The junior senator from New York state on Wednesday presented an amendment for consideration within the annual defense authorization bill that would protect one of her state's National Guard WMD response units from being dissolved (see GSN, May 15).
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12,000 Troops Convene in Jordan for Drill Program
On May - 17 - 2012
Troops from roughly 20 countries are traveling to Jordan to join a program of armed forces drills planned to be among the largest ever carried out in the Middle East, CNN reported on Tuesday (see GSN, March 9).
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U.N. Assembly Leader Demands End to Disarmament Forum Stalemate
On May - 17 - 2012
The president of the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday pressed governments to break a years-old stalemate at the international Conference on Disarmament as the body in Geneva, Switzerland, began the second portion of its proceedings for this year (see GSN (Read more...)
House Panel Delivers $75M for Planned Biodefense Lab
On May - 17 - 2012
A U.S. homeland security funding bill passed by the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday provides $75 million for the planned National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Kansas, the Kansas City Business Journal reported (see GSN, May 9).
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Y-12 to Employ “Nondestructive” Nuke Component Evaluation Procedure
On May - 17 - 2012
The Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee is set in May to begin its first use of a procedure that could assess nuclear-weapon components for degradation while leaving the part intact, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported on Wednesday (see GSN (Read more...)
Suspicious Mailings Hit Western Diplomatic Missions in Pakistan
On May - 17 - 2012
Mailings containing a black, granular substance arrived on Wednesday at a number of Western diplomatic missions in Pakistan, government sources said in an Agence France-Presse report (see GSN, Feb. 6).
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North Korea Said Enhancing Missile Site Ahead of Possible Launch
On May - 17 - 2012
North Korea is seen to be enhancing its older missile launch facility at Musudan-ri, installing a bigger platform that could be used to fire a long-range missile, anonymous diplomatic insiders told news organizations in Japan and South Korea this week (Read more...)
South Korea Hopeful U.S. Will Allow Longer-Range Ballistic Missiles
On May - 17 - 2012
The South Korean government is somewhat hopeful the United States will permit it to manufacture ballistic missiles with longer ranges than those now permitted under a 2001 bilateral agreement, the Korea Herald reported on Wednesday (see GSN, May 16).
Gates Wanted to Take out Bin Laden With Missile
On May - 17 - 2012
By Jonathan Miller
National Journal
WASHINGTON -- Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that he advised President Obama to attack Osama bin Laden with a missile and not use Navy SEALs, citing fears that a failure to catch the (Read more...)
Iran, EU Negotiators Prepare Draft Atomic “Confidence-Building Package”
On May - 17 - 2012
Negotiators from Iran and European Union have worked on a potential "confidence-building package" that could serve as an initial basis for assuaging international fears over possible steps by the Persian Gulf power toward acquiring nuclear weapons, the London Guardian reported (Read more...)