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Debate: On the Right Nuclear Weapons Track

(March 8) -- President Barack Obama has resumed a vital post-Cold War chore interrupted by his predecessor -- reducing America's nuclear arsenal. The White House reportedly is putting the final touches on its Nuclear Posture Review, which aims to reinforce the world's nonproliferation regime without undercutting...

Debate: Waiting for Obama's Policy on Nukes

(March 8) -- To defense experts, "NPR" stands not for "National Public Radio" but for the "Nuclear Posture Review" -- the reassessment of nuclear weapons policy U.S. presidents customarily undertake upon taking office. NPRs produce guidance used to direct management of the U.S. nuclear weapons infrastructure, Pentagon...

IAEA Suspects Iran Is Working on Nuclear Payload

(Feb. 18) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency suspects that Iran may be developing "a nuclear payload for a missile," according to a restricted report sent to the agency's board Thursday by Director General Yukiya Amano. The Vienna-based agency's suspicions come amid a global diplomatic push by the Obama...