over a new ad that uses the Olympics to take aim at Republican candidate Mitt Romney . (mediaite.com)

Following his inauguration on January 20, 2009, Obama traveled to 22 different states internationally, in addition to many more trips made domestically within the United States. (wikipedia.org)

Therefore, if they must develop a defensive weaponized nuclear program in order to protect themselves and their allies, they will do so. (telegraph.co.uk)

Obama was thus advised to forget about his back-up plan for tougher sanctions if talks with Tehran were unavailing. (debka.com)

Americans need to acknowledge that, practically speaking, their nuclear arsenal currently exists for the purposes of deterrence only, and that a first-use policy therefore has little use as a military or foreign policy tool. (transcend.org)
The fact is he doesn't need to speculate, there is a single country in the Middle East (or Southwest Asia from a less Eurocentric point of view) with an extensive and well documented nuclear arsenal: Israel. (dcmessageboards.com)
Jimmy Carter has acknowledged Israel's nuclear arsenal. (dcmessageboards.com)

Thus, he has the right to use nuclear weapons to defend this newly acquired Russian territory. (undispatch.com)
There's a very strong argument that he doesn't have the right to use nuclear weapons on or about Ukrainian territory under the UN charter. (undispatch.com)
But in this case, Putin is clearly signaling that he believes this territory that he has illegally annexed is now Russian, and to state that if that territory is attacked, he reserves the right to use nuclear weapons, something designed to try to blunt support for Ukraine taking back this territory. (undispatch.com)

Mr. Obama has sent an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan, for a total of about 100,000. (voanews.com)

How seriously should we take these nuclear threats? (undispatch.com)
What Nuclear Threats Has Putin Made? (undispatch.com)
Mark L. Goldberg [00:02:46] Can you describe the kinds of nuclear threats that Putin has been issuing thus far? (undispatch.com)
Mark L. Goldberg [00:05:10] So amidst Russia's annexation of parts of Ukraine most recently and amidst Putin's nuclear threats, Jake Sullivan, the U.S. National Security Advisor, said the U.S. does not believe a Russian nuclear strike is, quote, imminent. (undispatch.com)
Whether it's extractive uranium mining, nuclear testing, waste storage, or coercive nuclear threats, abolishing these weapons is a critical pillar of the global fight for equity and justice. (globalzero.org)
He tells us all about it in the Washington Post Of all the threats to global security and peace, the most dangerous is the proliferation and potential use of nuclear weapons. (thepiratescove.us)

On June 17-18, when you meet with President Putin on the side of the G8 Summit, we urge you to negotiate further cuts to the massive U.S.-Russian Cold War stockpiles and pave the way to bringing world leaders into the first international negotiations in history for the elimination of all nuclear weapons. (yahoo.com)

The message from national security experts and citizens around the world is clear: the only way to eliminate the global nuclear danger is to eliminate all nuclear weapons," Michael Douglas says. (yahoo.com)
If a nuclear exchange ever took place, the destruction would be greater than anything the world has ever known, and much of the earth would be contaminated by fall-out. (fpif.org)
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for peace in 2009 after he called for a nuclear-free world. (fpif.org)
That world is now history, but the doomsday weapons that defined it are not, which means we need to change how we think about them. (transcend.org)
Kishida therefore stressed the necessity at precisely such a point in time for the G7 to send a strong message from Hiroshima toward the realization of a world without nuclear weapons. (indepthnews.net)
Seventy-one years ago on a bright cloudless morning, death fell from the sky and the world was changed," Obama said. (indepthnews.net)
The Appeal calls on the next President to take seven specific steps in making a nuclear weapons-free world a reality in the coming years. (peaceaction.org)
So please visit http://www.makeworldsafer.com , and help us make the world nuclear-free! (peaceaction.org)
The former president went on to say he wanted 'a world in which no nations hold nuclear weapons. (redprofitsreport.com)
Matsui referenced the treaty's adoption, saying that with 'this development, the governments of all countries must now strive to advance further toward a nuclear weapon-free world. (commondreams.org)
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's message to those gathered in Hiroshima acknowledged that the 'dream of a world free of nuclear weapons remains far from reality,' noting the existence of roughly 15,000 nuclear weapons. (commondreams.org)
I firmly believe we need to mobilize this perspective as we now need to strive to take concrete steps towards our goal of a world free of nuclear weapons. (who.int)

Israel's nuclear weapons program being the prime example of this failed policy. (telegraph.co.uk)

The defense budget must be in sync with U.S. nuclear policy, which now requires concrete steps to reduce the numbers and role of nuclear weapons. (fas.org)
The Nobel Prize committee also cited a speech he made in which he pledged to "reduce the role of nuclear weapons in our national security strategy. (fpif.org)

