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September Surprise?

Henry J. Stern | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Bob Turner, Anthony Weiner, Noach Dear, Jacob Javits, David Weprin, Dov Hikind, Elizabeth Holtzman, Carl Hayden, Sam Nunn, Robert Byrd, John Dingell, Mark Green, Geraldine Ferraro, Emanuel Celler, Jamie Whitten, Nancy Pelosi, Daniel Feldman, Melinda Katz, Alfonse D'Amato, Carl Vinson, Bess Myerson, Daniel Inouye, John Lindsay, Weiner Election, New York News
Henry J. Stern

The possibility of an upset in the special election September 13 to fill Anthony Weiner's congressional seat should cause Democratic leaders some anxiety. The Republican nominee, Bob Turner, is running hard.

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Post-Bin Laden, It's Time to End the Threat of Nuclear Terrorism for Good

Robert Creamer | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: David Greenspoon, Nuclear War, President Obama, Ronald Reagan, Henry Kissinger, Sam Nunn, Nuclear Terrorism, Al Queda, William Perry, New Start Treaty, George Schultz, Politics News
Robert Creamer

The use of nuclear weapons in any part of the world would affect every living creature. Their use is simply unthinkable. Yet the United States and Russia maintain thousands on hair trigger alert. And terrorists actively seek their use.

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Stronger Together: All for Good Joins Points of Light Institute

Jonathan Greenblatt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Ethos Water, All for Good, Peggy Noonan, Volunteering, Volunteer, Starbucks, Nonprofits, Sam Nunn, Points of Light Institute, Volunteerism, All-for-Good-Web-Site, Mergers, Ivolunteer, Google, Charity, Meetup, Causecast, Procter & Gamble, Mergers and Acquisitions, The Gap, serve.gov, idealist.org, Truist, Aarp, Aarp Create the Good, Corporation for National and Community Service, Impact News
Jonathan Greenblatt

Since nonprofits exist to solve problems rather than build bureaucracies, the notion of consolidation to cement our gains and improve our efficiencies seemed like a worthwhile option.

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Why We Need New START

Rizwan Ladha | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Nonproliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Start Treaty, Sam Nunn, United States, Arms Control, Cold War, Nuclear Nonproliferation, New Start Treaty, Richard Lugar, World News
Rizwan Ladha

This article will be short, but hopefully to the point: New START must be ratified because right now, and as of December 6 of last year, we can no lon...

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Insurgent Ed Miliband Ends the New Labour Era

Michael Carmichael | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gordon Brown, Bruce Babbitt, Bill Clinton, Richard Gephardt, David Milliband, John Smith, Tony Blair, Tony Benn, Sam Nunn, Ed Milliband, Progressive Movement, New Labour, Lawton Chiles, UK Politics, British Politics, World News
Michael Carmichael

The election of 40-year-old Ed Miliband to lead the UK's Labour Party proves the existence of a vibrant progressive movement in Britain that mirrors Barack Obama's victory over Hillary Clinton in 2008.

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A Strong Majority for New START

Joe Cirincione | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Henry Kissinger, Michael Mullen, Colin Powell, James Inhofe, President Obama, Brent Scowcroft, Sam Nunn, Bill Perry, Chuck Hagel, New Start Treaty, Madeleine Albright, George Shultz, Senate, Nuclear Weapons, Bill Cohen, Robert Gates, Partnership for a Secure America, Stephen Hadley, Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Joe Cirincione

It's now down to politics. The only reason to oppose the New START treaty is political gamesmanship on the eve of elections to deny the administration a victory. This would sacrifice our national security for narrow, partisan gain.

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The Start of a New Obama Narrative

Joe Cirincione | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Sam Nunn, Nuclear Weapons, Henry Kissinger, Barack Obama, National Security, John Kerry, George Shultz, Obama Prague, Admiral Mullen Joint Chiefs, Tea Party, Richard Lugar, New Start Treaty, Dmitry Medvedev, World News
Joe Cirincione

Nuclear issues will loom large over the next month. Most of it will be demonstrated by the broad, nonpartisan and global support for reducing and eventually eliminating nuclear weapons.

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Nuclear Naivete

Joe Cirincione | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Shultz, Defense Authorization Bill, President Obama, House of Representatives, Henry Kissinger, Nuclear Weapons, New Start Treaty, John Bolton, Nuclear Security, Admiral Mike Mullen, Sam Nunn, Mike Turner, Hillary Clinton, Bill Perry, Nuclear Posture Review, Keith Payne, Politics News
Joe Cirincione

Far-right conservatives posture as nuclear tough guys, but push a shockingly naive policy. Clinging to Cold War doctrines, they play politics with our nuclear weapons. It is a dangerous game that puts American security at risk.

