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Making sense of North Korea
The old definition of insanity is doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different result. The new definition, which applies only in the case of North Korea, is: doing something different and expecting a different result. The North Koreans...
Tags: Iraq, Weaponry, State of the Union Address, Pyongyang (North Korea), Bill Clinton
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On Iran, there's time
On Feb. 26, the United States and Iran will once more resume their diplomatic ritual, in the so-called six-party talks, over Iran's disputed nuclear program. As the two perennial adversaries eye one another, there are competing paradigms about how to deal...
Tags: Tehran (Iran), Iran, International Atomic Energy Agency, Politics, Iran's Nuclear Program
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Iran's Khamenei rejects direct talks with U.S. on nuclear program
WASHINGTON -- Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected the U.S. offer of direct talks on his country’s disputed nuclear program, deepening doubts about the prospects that Tehran’s upcoming discussions with six world powers over...
Tags: Tehran (Iran), Joe Biden, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Nuclear Program
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U.S. imposes new sanctions on Iran
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration slapped new sanctions on Iran’s state broadcasting agency and Internet-policing agencies Wednesday as economic sanctions enacted last summer also took effect. The actions are part of an effort to force the...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC, Religion and Belief, Media Industry
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Iran to resume talks with six powers on nuclear program
Six world powers and Iran announced they will resume talks on Iran’s disputed nuclear program Feb. 26 in Kazakhstan, after three months of gridlock over arrangements for a new meeting. Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported Tuesday that...
Tags: Tehran (Iran), Justice and Rights, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Nuclear Program
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Hagel defends record, spars with critics in Senate hearing
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.WASHINGTON -- Making his first public comments after his nomination to lead the Pentagon, former Sen. Chuck Hagel said Thursday he stood by his record but also urged senators to look beyond controversial votes and statements he has made, which critics...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, John Warner, Mitch McConnell, White House, John McCain
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McManus: Confronting Iran -- again
Here's a prediction I don't think I'll have to apologize for at the end of the year: Some time in the coming months, probably this spring, there will be another crisis over Iran's nuclear program. It's become an annual event on the diplomatic calendar:...
Tags: Tehran (Iran), Israel, Leon Panetta, Robert Gates, Dennis Ross
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Father of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program becomes office seeker
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — He’s a hero in Pakistan for founding the country's nuclear weapons program, and a pariah in the West for relaying nuclear secrets to rogue states. On Wednesday, aides to A.Q. Khan announced that the retired scientist...Tags: Pakistan, Weaponry, Islamabad (Pakistan), Elections, Nawaz Sharif
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Window of opportunity may open in U.S.-Iran nuclear standoff
A multi-front campaign to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon has been stalled for months by the distractions of a U.S. presidential campaign, Tehran’s stop-and-go negotiating tactics and its role in deadly clashes in Syria and Gaza....Tags: Petroleum Industry, Tehran (Iran), Science and Technology, International Atomic Energy Agency, Crisis
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North Korea still a long way from a reliable weapon, experts say
As news broke of North Korea's successful launch of a long-range rocket on Wednesday, alarm bells went off around the world. The technology used to send a satellite into orbit or fire a missile carrying a warhead are basically the same, raising fears that...
Tags: Japan, Physiology, Science and Technology, Military Equipment, Missile Systems
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'Bibi's Bomb': Netanyahu uses a picture to make his point
World NowFor weeks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the United States to draw a clear “red line” to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. Today, Netanyahu showed them how. Literally. Warning the United Nations General Assembly... -
The Obama abandonment
— There are two positions one can take regarding the Iranian nuclear program: (a) it doesn't matter, we can deter them, or (b) it does matter, we must stop them. In my view, the first position — that we can contain Iran as we did the Soviet...
Tags: Israel, International Atomic Energy Agency, Hillary Clinton, Manufacturing and Engineering, Washington, DC
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