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Published: 04/11/10

Gates, Clinton Say New Nuclear Arms Curbs Pose No Risk to Security

By  Bruce Drake - Politics Daily
Gates, Clinton Say New Nuclear Arms Curbs Pose No Risk to Security

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates sought Sunday to allay fears that U.S. security would be at risk following a new agreement with Russia to cut nuclear arsenals and, in particular, President Obama's decision to narrow the instances in which the U.S. would use its nuclear weapons. "We will always protect the United States, our partners and allies around the world," Clinton said on NBC's Meet the Press. "Our nuclear deterrent will remain secure, safe and effective in doing so. But we also think we will ultimately be safer if we can introduce the idea that the ...

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Published: 03/31/10

U.S.-Russia Nuke Treaty Not on the Public's Radar

By  David Wood - Politics Daily
U.S.-Russia Nuke Treaty Not on the Public's Radar

At the end of a lonely one-lane North Dakota farm road, beneath a squat, unremarkable concrete building, the elevator descends surprisingly slowly. Eventually its doors open to reveal a cramped space occupied by two junior Air Force officers. Their room smells of disinfectant and floor wax. Banks of computers blink silently. The lieutenants are U.S. missile control officers, and it is from their hands that one or more Minuteman III strategic nuclear missiles might one day burst from their hidden silos and roar toward their targets, each one carrying 20 to 30 times more thermonuclear explosive ...

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