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Nuclear Modernization Making a Mockery of Disarmament

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Henry Kissinger, Nuclear Nonproliferation, Nuclear Warfare, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Weapons, Start Treaty, Sam Nunn, William Perry, George Schultz, World News
Russ Wellen

It's hard to deny that START and the Nuclear Posture Review give every appearance of functioning as covers for the perpetuation of what's been called the nuclear-industrial complex.

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Life Support for "Don't Ask, Don't Tell": Are Democrats the Problem?

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chairman's Mark, " John McCain, Bill Clinton, President Obama, Colin Powell, Defense Authorization, "Don't Ask, Bloggers, Democrats, Don't Tell, Dick Cheney, " Palm Center, Sam Nunn, John Hutson, Gays in the Military, Servicemembers United, Republicans, Human Rights Campaign, "Unfriendly Fire, Carl Levin, Healthcare, Adm. Mike Mullen, Home News
Nathaniel Frank

Despite the military's move to relax and soon do away with "don't ask, don't tell," repeal in Congress is in grave peril. Obama should repeal the misguided policy through the 2011 Defense Authorization bill.

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Former Sec. of State George Shultz: Quote Me - End the US-Cuba Embargo

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Shultz, Embargo, US-Cuba Relations, Henry Kissinger, Cuba Travel Ban, Center for Democracy in the Americas, Sam Nunn, Cuba, William Perry, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, World News
Steve Clemons

Former Reagan Administration Secretary of Treasury and Secretary of State George Shultz thinks that the US embargo against Cuba should "simply be lifted."

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Which Communities Are Still in High Sizzle Support Mode for Barack Obama?

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liz Halloran, Gay Rights, Colin Powell, Obama Policy Agenda, Rick Warren, Sam Nunn, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Gay Issues, Barack Obama, Homosexuals, Politics News
Steve Clemons

There are a lot of folks out there who are as grateful today for Obama running the nation as they were in January -- but we aren't hearing much from them of late.

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The Bomb at 64: Let's Retire It

William Hartung | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Military, Nuclear Weapons, Hiroshima, John F. Kennedy, Anti-Nuclear Summit, Henry Kissinger, John Bolton, Barack Obama Nuclear Proliferation, Jimmy Carter, Sam Nunn, Hiroshima Anniversary, Obama Nuclear Weapons, Politics News
William Hartung

Presidents from John F. Kennedy to Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan, have called for nuclear disarmament. But no president in the nuclear age has spoken of it as often as Barack Obama.

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What Can Be Done Now on DADT

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Obama White House, Congress, Colin Powell, Speaker Pelosi, Gallup Poll, The New Republic, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Sam Nunn, Obama Pentagon, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

Discrimination in our armed forces carries a potent symbolism: It tells an entire class of people that the country is not interested in their service.

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Sweet Speech, Mr. President - But Where Was the Apology? And Where's the Action?

Karen Ocamb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: LGBT at the White House, Democratic Congress, John Berry, Don't Tell, Sam Nunn, Eric Holder, Defense of Marriage Act, Barack Obama, LGBT Politics, Victor Fehrenbach, Dadt, Rachel Maddow, Gays in the Military, Dan Choi, Frank Kameny, Doma, Don't Ask, Mike Lux, Politics News
Karen Ocamb

If "equality" is a founding principle for freedom -- how do you justify withholding "equality for all" from LGBT people for any amount of time?

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A New President and a New Generation Seek a Nuclear Weapons Free Future

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: International, Bomb, Washington, William J Perry, Democrat, Evangelicals, Wall Street Journal, Evangelical, Weapons, Peace, Democrats, Movement, America, Barack Obama, Republican, Conservative, Sam Nunn, Non Proliferation Treaty, Bush Administration, Henry a Kissinger, Wall Street, Nuclear Weapons, Barack, George Shultz, Liberal, Russia, Nuclear Weapons Policy, Nuclear Testing, Republicans, Conservatives, Justice, Young Evangelicals, Politics News
Jim Wallis

A new generation of Evangelical Christians launched The Two Futures Project whose mission is "for the abolition of all nuclear weapons."

