Tag Archives: Obama

Hiroshima: the crime that keeps on paying, but beware the reckoning via Counterpunch

Posted on 2016/08/07 by norma field

[…] But here was one thing that Obama could have said that would have had a real impact: he could have told the truth. He could have said: “The atom bombs were not dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ‘to save … Continue reading →

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Senator Ed Markey Scolds Obama for Preaching ‘Nuclear Temperance From a Bar Stool’ via the Intercept (Reader Supported News)

Posted on 2016/06/01 by norma field

By Alex Emmons hile President Obama called for a “moral awakening” in Hiroshima and restated his ambition for a nuclear-weapon free future, back in Washington, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., criticized him for moving forward with a costly plan to renovate … Continue reading →

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Enola Gay is a museum piece, unlike the nuclear arms Obama hoped to eradicate　via The Guardian

Posted on 2016/05/10 by norma field

[…] In a quiet hangar outside Washington, the Enola Gay still gleams as if the B-29 Superfortress that dropped the first atomic bomb in anger rolled off the production line yesterday. Despite his announcing a historic visit to the site … Continue reading →

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INTERVIEW/ William Perry: Obama should visit Hiroshima to underscore inhumanity of nuclear weapons via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/09/20 by norma field

HIROSHIMA–Former U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry says President Barack Obama should visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki “not to apologize” but to use the experience of being at ground zero of the 1945 atomic bombings as a “vehicle” for getting his message … Continue reading →

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Good News! US Corporations Won’t Have to Pay for Nuclear Disasters in India via Fair Blog

Posted on 2015/01/28 by norma field

Online, the headline was “Obama, India’s Modi Cite Nuclear Investment Breakthrough” (1/25/15). And who doesn’t like a “breakthrough”? The article itself had the same positive spin, beginning with its lead: President Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday … Continue reading →

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How Obama Learned to Love the Bomb via MotherJones

Posted on 2013/05/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The president’s budget boosts spending on our atomic arsenal while cutting money to stop the spread of nukes. In the winter of 2012, President Obama stood on a podium at the National Defense University to honor the 20th anniversary of … Continue reading →

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The Nuclear Agenda via The New York Times

Posted on 2013/02/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

President Obama set an ambitious goal in his first term when he endorsed the vision of an eventual world without nuclear weapons. After some early achievements, namely the New Start treaty mandating cuts in deployed strategic weapons, the effort stalled … Continue reading →

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Obama to Renew Drive for Cuts in Nuclear Arms via The New York Times

Posted on 2013/02/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

WASHINGTON — President Obama will use his State of the Union speech on Tuesday to reinvigorate one of his signature national security objectives — drastically reducing nuclear arsenals around the world — after securing agreement in recent months with the … Continue reading →

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Ties to Obama Aided in Access for Big Utility via The New York Times

Posted on 2012/08/24 by norma field

WASHINGTON — Early in the Obama administration, a lobbyist for the Illinois-based energy producer Exelon Corporation proudly called it “the president’s utility.” And it was not just because it delivers power to Barack Obama’s Hyde Park neighborhood in Chicago. Continue … Continue reading →

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