My blog post on Gordon England and nuclear weapons spending (DEPSECDEF Deeply Confused, March 29, 2008) made Al Kamen’s In the Loop in the Washington Post. While England Slept Usually, witnesses at congressional hearings enlighten lawmakers on the inner workings of their departments. But not always. Take Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England’s appearance recently …
Coming to America
by | 2008-04-03 | 6 Comments
I’m off to DC next week. I’m going to be appearing at the American Enterprise Institute on Tuesday and the New America Foundation on Wednesday. It’s what you call a bipartisan approach. At AEI I’m a panellist at a one-day conference entitled The Crisis in Nonproliferation: Meeting the Challenge. At New America (bet you can’t …
Nuclear Strategy Follow-On White Paper Deux
by | 2008-04-03 | No Comments
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. But rumors that neither endanger national security nor risk fine and/or imprisonment are encouraged. For …
Shea's Convention, the UAE and Finland
by | 2008-04-03 | 4 Comments
Here as promised is Tom Shea’s Notional convention on nuclear power. Two other nuclear power factoids I heard recently that may interest… First, the UAE has announced its intention not to acquire enrichment or reprocessing technology as part of its nuclear power programme. This is significant but the question is: is it a one-off? I …
