Steven Aftergood passes along a little humor from the NORKs, via Xinhua News Agency: “DPRK Slams U.S. Senator’s Hardline Remarks” — Xinhua headline Xinhua Wednesday, December 19, 2007 T09:26:37Z PYONGYANG, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday slammed U.S. Senator Brown Back for his remarks that Washington should not …
Arms Control Person of the Year
by | 2007-12-19 | 13 Comments
The Arms Control Association is hosting a contest for the “Arms Control Person of the Year.” Go to http://survey.armscontrol.org/index.php?sid=5 to vote or suggest another candidate worthy of mention and why. And the nominees are …. Jonas Gahr Støre, Foreign Minister of Norway for spearheading his government’s initiative to negotiate a treaty banning cluster munitions after …
A Modest, Yet Welcome, Reduction
by | 2007-12-19 | 3 Comments
The White House has announced what it calls a “significant” reduction in the 2012 stockpile — later clarified to be 15 percent. Although the stockpile size is classified, the announcement suggests the total size will drop from “roughly” a quarter of its size at the end of the Cold War to “less than one-quarter.” That …
Ensign Seeks NIE 2nd Guess Before Recess
by | 2007-12-18 | 21 Comments
I figured that Senator John Ensign’s (R-Nev) blatant attempt to politicize the Iran NIE would go nowhere, but my sources on the Hill tell me his effort is still very much alive. Ensign’s goal is to write the commission into law this week, before the recess. The draft legislation is reportedly a cut-and-paste job from …
