Us Security

Military Analysts: Climate Change Will Pose "Profound Strategic Challenges" To U.S. Security

nytimes.com | JOHN M. BRODER | Posted 09.08.2009 | Green


WASHINGTON -- The changing global climate will pose profound strategic challenges to the United States in coming decades, raising the prospect of mili...

US European Missile Defense System: Alternatives Being Considered

AP | DESMOND BUTLER | Posted 08.30.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — A senior Defense Department official said Thursday that the United States is considering options for European missile defense other...

Thomas Hutchinson, British Teen, Sentenced Over New York Bomb Hoax

AP | Posted 08.27.2009 | World


LONDON — A British teenager was given a six-month suspended prison sentence Monday for phoning the White House and claiming there was a bomb in ...

Officials: Economic Crisis Increases Security Risks For US

Washington Post | Joby Warrick | Posted 12.16.2008 | Politics


Intelligence officials are warning that the deepening global financial crisis could weaken fragile governments in the world's most dangerous areas and...

Obama, McCain on National Security and Nuclear Proliferation

Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling | Posted 10.18.2008 | Home


Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling

Where do Obama and McCain stand on these issues? To start, McCain, the nominee of what used to called the "small government party," wants to create two entirely new government organizations.

US Security System Needs Vast Overhaul: Study

AP | BARRY SCHWEID | Posted 08.06.2008 | Home


WASHINGTON — In a report aimed at the next president, security specialists are proposing a vast overhaul of the U.S. security system, declaring ...