The National Security Presidential Directive process is essential to making and implementing foreign policy. Every Administration since the National Security Act of 1947 has made extensive use of such documents to coordinate and implement policy directives, as is evident for the following table. Presidential Directives Since 1960 President Decision Number John F. Kennedy National Security …
480 Nuclear Weapons in Europe
by | 2005-02-12 | No Comments
Gravity Bombs of a different design, (c), Shambroom. Hans Kristensen concludes that the United States keeps 480 nuclear weapons at air bases in Europe, about twice the previous estimate of outside analysts (including Hans himself). The smoking gun is Presidential Decision Directive/NSC-74, signed by President Clinton in November 2000, which authorized the U.S. Department of …
Gertz and Xiong: A Love Torn Asunder
by | 2005-02-11 | 2 Comments
China’s Central Military Commission Xiong Guangkai Ain’t On It … A little low hanging fruit this morning. Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough report: Pentagon officials said Chinese Deputy Chief of Staff Gen. Xiong Guangkai is retiring. Gen. Xiong … is considered one of the most influential Chinese military officials … Gen. Xiong was passed over …
North Korea Claims to have Nuclear Weapons
by | 2005-02-10 | 1 Comment
The North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement to the Korean Central News Agency declaring North Korea’s nuclear status: We had already taken the resolute action of pulling out of the NPT and have manufactured nukes for self-defence to cope with the Bush administration’s evermore undisguised policy to isolate and stifle the DPRK. …
