Don’t Let the F-22 Fall Victim to a Defense ‘Train Wreck’
(Washington, D.C.): When the House Appropriations Committee voted last week to defer production of the Air Force's next generation fighter...
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Timmerman Offers Fresh Evidence That D.O.E.’s Front Office Needs to be Cleaned-Out, Not Just Rearranged
(Washington, D.C.): Yesterday, Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson finally threw in the towel on his doomed effort to persuade bipartisan...
New Democrats for the B-2: Influential Senator Lieberman Recognizes Need for Upgrading the U.S. Manned Bomber Force
(Washington, D.C.): What a difference a war makes! Thanks to its highly successful baptism of fire in the conflict with...
Will Clinton and Yeltsin Succeed in Springing the A.B.M. Treaty Trap?
(Washington, D.C.): News item: "For the first time, Russia has agreed to discuss changes in the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty...
Successful T.H.A.A.D. Test Underscores Feasibility, Need for Rapid Deployment of Missile Defenses
(Washington, D.C.): At 7:19 EDT this morning, a Theater High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor rocket under development by Lockheed Martin...
Recipe for a nuclear disaster
"While Washington remains astir over allegations of Chinese nuclear espionage, the embattled Energy Department next month will deliver to the...
Kissinger, Legal Scholars Wrap Up Pivotal Hearings on the A.B.M. Treaty; Establish Need, Legal Right to Defend America
(Washington, D.C.): The Senate Foreign Relations Committee took testimony today concerning one of the most important national security issues of...
Cox Report Underscores Abiding Nuclear Dangers, Should Caution Against Efforts that Would Exacerbate Them
(Washington, D.C.): Today's release of the declassified version of the 900-page report, unanimously adopted last December by a select House...
Over to You, Mr. President: Congress Enacts Policy to Defend America; If Clinton Doesn’t Veto, Will Hill Implement?
(Washington, D.C.): Yesterday, the House of Representatives completed action on the Missile Defense Act (MDA) of 1999, which declares the...
Critical Mass: Woolsey, Lehman Cite Concerns with C.T.B.T.
(Washington, D.C.): Evidence continues to mount that President Clinton's intention, announced in his State of the Union address last January,...
S.O.S. — Save Our Submarines: Latest Revelation About Chinese Espionage Underscores Need to Retain Full Trident Force
(Washington, D.C.): As the Senate and House Armed Services Committees consider changes to the Fiscal Year 2000 defense authorization bill...
What Should Top the U.S.-Japanese Summit Agenda: Interoperable AEGIS-Based Missile Defenses
(Washington, D.C.): As Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi begins a visit to the United States featuring a multi-city tour and...
Build More B-2 Bombers
(Washington, D.C.): For years, the B-2 bomber has been decried as a wasteful boondoggle with no mission and questionable capabilities....
Today’s T.H.A.A.D. Test: Close — And the Cigar
(Washington, D.C.): Today, the United States' most advanced ground-based anti-missile weapon -- the Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system...
Clinton Legacy Watch # 40: A Scandal at the Department of Energy On His Watch — Grievous Damage Done to Sell the C.T.B.T.
(Washington, D.C.): In his press conference last week, President Clinton tried once again to distance his Administration from the unfolding...
Now That It’s U.S. Policy to Defend America Against Missile Attack, Let the Debate Be Joined As to the Optimal Way to Do So
(Washington, D.C.): Now that the House of Representatives has joined the Senate in voting by overwhelming, bipartisan majorities to declare...