More on John Bolton’s nomination as Ambassador to the UN. I can think of 30,000 reasons that Bolton should not be confirmed for this post. The Washington Post previously reported that former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui maintained “a secret $100 million fund to buy influence with foreign governments, institutions and individuals”: Taiwanese officials said the …
Bolton to be UN Ambassador
by | 2005-03-07 | 1 Comment
The President intends to nominate self-described “Americanist” John Bolton to be its Ambassador to the UN. Bolton is an outright xenophobe, as evidenced by this little speech he gave at a conference entitled, Trends in Global Governance: Do They Threaten American Sovereignty?: My thesis, as a convinced Americanist, is that these happy days are over. …
Bhutto Interview with VOA
by | 2005-03-05 | 4 Comments
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (right) has told Voice of America that Pakistan held the components for a nuclear device during her tenure, but chose not to assemble them until the May 1998 nuclear tests. When I became Prime Minister I was told we had not put together the bomb. We had the components …
Safety and Security of Russian Nuclear Facilities Report
by | 2005-03-04 | No Comments
The 2004 Annual Report to Congress on the Safety and Security of Russian Nuclear Facilities and Military Forces is now available on the NIC website.