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Obama Needs to End Silence on Biggest Civil Rights Move of Our Time

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gays in Military, Aaron Belkin, Gay Rights, Colin Powell, National Security, Rick Warren, Sam Nunn, Jake Tapper, John Aravosis, Robert Gibbs, Civil Unions, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Evangelicals, Politics News
Steve Clemons

There is no excuse at all -- none -- for the White House to allow the bigotry and harassment of gays and lesbians in the armed forces to stand. Gays populate the armed services now.

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The Swine AcCHORDS: Infectious Disease Surveillance in the 21st Century

Vikrum Aiyer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homeland Security, President Obama, Swine Flu, Global Health and Security Initiative, H1N1 Influenza, Sam Nunn, Rockefeller Foundation, Dr. Keiji Fukuda, Mexican Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova, World Health Organization, Nuclear Threat Initiative, Health and Human Services, Ibm, Chords, Nti, Ghsi, World News
Vikrum Aiyer

Regional disease surveillance networks be established -- both among developing countries and developed ones -- in order to improve the quality of detection and control across borders.

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As Congress Moves to End Gay Ban, Don't Let History Repeat Itself

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unfriendly Fire, Don't Ask, Clinton, Gays in the Military, New Research, Ellen Tauscher, Palm Center, Sam Nunn, Congress, Obama, Anniversary, New Book, Don't Tell, Patrick Murphy, Shalikashvili, Politics News
Nathaniel Frank

Rep. Ellen Tauscher has just announced she'll introduce a bill to repeal the ban on open gays in the military, a momentous step that comes on the 15th anniversary of this highly unpopular policy.

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Seth Colter Walls

Obama Campaign: "A Lot Of Disinformation" About Transition Advisers

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sam Nunn, Warren Christopher, Obama Transition, President Obama, Politics News

Barack Obama's transition team pushed back on Wednesday morning against an AP report claiming that former Sen. Sam Nunn and former Secretary of State ...

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Obama Taps Veteran Dems For Pentagon, State Handover

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Warren Christopher, Sam Nunn, Obama Hayden, Obama McConnell, Warren Christopher, Obama's Cabinet, Obama Sam Nunn, Obama Transition, Obama Hagel, Mike McConnell, Michael Hayden, Obama Nunn, Obama Christopher, John Brennan, Politics News

Obama's brain trust continues to grow. The president-elect has hired former Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Sam Nunn to help shepherd his Pe...

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A.P.: Obama "Nervously" Meets with National Security Leaders

Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sam Nunn, Richard Holbrook, Madeline Albright, Greg Craig, Mark Lippert, Denis McDonough, Jenniver Loven, Barack Obama, Ap, Gary Hart, Politics News
Ari Melber

Note the brazen absence of any facts or quotes supporting Loven's "nervousness" storyline, even though it contradicts Obama's own statement about how long the meeting had been in the works.

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Sam Nunn Almost Certainly Ruled Out As Obama VP

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sam Nunn, Nunn Vp, Obama Vice President, Sam Nunn Vice President, Obama VP, Politics News

It appears Sam Nunn, the former Georgia senator and a leading Democratic expert on foreign policy issues, can safely be crossed off the list of Barack...

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Why "Radio Silence" Can be a Good Thing in VP Selection

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Evan Bayh, Al Gore, Richard Gephardt, Veep, Joseph Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Christopher Dodd, Don't Ask Dont' Tell, Sam Nunn, Vice Presidential Selection, Kathleen Sebelius, Wesley Clark, Joe Biden, Intrade, Chuck Hagel, Barack Obama, William Cohen, Ed Rendell, Tom Daschle, Georgia, John Edwards, Russia, Vice President Nominee, Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine, Barack Obama Running Mate, Barack Obama Vice President, Barack Obama VP, Obama Vice President, Obama Vp Pick, Obama VP, Biden Vice President, Joe Biden Vp, Obama Biden, Biden, Biden VP, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Be thankful for radio silence I guess when other candidates for VP like Daschle and Bayh are getting phone calls saying, "Sorry....but we look forward to working with you in many other ways in the coming years."

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Obama/Gore 2008

Norman MacAfee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Evan Bayh, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Andrew Jackson, Maureen Dowd, Sam Nunn, George Clinton, James Madison, Nobel Peace Prize, Thomas Jefferson, Oscar, Chris Matthews, Barack Obama, John C. Calhoun, John Quincy Adams, Tim Pawlenty, Grammys, Fox Noise Channel, Vice President, Politics News
Norman MacAfee

Broken record here. The more I think about it, the more Al Gore seems the only really interesting choice for Barack Obama's vice presidential choice. ...

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