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April 06, 2010 — President Barack Obama’s administration announces changes in its nuclear weapons policy today. This moves non-proliferation in as a major goal; this is a big shift from the Bush administration which was very focused on the military aspect. It also decides on many nuclear issues including modernizing US nuclear military weapons.
New nuke policy
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No nukes! No nukes!
April 06, 2010 — President Barack Obama’s administration announces changes in its nuclear weapons policy today. The effects of the new policy are reducing the stock pile of nuclear weapons the United States currently has. The S.T.A.R.T. treaty will also reduce Russia’s stockpile by 30%, John Isaacs says that a world free of nuclear weapons is a long way off but this is a major step forward.
No nukes! No nukes!
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Obama excludes Iran in ban on US nuke strikes
PressTV
06 Apr 2010
US President Barack Obama plans to release a review of the US nuclear arms strategy that purportedly restricts the use of its nuclear arms against most non-atomic states except Iran and North Korea.
The Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), which the US Congress requires all US administrations to submit at least once during their tenure, will be issued one day before Obama leaves for Prague to sign a new nuclear-arms treaty with Russia.
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Obama unveils nuclear doctrine
April 06, 2010 — Less than a week before global leaders meet in Washington for a summit on stopping the spread of nuclear arms, the US president has unveiled his nuclear doctrine.
Barack Obama’s Nuclear Posture Review outlines a sharp decline in the United States’ nuclear arsenal, and rules out the use of atomic weapons against non-nuclear armed countries.
However, it stops short of a declaration that the US will not use nuclear weapons first in any conflict.
As Al Jazeera’s Rosiland Jordan reports, the review also comes with a stern message for North Korea and Iran (07 April 2010).
Obama unveils nuclear doctrine
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Statement by President Barack Obama on the Release of Nuclear Posture Review
by Barack Obama
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
April 06, 2010
One year ago yesterday in Prague, I outlined a comprehensive agenda to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and to pursue the peace and security of a world without them. I look forward to advancing this agenda in Prague this week when I sign the new START Treaty with President Medvedev, committing the United States and Russia to substantial reductions in our nuclear arsenals.
Today, my Administration is taking a significant step forward by fulfilling another pledge that I made in Prague—to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in our national security strategy and focus on reducing the nuclear dangers of the 21st century, while sustaining a safe, secure and effective nuclear deterrent for the United States and our allies and partners as long as nuclear weapons exist.
The Nuclear Posture Review, led by the Department of Defense, recognizes that the greatest threat to U.S. and global security is no longer a nuclear exchange between nations, but nuclear terrorism by violent extremists and nuclear proliferation to an increasing number of states. Moreover, it recognizes that our national security and that of our allies and partners can be increasingly defended by America’s unsurpassed conventional military capabilities and strong missile defenses.
As a result, we are taking specific and concrete steps to reduce the role of nuclear weapons while preserving our military superiority, deterring aggression and safeguarding the security of the American people.
First, and for the first time, preventing nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism is now at the top of America’s nuclear agenda, which affirms the central importance of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. We have aligned our policies and proposed major funding increases for programs to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons around the world. Our nuclear security summit next week will be an opportunity for 47 nations to commit to specific steps to pursue the goal of securing all vulnerable nuclear materials around the world within four years. And next month in New York, we will work with the wider world to strengthen the global non-proliferation regime to ensure that all nations uphold their responsibilities.
Second, we are further emphasizing the importance of nations meeting their NPT and nuclear non-proliferation obligations through our declaratory policy. The United States is declaring that we will not use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear weapons states that are party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and in compliance with their nuclear nonproliferation obligations. This enables us to sustain our nuclear deterrent for the narrower range of contingencies in which these weapons may still play a role, while providing an additional incentive for nations to meet their NPT obligations. Those nations that fail to meet their obligations will therefore find themselves more isolated, and will recognize that the pursuit of nuclear weapons will not make them more secure.
Finally, we are fulfilling our responsibilities as a nuclear power committed to the NPT. The United States will not conduct nuclear testing and will seek ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. The United States will not develop new nuclear warheads or pursue new military missions or new capabilities for nuclear weapons.
As I stated last year in Prague, so long as nuclear weapons exist, we will maintain a safe, secure and effective arsenal that guarantees the defense of the United States, reassures allies and partners, and deters potential adversaries. To that end, we are seeking substantial investments to improve infrastructure, strengthen science and technology, and retain the human capital we need to sustain our stockpile, while also strengthening the conventional capabilities that are an important part of our deterrent. The nuclear strategy we’re announcing today therefore reaffirms America’s unwavering commitment to the security of our allies and partners, and advances American national security.
To stop the spread of nuclear weapons, prevent nuclear terrorism, and pursue the day when these weapons do not exist, we will work aggressively to advance every element of our comprehensive agenda—to reduce arsenals, to secure vulnerable nuclear materials, and to strengthen the NPT. These are the steps toward the more secure future that America seeks, and this is the work that we are advancing today.
see
Kucinich, Seven Members of Congress Applaud Nuclear Disarmament Deal
The United States takes the matter of three-headed babies very seriously by William Blum
Helen Caldicott: Nuclear Power is Not the Answer to Global Warming (must-see)
Is a US attack on Iran imminent? by Alex Lantier + CIA: Iran Now Capable Of Producing Nukes
Kucinich sends Origami cranes to Obama + A new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
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And not a single word about Israel’s nuclear capabilities. At least Iran is signatary to the Non-Nuclear Proliferation Treaty – Israel isn’t. Always this duplicity hiding hypocrisy. Have the guts to call a spade a spade.
Uh oh, looks like it’s time to dump all that GE & Westinghouse stock…