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North Korea: Stalling or changing policy?
The Swampby Katie Fretland Just two summers ago, North Korea tested seven missiles, including one that failed but was believed to be capable of reaching the United States. In October of the same year, the country's secretive leader, Kim Jong II,......Tags: Government, Nuclear Policy, White House, Economic Sanctions, Defense
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Statements: Iran missile test
Spin CycleObama and McCain have both issued statements responding to Iran's test of a long-range missile capable of reaching Israel. Obama: ???These missile tests demonstrate once again that we need to change our policy to deal aggressively with the threat posed......Tags: Defense, Weaponry, Nuclear Policy, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Diplomacy
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Gates raps Russia for "empty rhetoric"
The Swampby Aamer Madhani In the wake of Russian threats against Poland for agreeing to host part of a proposed U.S. missile shield, Defense Secretary Robert Gates today said the Russians are singing "an old song" in their attempts to intimidate......Tags: Defense, Government, Vladimir Putin, Weaponry, News Agency
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U.S., Russia tussle on missile shield
The Swampby Aamer Madhani The ongoing and increasingly sharp rhetorical exchange between Washington and Moscow escalated on Wednesday as the Bush administration moved one step closer to completing a deal to build an American missile shield in Poland, paving the...Tags: Government, White House, Wars and Interventions, Defense, Weaponry
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Rice hardens stance against Moscow
The Swampby Bay Fang Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, answering widespread criticism that she had not stood up to Russia enough in the past month, talked tough to Moscow on Thursday, saying its invasion of Georgia had achieved no strategic objective,......Tags: International Relations, Defense, Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Dmitry Medvedev
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Iran has enough nuke material for bomb
The Swampby Julian E. Barnes The nation's top military officer said Sunday that Iran has enough nuclear material to make a bomb, but Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Tehran was not close to building a weapon. Adm. Michael G. Mullen,......Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, Heads of State, Government, Nancy Pelosi, Television Industry
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Obama condemns N.K. missile launch
The Swampby Christi Parsons PRAGUE -- President Barack Obama, condemning North Korea's missile launch, today called for a strong international response to deter future advancement of its nuclear program. "They, I think, have taken a provocative action,'' Obama...Tags: Government, Barack Obama, White House, United States, Treaties
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Gates: Afghanistan mission 'narrowed'
The Swampby Mark Silva Robert Gates has served both President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush as secretary of defense. And now that Obama is escalating the war in Afghanistan that Bush began, the secretary says some things haven't......Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, Japan, Barack Obama, White House, Terrorism
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Iran's missile launch: Obama's answer?
The Swampby Mark Silva Is this Iran's response to President Barack Obama's call for a positive response to U.S. overtures for negotiations by the end of this year? Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he has test-fired a new advanced missile with......Tags: Government, Heads of State, Hosni Mubarak, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Barack Obama
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Obama: North Korea demands 'action'
The Swampby Mark Silva On his way to Arlington National Cemetery today, President Barack Obama paused to address the nuclear test that North Korea has carried out, to say that the international community must "stand up'' and "take action'' on North......Tags: Government, Defense, United Nations, Barack Obama, National Government
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North Korea nuclear test 'warrants action'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, calling North Korea's reported underground nuclear test a "matter of grave concern,'' said early today that not only this, but also the apparent testing of another short-range missile "warrants action by the...Tags: Japan, Nuclear Policy, Barack Obama, White House, United States
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North Korea's nukes: No more rewards
The Swampby Mark Silva A nuclear weapons-armed North Korea poses a "grave threat" to the world, President Barack Obama said today, promising to end a long-running pattern of Pyongyang creating crises only to be rewarded with incentives for backing down. "This........Tags: Government, Defense, United Nations, Weaponry, Barack Obama
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