Tag Archives: Barack Obama

The Atomic Bomb, Then and Now via Reader Supported News

Posted on 2014/08/07 by norma field

Sixty-nine years ago, the United States dropped the first atomic bombs on Japan — Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 and Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 — killing over a quarter of a million people. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and other … Continue reading →

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Notes on Nuclear Weapons: Toward Abolition or Armageddon? via Japan Focus

Posted on 2014/05/27 by norma field

People still clearly remember that on April 5, 2009 the U.S. President Barack Obama excited an audience in Prague by declaring that his government “will take concrete steps towards a world without nuclear weapons.” As the only nuclear power to … Continue reading →

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As Nuclear Summit Begins, Critics Slam Expansion of US Arsenal via Common Dreams

Posted on 2014/03/25 by norma field

Obama first announced the idea for a Global Summit on Nuclear Security in a 2009 speech, in which he declared, “I state clearly and with conviction America’s commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.” … Continue reading →

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US plan to upgrade nuclear arsenal criticised by scientists via Engineering and Technology Magazine

Posted on 2013/10/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

S plan to invest $60bn (£37bn) over the next 25 years into modernising the country’s nuclear arsenal violates international agreements to reduce the amount of nuclear weapons, an independent think-tank has said. The Union of Concerned Scientists, a non-profit organisation … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima, Nagasaki write to Obama to protest U.S. plutonium tests via Global Post

Posted on 2013/08/20 by norma field

The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki separately sent letters of protest to President Barack Obama on Tuesday after the United States revealed it had conducted an experiment using plutonium to examine the capabilities of nuclear weapons between April and June. … Continue reading →

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The President’s Pro-Nuclear Rhetoric vs. His Anti-Nuclear Policies via The Foundry

Posted on 2013/06/27 by norma field

Regardless of what one thinks about climate change policy, producing more unsubsidized, affordable, clean, reliable, emissions-free power is a laudable goal. That is why, of all the recommendations that the President puts forth, increasing nuclear energy is perhaps the one … Continue reading →

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The President’s Climate Action Plan via The Executive Office of the President

Posted on 2013/06/25 by norma field

Expanding Clean Energy Use and Cut Energy Waste: Roughly 84 percent of current carbon dioxide emissions are energy-related and about 65 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions can be attributed to energy supply and energy use. The Obama Administration has … Continue reading →

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Moscow skeptical of Obama’s proposal for nuclear weapon cutting via The Voice of Russia

Posted on 2013/06/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Russia will not allow violating the balance in the strategic deterrent system and lowering the efficiency of its nuclear force, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a conference on state defence order. On Wednesday, speaking in Berlin, US President Barack … Continue reading →

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New Nuclear Weapons Employment Guidance Puts Obama’s Fingerprint on Nuclear Weapons Policy and Strategy via FAS Strategic Security Blog

Posted on 2013/06/20 by norma field

President Barack Obama’s Berlin speech failed to capture the nuclear disarmament spirit of the Prague speech four years ago. And no wonder. Back then Obama had to contrast with the Bush administration’s nuclear policies. This time Obama had to upstage … Continue reading →

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Obama’s second chance at Prague nuke agenda via IISS Voices

Posted on 2012/11/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The US electorate has spoken, and most of the international diplomats, academics, and others with whom I spoke on the day after our presidential election on 6 November breathed a sigh of relief that the stewardship of the world’s (still) … Continue reading →

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