Category Archives: Weapsons

N. Korea crisis latest blow to Obama’s nuclear agenda

By doris | Published: November 26, 2010

Full Story atmsnbc.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has set the goal of eventually ridding the world of nuclear arms as a central theme of his presidency, but North Korea’s defiance and other recent setbacks have raised fresh doubts about whether he can turn his vision into reality. With Obama’s broader nuclear agenda seemingly imperiled [...]

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Calderon blasts Arizona immigration law, seeks assault weapons ban

By doris | Published: May 21, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Mexican President Felipe Calderon addressed two of America’s most contentious political issues during a speech to the U.S. Congress Thursday, asking for a return of the assault weapons ban and blasting Arizona’s controversial new immigration law as a “terrible” endorsement of racial profiling.

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U.S. announces $6.4 billion arms deal with Taiwan

By doris | Published: January 30, 2010

Full Story at  CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Overriding objections from China, the Obama administration unveiled a $6.4 billion arms deal with Taiwan on Friday — including about $2.85 billion in missiles. The sale includes 60 Black Hawk helicopters (totaling $3.1 billion), 114 advanced Patriot air defense missiles; a pair of Osprey mine-hunting ships; and dozens [...]

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Clinton outlines sweeping agenda for U.N. conference

By doris | Published: September 19, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Clinton also strongly defended the Obama administration’s decision to scrap Bush-era plans for a missile defense shield in Europe, calling it a move that ultimately will leave the United States and its allies better positioned to defend against a potential threat from Iran. “Our agenda is ambitious,” she told an audience [...]

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Analysis: UN could hit North Korean arms exports

By doris | Published: June 11, 2009

Full Story At  News.yahoo.com WASHINGTON – The United Nations’ newly toughened penalties on North Korea for its nuclear defiance could hit hardest in an area that worries American officials the most: the North’s illicit exports of nuclear and missile technologies. Proposed new sanctions demand that North Korea give up its nuclear weapons, stop launching missiles [...]

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U.S., allies plan tough U.N. resolution on North Korea

By doris | Published: June 2, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke Monday with the Russian and Chinese foreign ministers, a department spokesman said, as the U.N. Security Council debates a tough resolution condemning North Korea’s latest missile and nuclear tests. “I think it’s very clear that we are all on the same page with regard to [...]

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North Korea’s bomb test seen as troubling progress

By doris | Published: May 27, 2009

Full Story At  News.yahoo.com WASHINGTON – Based on what appears to be a successful test of an atomic bomb more powerful than the one North Korea detonated in 2006, former U.S. government and independent analysts say the North’s technical skills are improving slightly. Of greater concern, according to national security adviser James L. Jones, is [...]

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Analysis: NKorea’s bomb test adds to atomic threat

By doris | Published: May 26, 2009

Full Story At  News.yahoo.com WASHINGTON – North Korea’s nuclear test presents another major security crisis for President Barack Obama, already saddled with wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and a nuclear problem with Iran. Obama assured the president of South Korea and the prime minister of Japan that the U.S. remains committed to the defense of [...]

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Analysis: Don’t expect deal with Mexico on assault weapons ban

By doris | Published: April 18, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com Mexican officials say criminals use assault weapons from the U.S. in the violent border region. Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Arturo Sarukhan, Mexico’s ambassador to the U.S., say reinstating the ban would stop the deadly flow of weapons across the border. Under the Clinton administration in 1994, Congress banned possession of [...]

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Mortars fired as U.S. lawmaker leaves Somalia

By doris | Published: April 14, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com MOGADISHU, Somalia – Assailants fired mortar shells at Mogadishu airport as a plane carrying a U.S. congressman took off, a police officer said. The plane departed safely, but 19 Somalis from surrounding residential areas were reported injured. U.S. Rep. Donald Payne, chairman of the House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs subcommittee on [...]

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Obama offered deal to Russia in secret letter

By doris | Published: March 3, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com WASHINGTON – President Obama sent a secret letter to Russia’s president last month suggesting that he would back off deploying a new missile defense system in Eastern Europe if Moscow would help stop Iran from developing long-range weapons, American officials said Monday. The letter to President Dmitri A. Medvedev was hand-delivered [...]

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