The CTBTO offices in Vienna. The Bush Administration has hacked 25 percent from its budget request for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), reports David Ruppe over at Global Security Newswire. The Bush Administration’s FY 2006 Budget Request includes $ 14.35 M for FY 2006, down from $19 million appropriated by Congress for …
President's FY 2006 Defense Budget Request
by | 2005-02-08 | No Comments
Wonky readers will, no doubt, be pouring over the President’s FY 2006 Defense Budget Request released on Monday. The Summary Justification Materials (R1s, P1s, etc.) are available on Defenselink (left). The Detailed Justication Materials (R2s) will be available in a few weeks. The Defense Department held briefings for reporters on 4 February, but neither MDA …
Kerry Intel Zinger
by | 2005-02-07 | No Comments
Jeffrey can write the substance today. I’ve been busy. I just noticed this exchange between the SecState and Kerry during Rice’s 18 January confirmation hearing: Context: Rice and Kerry were discussing the role of “interfaith efforts” in U.S. public diplomacy. Rice expressed doubts about the need for a government role. The rest speaks for itself. …
Reliable Replacement Warhead program
by | 2005-02-07 | No Comments
Bill Broad has an article in the New York Times about the Reliable Replacement Warhead program: Worried that the nation’s aging nuclear arsenal is increasingly fragile, American scientists have begun designing a new generation of nuclear arms meant to be sturdier and more reliable and to have longer lives, federal officials and private experts say. …
