The IAEA Board of Governors will hold a closed-door meeting on 27 April 2005 to decide whether Mohamed ElBaradei will recieve a third term as IAEA Director General. ElBaradei’s supporters are pushing for a meeting before Bob Joseph can be confirmed as John Bolton’s successor, but most observers expect the 27 April meeting will simply defer a decision on ElBaradeis future until June.
Oh, Steve Rademaker
by | 2005-04-14 | No Comments
Steve Rademaker, at the Arms Control Association, whined that arms control advocates treat the Bush Administration unfairly when it comes to the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP): And particularly with regard to the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator, I have to say I personally am mystified by the intensity of the debate that we’ve seen unfold …
Hands Off My Nukes! Does Rumsfeld Want NNSA?
by | 2005-04-13 | No Comments
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld could make Caligula (right) blush. Jason Sherman of Inside Defense reports that Undersecretary of Defense Michael Wynne has signed the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the Defense Science Board Nuclear Capabilities Task Force. I notice the TOR include a mandate to: Examine a wide range of institutional arrangements that could …
Bolton and Niger Uranium
by | 2005-04-13 | No Comments
I wrote about this around a month ago, but thought I’d raise the issue again. Why didn’t the SFRC ask about Bolton’s role in composing the December 2002 State Department fact sheet that stated—for the first time—that Iraq had tried to obtain uranium from Niger?
