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China's North Korea dilemma
The U.N. Security Council is set to vote this week on a new round of sanctions on North Korea in response to Pyongyang's February nuclear test, and with China's backing, it is likely to pass. Beijing was "strongly dissatisfied and resolutely opposed" to...
Tags: Harvard University, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Defense, Politics, South Korea
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Biden: President promises to keep Iran from getting nuclear weapons
This post has been updated, as indicated below.WASHINGTON – President Obama is “not bluffing” when he vows that he will not allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon, Vice President Joe Biden said Monday in a speech that put a heavy emphasis on winning consensus on that view from the rest...Tags: John McCain, Iran, Passover, Israel, Social Media
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Gridlock, Tehran-style
With the United States locked in confrontation with Iran, was it good or bad for diplomacy that "Argo," a movie about U.S. spies getting the best of the Iranians, won this year's Academy Award for best picture? Depends on whom you ask. To Iran's...Tags: Iran, Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Elections, Tehran (Iran), Argo (movie)
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Kerry tackles questions on Iran, Syria, Hagel
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John Kerry, President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of state, collected pledges of support Thursday and testified at his confirmation hearing that U.S. foreign policy should be defined by a helping hand as well as...
Tags: John McCain, Chuck Hagel, Iran, International Military Interventions, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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North Korea's missile antics
Under its new ruler, Kim Jong Un, North Korea has reverted to its old tactics of provocation and aggression with the launch this week of a long-range missile it claims was intended to put the country's first satellite into orbit. It's unclear whether...Tags: Satellite Technology, Kim Jong Il, Barack Obama, South Korea, China
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Obama returns to arms control -- just in time
President Barack Obama's call during the State of the Union address to reduce the threat of nuclear war could not have been more timely. The day before the president spoke, North Korea tested a primitive nuclear device, and the following day reports...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Nobel Prize Awards, Iran, Russia, Entertainment Events
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Fallout of fear
Chicago Tribune reporterHalf a century ago, the unthinkable became all too thinkable as the Soviet Union and the United States engaged in a game of chicken, played with nuclear bombs. On Oct. 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy went on television to announce that the Soviet...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Science, Applied Physics, Russia, Chicago City Council
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Making sense of North Korea
The old definition of insanity is doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different result. The new definition, which applies only in the case of North Korea, is: doing something different and expecting a different result. The North Koreans...
Tags: George W. Bush, Iraq, Iran, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton
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Hagel defends record, spars with critics in Senate hearing
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.WASHINGTON -- Making his first public comments after his nomination to lead the Pentagon, former Sen. Chuck Hagel said Thursday he stood by his record but also urged senators to look beyond controversial votes and statements he has made, which critics...Tags: Afghanistan, John McCain, Chuck Hagel, George W. Bush, Iran
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Diplomats: Iran prepared to up nuclear program
VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear agency has told member nations that Iran is poised for a major technological upgrade of its uranium enrichment program, in a document seen Thursday by The Associated Press. The move would vastly speed up Tehran's...
Tags: Nuclear Power, Iran's Nuclear Program, Nuclear Policy, Iran, Tehran (Iran)
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McManus: Confronting Iran -- again
Here's a prediction I don't think I'll have to apologize for at the end of the year: Some time in the coming months, probably this spring, there will be another crisis over Iran's nuclear program. It's become an annual event on the diplomatic calendar:...
Tags: Chuck Hagel, Leon Panetta, U.S. Department of Defense, Iran, Israel
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North Korea still a long way from a reliable weapon, experts say
As news broke of North Korea's successful launch of a long-range rocket on Wednesday, alarm bells went off around the world. The technology used to send a satellite into orbit or fire a missile carrying a warhead are basically the same, raising fears that...
Tags: Engineering, Satellite Technology, Kim Jong Il, Fishing, Physiology
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