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Nuclear-Power Fuel Too Close to Nuclear-Weapon Fuel for Comfort
THE DEPROLIFERATOR -- Recent statements by its chief representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency suggest that Iran may be backing away from an agreement to ship its low-enriched nuclear fuel to Russia for further enriching. Even, though,...
Hersh: In an unstable Pakistan, can nuclear warheads be kept safe?
Seymour Hersh | Nov 16 Issue | New Yorker Obama did not say so, but current and former officials said in interviews in Washington and Pakistan that his Administration has been negotiating highly sensitive understandings with the Pakistani military. T...
A Betrayal Is A Betrayal
There is simply no excuse for this: By now you’ve probably heard about the Stupack amendment, which would make it illegal for any insurance offered on the exchanges set up by the health care reform bill to cover abortion services. It is being all...
Prospect of More U.S. Troops Worries Afghan Public
Alissa Rubin | Charikar, Afghanistan — | November 7NY Times - As Americans, including President Obama’s top advisers, tensely debate whether to send more American troops to Afghanistan, Afghans themselves are having a similar discussion and voic...
"The Neocon dream of Turko-Israeli regional military-economic cooperation sphere is now in tatters"
My friend Chuck Spinney writes in from Turkey this morning riffing off a recent op-ed in the Times. I can't quibble with what either of them have to say. Chuck says: As someone who has lived in Turkey for most of the last two years, I have watched th...
Are You Currently Employed, Unemployed, or Underemployed?
Are You Currently Employed, Unemployed, or Underemployed? : Employed Unemployed Underemployed ...

