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Missile defense is coming to Europe. The initial pieces of the Obama Administration’s European Phased Adaptive Architecture (EPAA) are in place. The USS Monterey (CG-61), with the Aegis ballistic missile defense 3.6.1 weapon system and the SM-3 Block IA missile, is currently in theater. This is
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Date:
12/6/2011
The ink was barely dry on the New START Treaty before some in the Obama Administration were talking about the need for a follow-on agreement. The current agreement reduces the number of deployed Russian and U.S. strategic nuclear warheads (but not stockpiled weapons) by some 25 percent to 1,550
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Date:
6/3/2011
As the oft-used question goes: Are you going to believe me or your lying eyes? This is the White House’s apparent strategy with respect to ratification of the New START treaty. In response to questions from concerned senators regarding language in the treaty on missile defenses and repeated requests
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Date:
12/9/2010
My 23 year old son David is too young to remember the Soviet Union or have any first-hand experience with what life and international relations were like during the Cold War. It turns out I need not have worried about this major gap in his life experience. Apparently, Russian President Medvedev,
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Date:
12/1/2010