To do so, Global Zero said in a press release, President Obama 'will have to go beyond the bilateral process President Reagan started of U.S.-Soviet/Russian arms reductions and bring the other leading nuclear powers into international arms negotiations for the first time in history. (yahoo.com)
Not only would a no-first-use commitment reduce the risk of nuclear war and set a safer example for other nuclear powers, but it would do so at a time when arsenals are growing and tensions are mounting-particularly in Asia, where the main action of a new nuclear age is unfolding. (transcend.org)
Regardless of the caveats, however, once Americans have accepted this new reality, it will be easier to adopt a more restrained nuclear doctrine that other nations can then support and other nuclear powers can mimic. (transcend.org)
It also freed Obama to use his rhetorical powers in the upcoming election. (theconversation.com)

The plans for an indigenous program capable of using established methods of producing plutonium and highly enriched uranium (HEU) are already in place, and several Saudi nuclear scientists have earned their PhD's researching new forms of civil nuclear technology. (telegraph.co.uk)

While this gesture was appreciated by many, ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) said, Washington was embarking on a massive nuclear weapons modernization programme of $1 trillion - "ensuring that the the U.S. would be nuclear-armed for decades to come", ICAN said. (indepthnews.net)
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons says that the Hiroshima and Nagaski bombings killed over 200,000 in 1945 and left a legacy of chronic disease still felt today. (commondreams.org)

After authorizing U.S. weapons for Syrian rebels, Obama faces difficult talks with the Russian president, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's most powerful ally. (yahoo.com)
The US president warned that the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, is not joking when he talks about using nuclear weapons following losses on the battlefield in Ukraine. (undispatch.com)

Instead of watching what's happening in Syria from a dispassionate distance, I would be leading in Syria by encouraging our friends there like the Turks and the Saudis to prove weapons to the insurgents in Syria," he said. (ynetnews.com)

Of course, there are other pressing issues for Obama and Putin to discuss. (yahoo.com)
If Putin Goes Nuclear, How Should the United States Respond? (undispatch.com)
In what scenarios and circumstances might Putin actually use a nuclear weapon. (undispatch.com)
In an address in Moscow on Wednesday, Vladimir Putin declared that Russia would use all weapons systems available to us to defend the country. (undispatch.com)
But one thing that Putin has done for decades is try to effectively weaponize risk, and there's a long debate in nuclear policy circles about whether deterrence requires leaving something to chance and how useful it is to be ambiguous about when and if you might use nuclear weapons. (undispatch.com)

Pax Christi USA has signed onto the following open letter to President Obama asking for an end to NATO expansion and to halt anti-missile system deployment in Europe. (paxchristiusa.org)
Missile defense will be on the minds of Presidents Obama and Medvedev, as well as the other NATO leaders. (voanews.com)
James Goldgeier says Mr. Obama is hoping for a commitment from his Russian counterpart to work with NATO on the issue. (voanews.com)

I'm convinced the president wants to the continue his efforts to reform US nuclear policy," Cirincione said. (uchicago.edu)

This will be a significant upgrade of the US nuclear capability in Europe," said Hans Kristensen, a nuclear weapons expert at the Federation of Nuclear Scientists. (uchicago.edu)
Scientists are hopeful that Obama, who has already called for increased research spending, will bring a new dawn. (laserfocusworld.com)

Each time , the U.S. Department of Justice (at the direction of President Obama) has written "Letters of Interest" recommending that the Supreme Court deny hearing our case thereby allowing the Saudis to remain excused from our case via their FSIA shield. (consortiumnews.com)

A summary of the status of the nuclear security enterprise, including programs and plans for infrastructure modernization and retention of human capital, as well as associated budgets and schedules. (cornell.edu)

Nuclear abolition is not a standalone fight. (globalzero.org)

Following the statements made to me by Apollo 14 Astronaut Edgar Mitchell on government cover ups and claims of nuclear weapons tampering by extraterrestrials, I was contacted by an associate of Stephen Bassett who expressed gratitude on his behalf for covering those stories. (observer.com)
Last year, President Obama made a historic visit to Hiroshima and met with survivors. (commondreams.org)

Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump has not ruled out using a nuclear bomb once he becomes president. (fpif.org)

Further, through the Kingdom's $2 billion a year foreign scholarship program (there are currently about 15,000 students in the UK alone), numerous future Saudi nuclear physicists are being trained. (telegraph.co.uk)

We will make decisions based on the facts, and we understand that facts demand bold action,' Obama said at the nomination of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu, a climate change technology advocate, as the next Secretary of Energy. (laserfocusworld.com)
Obama has selected other key advisers who are strong advocates of taking action to address climate change. (laserfocusworld.com)

