No less than 50 percent of the U.S. Defense Department's arms procurement initiatives have surpassed projected expenses, the Government Accountability Office said in a report published on Wednesday (see GSN, March 28).
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A high-ranking U.S. diplomat is to travel to Ukraine early next month for talks on the withdrawal of the former Soviet republic's cache of highly enriched uranium, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday (see GSN, Feb. 16).
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The Chinese government in a new defense white paper released on Thursday reaffirmed its policy of "no first use" of its nuclear deterrent in any situation, the Xinhua News Agency reported (see GSN, March 3).
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A group in Maryland is seeking details on the activities of an uncertain number of laboratories and holding facilities dealing with anthrax and other deadly "select agents" at undisclosed locations in the state, the Gazette reported (see GSN, Jan. (Read more...)
Computer experts hired by a public water supplier in California took control within 24 hours of key infrastructure, including technology used to supplement drinking water with chemicals, the Los Angeles Times reported on Monday (see GSN, Aug. 27, 2010).
Debate persists among experts over a U.S. plan to convert 34 metric tons of excess weapons plutonium to nuclear power plant fuel at a $5 billion facility under construction in South Carolina, Scientific American reported on Friday (see GSN, (Read more...)
The United States is investigating potential new medical technologies for responding to releases of radioactive material, including the possible dispersal of contaminants by a radiological "dirty bomb," the Associated Press reported (see GSN, March 16).
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The Obama administration on Tuesday said it would blacklist a Belarusian firm under an Iran sanctions law enacted last year, but Republican senators called the move an insufficient application of legislation intended to pressure the Middle Eastern nation over its (Read more...)
A high-ranking lawmaker from South Korea's governing party on Tuesday said the United States should again field short-range nuclear arms in his country in order to convince China to pressure North Korea into giving up its nuclear ambitions, the Yonhap (Read more...)
An unofficial U.S. delegation comprised of analysts, ex-officials and political party members this week held low-key talks with North Korean officials at a private estate in southwest Germany, Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported (see GSN, March 28).
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