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North Korea's plan to launch a rocket as early as this week, in defiance of warnings, threatens to undo years of negotiations toward dismantling the regime's nuclear program.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will join Iran at an international conference on Afghanistan in The Hague, following through on a promise by President Obama to deal with Tehran on issues of mutual concern. Joe Cirincione told Reuters, “This is not a Nixon goes to China moment. You will have a series of incremental steps — small pieces that put together the mosaic of a new relationship.”
Jeanne Bourgault of Ploughshares-funded Internews Network testified before Congress on the importance of supporting local, independent media and universal access to information for pe
An Energy Department investigation into missing plutonium at a national laboratory concluded the lab miscalculated the amount at its facility and none was actually missing.
France has established a $13.5 million fund to compensate people who claimed illness as a result of four decades of nuclear testing in Algeria and French Polynesia.
The House Budget Committee is recommending a $5.35 billion cut from the Obama Administration’s international affairs budget request, in contrast with the Chairman’s recommendation to fund DOD at the full amount requested.