Looks like the Bush Administration has identified the “stockpile problem” to justify a resumption of nuclear testing. You may remember the reassuring speech delivered by National Nuclear Security Administrator Linton Brooks to defend, among other items, the President/’s proposal to enhance test site readines. Brooks said: “While we have no plans to resume such testing, …
Linguistic Gymnastics with the Missile Defense Agency
by | 2004-07-08 | No Comments
Two space-based missile defense items, today. NEAR FIELD INFRARED EXPERIMENT Theresa Hitchens noticed an interesting choice of words in the letter that the White House sent to the Senate Appropriations complaining about various recissions in the Defense Appropriations report. You may remember this exchange between Senator Dole and General Kadish: DOLE: General Kadish, could you …
Department of Peace
by | 2004-07-03 | No Comments
Anybody remember the “Department of Peace” proposal? Representative Dennis Kucinich (R-OH) has proposed legislation to create a DOP; Conservatives ridicule the idea. Even my fellow Democrats in Washington react to the idea with a mixture of derision and embarrassment; One liberal blogger called it “sublime kookiness.” In all the giggling (which, I admit, Kucinich has …
Congress kills NFIRE
by | 2004-07-03 | No Comments
Both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees have killed NFIRE. Guess I don/’t need to finish my NFIRE Fact Sheet. If you want to see the cuts yourself … House Appropriations Committe Report, page 332, line 71.Senate Appropriations Committe Report, page 177, line 71. The Senate seems to have fenced the money, rather than cut …
