Apparently, Princess Sparklepony did not and will not sign the follow-on white paper to Maintaining Deterrence in the 21st Century, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the RRW. At least that is what Elaine Grossman reports U.S.…
It is interesting watching the maneuvering among various countries as the Bush Administration comes to an end. Indian PM Manmohan Singh decides to make a last push at the US-India nuclear deal. Iranian Foreign Minister indicates that, rather than a…
I hear the Administration has delivered the Nuclear Strategy Follow-On White Paper a/k/a How I learned to stop worrying and love the RRW to the Hill in time for the FY 2009 budget process. Of, course, the NSFOWP is classified.…
In December, I noted a story by Michael Isikoff in Newsweek that Condoleeza Rice would name Paul Wolfowitz to chair the State Department’s International Security Advisory Board. Well, it is official. (Bloomberg News has a nice exposition with a money…
Michael Isikoff in Newsweek reports that Paul Wolfowitz will replace Fred Thompson as Chair of the Secretary of State’s International Security Advisory Board: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has offered Wolfowitz, a prime architect of the Iraq War, a position…
What is the President talking about? Seriously, I am not even making fun. I have no idea: And, finally, we talked about how we can enhance mutual security issues. And there’s no better symbol of our desire to work for…
Wasn’t it conservative PJ O’Rourke who said “age and guile beat youth, innocence and bad haircut”? I missed this, but a couple of weeks ago Al Kamen danced on the grave of the nomination of John Rood, aka the poor…
And, oh, by the way, Mr. Prime Minister, the United States is looking forward to eating Indian mangos.” President Bush, quipping about the trade deal during the March 2006 press conference with Indian PM Singh annoucning additional measures in the…
Ok, I am annoyed. I am writing a paper about the Conventional Trident Modification (CTM) program—an effort to replace the nuclear warheads on two Trident D5 missiles on each of the nation’s 12 SSBNs with a conventional payload. I think…
Al Kamen include a funny little blurb in this week’s “In The Loop”: Are you opposed to nuclear proliferation? Are you a current or maybe former civil servant eligible for the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program? Then hurry up and…