The group also sent an open letter to Obama recalling a 2009 speech in which the president committed to their cause. (yahoo.com)
If Donald Trump is elected he will be handed the keys to nuclear-weapons program more entrenched than ever thanks to President Obama. (fpif.org)
President Obama until recently seemed fully aware of the danger of nuclear proliferation. (fpif.org)
Additionally excluded are trips to Camp David, the country residence of the president, and to the private home of the Obama family in Kenwood, Chicago. (wikipedia.org)
President Obama and First Lady schedule, guidance April 3, 2009. (wikipedia.org)
Obviously from President Obama and former first lady Michelle is crazy that they were here my first-round match, and now I'm a different person now. (8newsnow.com)
Like his predecessors, President Obama is putting cozy ties with the Saudi royals ahead of telling the truth to the American people about the Saudi role in 9/11, writes 9/11 widow Kristen Breitweiser. (consortiumnews.com)
Why does President Obama think it's okay for 15 Arabs (and four of their friends) to come into our country, hijack our planes, crash them into our buildings, and brutally kill 3,000 innocent people? (consortiumnews.com)
Why would President Obama recommend that the highest court in the land refuse to hear our case about the worst terrorist attack in the land? (consortiumnews.com)
While President Obama would probably agree that Romney's drive and ambition were admirable, he didn't do it on his own. (mediaite.com)
On Wednesday evening, President Obama rightly said we "need to work with the Pakistani government to root out the cancer of violent extremism, and we will insist that it keeps its commitments. (thedailybeast.com)
As a political activist and executive director of the Paradigm Research Group (PRG), Basset aims to end the 68-year embargo of classified information relating to alien activity while pressuring President Obama and the Executive Branch to disclose these findings to the public. (observer.com)
At this time the focus of the movement is on the United States and President Obama. (observer.com)

The Russians are aware that so-called defensive weapons are weapons that make an offensive strike safer to carry out by protecting against retaliation. (fpif.org)
Would A Nuclear Weapon Make South Korea Safer? (armscontrolcenter.org)

Thomas' question was designed to test whether Obama would admit that well-known secret. (dcmessageboards.com)

Nor would Trump object if South Korea and Japan acquired nuclear weapons. (fpif.org)
Trump has pointed the finger at Obama for creating the list of seven countries in his new travel ban. (theconversation.com)

The agreement, which ended North Korea's bid continue its plutonium-based weapons program, was ended in 2006. (blogspot.com)
As a result, she said, the North had restarted and accelerated its plutonium program, allowing it to build a nuclear device that it had detonated in 2006. (blogspot.com)

However, there is a strong possibility that the Kingdom might begin to engage in contingency planning for a defensive nuclear program with PMDs. (telegraph.co.uk)
The second fundamental pillar of the doctrine is that the addition of PMDs to the Saudi nuclear program would be carried out for purely defensive reasons. (telegraph.co.uk)

Kristensen said the tail kit would give it a new mission and new capabilities, once some of the upgraded weapons were deployed as scheduled in Europe in 2019 or 2020. (uchicago.edu)

Today the U.S. and Russia possess nuclear weapons with many times the destructive power of the earlier bombs. (fpif.org)
He has enacted a military mobilization within Russia and is once again threatening the use of nuclear weapons. (undispatch.com)

Obama has undercut the secular Egyptian military regime in favor of the fascistic Muslim Brotherhood. (democast.tv)
Obama issued a tough statement , slamming the regime for its 'provocative act. (newswithviews.com)
Economic sanctions must be tightened and increased and all options must remain on the table to stop a brutally repressive regime from acquiring a nuclear capability. (jewishvirtuallibrary.org)

Obama continued, "I am speaking to you directly, Mr. Jong-Il, you will be red in the face when you read this letter. (blogspot.com)

The aim is to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and make sure they would not be acquired by a rogue state. (fpif.org)

Any deterrent capability that does remain, such as against chemical or biological attacks, as well as against nuclear attacks, could be preserved by a qualified US no-first-use policy. (transcend.org)
It is encouraging to see that the presidential candidates have both correctly determined that our nuclear weapons policy deserves significant attention. (peaceaction.org)
Both candidates have spent time articulating a vision of what our nuclear weapons policy would look like, and while there are concerns from both candidates, we can be assured that even "McBush" recognizes that we need to move in a new direction. (peaceaction.org)
In the midst of all the policy debates, it can be easy to lose sight of the human cost of nuclear weapons, which is truly horrifying. (peaceaction.org)

As long as nuclear weapons exist and policymakers threaten their use, their horror could leap into our present at any moment,' says Hiroshima mayor. (commondreams.org)

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