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(Nov. 10) -- As the Obama administration conducts several key reviews of the country's nuclear arsenal, a top military general said he believes the United States will need nuclear weapons for at least several more decades. ...
(Nov. 19) -- With negotiations over Iran's nuclear program stalled and the United States pushing for a new round of sanctions, officials in Tehran are anxiously awaiting delivery of state-of-the-art Russian air defense missiles that could be used to ...
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JERUSALEM (Nov. 10) -- As Israel's most preferred Palestinian leader threatens to throw in the towel in frustration over the ongoing impasse on peace negotiations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held unusually low-key talks with U.S. ...
Another aspect of Bush defense policy has quietly been undone, courtesy of an expert panel that determined the current arsenal of nuclear weapons has plenty of life left in it. The findings are a direct blow to proponents of building a new nuclear ...
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(Nov. 18) -- The Obama administration's shot at a win-win stratagem for reining in Iran's nuclear program looks more doomed than ever this week, raising doubts that sanctions against the country can be worked out -- and if enacted, whether they would ...
(Oct. 27) -- Iran is preparing its next dodge to defend its nuclear program; Pakistan is waging war on a Taliban faction in the wild frontier territory of South Waziristan. So it seemed wise for both countries to climb down today from conflict with ...
(Oct. 21) -- Is Iran finally playing fair? The draft agreement announced Wednesday after more than two days of negotiations in Vienna puts the international community tantalizingly close to a measure that would slow Iran's progress toward a ...
WASHINGTON (Nov. 3) -- It was billed as a "major speech" following up President Obama's promise last June in Cairo of a "new beginning" with the Muslim world. As soon as it ended, though, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was embarking on a hastily ...
