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A Cut Too Far
== Obama set to seek deeper cuts in nuclear arsenal ==
Washington Free Beacon, June 19th
President Obama has decided to seek deeper cuts in deployed strategic nuclear weapons to as few as 1,000 warheads, sharply below the target of 1,550 warheads required under a 2010 U.S.-Russia arms treaty, U.S. officials said Monday.
Critics say the steep cuts, which the administration will seek in new talks with a growing anti-U.S. government in Moscow, would undermine U.S. strategic deterrence for the United States and its allies in Asia and Europe.
The lower warhead levels also would be contrary to recent congressional testimony from a strategic forces commander who said further cuts would weaken the ability to deter nuclear states like Russia and China.
...The deeper nuclear cuts are outlined in a forthcoming report the Pentagon calls the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) implementation study, dubbed the mini-NPR, and reflect President Obama’s announced 2009 effort to completely eliminate all nuclear weapons. The announcement comes despite reports that Russia and China are engaged in a major buildup of their nuclear forces, and North Korea and Iran are developing nuclear arsenals.
http://freebeacon.com/a-cut-too-far/
Comments
Recent NY Times article
No word yet on whether that will be followed by another VSP or perhaps even an involuntary layoff of more regular staff. Charlie says he'll get back with employees on that one at a later date.
It's getting pretty bleak up on the Hill. You can't even find a UHaul to rent what with all the recently fired lab contractors leaving town.
June 21, 2012 5:55 AM
Are you talking about the number of UUhhhs and UUhmms that Charlie will say during his all-hands?
10:16 either cannot read, or intentionally exaggerates, or both. Shocking for this blog, I know.
Call it bleak if you want, but at least get the numbers right.
The US no longer has the nuclear arsenal to destroy the world "10 times over".
Maybe enough to destroy one-quarter of the world once, but that's about it. You can sleep well now.
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(Reuters - July 9th) - President Vladimir Putin said on Monday the West's influence was waning as its economy declines but warned Russian diplomats to be on their guard against a backlash from Moscow's former Cold War enemies.
...Putin's speech was sprinkled with the hawkish rhetoric that has made many foreign policy experts predict a turn for the worse in relations with the United States following his return to the Kremlin in May.