Tuesday, April 6, 2010

New US Nuclear Policy Announced

Obama Administration Limiting Nuclear Weaponry -- L.A. Times

As President Barack Obama prepares to travel to Prague this week to sign a new START agreement with Russia, the administration today is unveiling new guidelines for the deployment of its own weaponry -- never, for instance, against a nation that lacks a nuclear arsenal of its own.

The so-called "nuclear posture review'' that will be released today follows a year of study at the Pentagon and discussions with armed allies. It is reported this morning that the document will reduce U.S. reliance on nuclear weapons for its national defense by narrowing potential targets, in pursuit of Obama's goal of eventual nuclear disarmament.

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More News On US Nuclear Policy

Obama limits U.S. use of nuclear arms -- Reuters
US unveiling new, more restrictive nuclear policy -- AP
Obama Limits When U.S. Would Use Nuclear Arms -- New York Times
Obama to Limit Potential Uses of Nuclear Weapons -- FOX News
New U.S. strategy to narrow use of nuclear arms: Obama -- Reuters
Obama nuclear weapons manifesto is detailed -- L.A. Times
Obama to Limit Potential Uses of Nuclear Weapons -- FOX News
President to take middle course in new nuclear policy -- Washington Post
U.S. Keeps First-Strike Strategy -- Wall Street Journal
Obama to limit when U.S. uses nuclear weapons: report -- Xinhuanet
'Outliers like Iran and North Korea' are exceptions to new policy on nukes, Obama says -- New York Daily News
Excerpts From Obama Interview -- New York Times
Obama's Nuclear Agenda One Year After Prague -- Carnegie Endowment
2010 Nuclear Posture Review posted online -- Stars And Stripes
Gates’ 2008 Nuke Speech vs. 2010 Nuclear Posture Review -- Washington Independent
Bombs Away on Administration’s Nuclear Review (Updated) -- The Danger Room
Obama narrows purpose of U.S. nuclear weapons -- Politico
Morning Bell: The Road to a New Nuclear Arms Race -- Heritage Foundation
Why Liberals and Conservatives Are Both Unhappy with Obama’s New Nuclear Policy -- Vanity Fair

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