New Start

New Year: Here We Go Again!

Donna Henes | Posted 02.29.2012

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Donna Henes

A year, no matter how it is determined, is simply a complete cycle. The transition, the precise turning point, between the end of one cyclical period and the start of another designates a new year.

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Getting Back Up After My Company Went Under

Kathleen Dorsey | Posted 01.22.2012

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Kathleen Dorsey

After my first company closed in 2007, I re-launched a new life under my current company's name and began on my own. I had to make this work. I had no choice.

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Pardon My French: Our Heroine Settles In (Kind Of)

Katie Beck | Posted 10.15.2011

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Katie Beck

I felt a sudden deep pang of homesickness and, before I knew it, I had tears streaming down my face. Some of the enormity of what I've done seemed to dawn on me in that moment and I felt a very long way from home.

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Could "Virtual Deterrence" Actually Increase the Chances of Nuclear War?

Russ Wellen | Posted 07.08.2011

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Russ Wellen

In its inability to signal a true commitment to nuclear disarmament, virtual deterrence is hardly ideal. But it sounds like a step in the right direction, right? Wrong.

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Five Next Steps To Increase American Security

Joe Cirincione | Posted 07.04.2011

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Joe Cirincione

There's one less threat to America this week, but there are 21,000 others waiting to explode. That's the number of nuclear weapons in the U.S. and Russia.

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Does the Taboo Against the Use of Nuclear Weapons Increase Their Allure?

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Russ Wellen

We're under the gun: we need to make use of the nuclear taboo as a springboard to disarmament before its expiration date. But there exists another nuclear taboo against discussing the destruction caused by nuclear weapons.

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Is "It's Not Fair" a Childish Response to Being Denied Nuclear Weapons?

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Russ Wellen

No matter the short term benefits to security, when the West severs the ties that bind disarmament to nonproliferation, it further undermines the trust of the developing world and long-term prospects for international security.

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Thanks to New START, You too Can "Ride Out" a Nuclear Attack

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Russ Wellen

With hawks always willing to poke a stick into the hive of U.S.-Russia relations, it's folly to think that just because the Cold War ended that we've been inoculated against nuclear war with Russia.

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Nuclear Weapons Just Not Sexy Anymore

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Russ Wellen

The incarnation of "sexy," that is, that cropped up a few years ago: exciting or trendy in a general, not erotic, way. That settled, let's move on to ...

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Obama Poll Watch -- December, 2010

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Obama once again charted an unbelievably stable month in terms of approval ratings. The mildly good news was in his disapproval rating, which dropped significantly over the course of December.

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Session Not as Lame as All That

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

Barack Shellac hit the market to great fanfare in early November, the latest entry in the burgeoning Do-It-Yourself home-repair category. The early word: Here's a shellacking you won't find lacking. Our own findings: Don't be so sure.

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111th Congress Ends With Bang, Not Whimper

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Pundits are now beginning to say Obama is on a comeback, which is a stunning turnaround from less than two months ago, when the president sheepishly began using the word "shellacking" for the midterm results.

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Thank You, Joe Lieberman

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Without the work of Reid, Obama, Pelosi, and yes, even Joe Lieberman, DADT would not have been repealed this weekend -- and would be in place for the foreseeable future, with a new Republican House about to take control.

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Questions About Questions About New START

Richard Klass | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard Klass

Why does Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) complain that the treaty is being rushed, when it will have spent more time on the Senate floor than the START I, START II and the Moscow treaty combined?

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Elise Foley

Cornyn, Thune Plan Assault On Health Care In Spending Bill Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Republicans who requested millions of dollars worth of earmarks in the omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal year 2011 are now calling ...

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Are Nonproliferation and Disarmament, Once Joined at the Hip, Headed for Divorce?

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Russ Wellen

Whether or not we disarm has no bearing on the plans of states that hope to acquire or develop nuclear weapons. Whether or not disarmament discourages proliferation is immaterial -- it's our only recourse.

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Friday Talking Points [149] -- Making Holiday Sausage

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

The holidays are just around the corner, and the preparatory legislative sausage-making on Capitol Hill is in full swing. What a happy, happy time of...

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Friday Talking Points [148] -- Aliens Landing?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

So the good news this week was apparently that giant mutant space monsters are not, in fact, about to arrive and (assumably) enslave humankind and eat...

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Opposition to New START Pits Republicans Against Traditional Allies

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Russ Wellen

Perhaps bewitched by Tea Party-style incoherence, Republicans guided by Jon Kyl have placed themselves in the unlikely position of bucking the national defense establishment, to which traditionally they've been joined at the hip.

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Will Senate Republicans Produce Another International Disaster?

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lawrence Wittner

An important explanation for GOP opposition to the New START is that its implementation would be popular and, therefore, redound to Obama's political benefit.

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Obama's Busy Week Ahead

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Everyone in Washington has a few busy weeks ahead, until the 111th Congress wraps up business and heads off into the sunset, but President Obama will be at the center of this whirlwind.

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The GOP Strategy to Defeat Obama

Richard Klass | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard Klass

President Obama cannot afford to have the GOP strategy succeed in the "lame duck: session. He must use every one of his considerable presidential powers and communication skills to expose and thwart it.

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Friday Talking Points [147] -- Democrats Fighting The Good Fight

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Well, I don't know about anyone else, but I thought that was a pretty good week for Democrats. Maybe it's just the subject matter I've been tackling t...

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Senator Kyl's Stalling on New START Is Fraying Washington's Nerves

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Russ Wellen

In their rush to make President Obama look weak, Senate Republicans may, many believe, be weakening national defense.

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Republican Go-to Guy on Nukes Keeps Obama Administration Twisting in the Wind on New START

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Russ Wellen

Remember: how ever pro-nuclear those opposed to New START may appear to be, they're voting against a measure that Secretary Gates and the Pentagon support.

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