Report faults nuclear security at Minot Air Force Base (The Shreveport Times)
The same Air Force unit that mistakenly flew nuclear-tipped cruise missiles on a B-52 last summer has failed a nuclear security inspection, according to a Defense Department report.
McCain calls for talks with Russia on nuclear arms in Europe (International Herald Tribune)
The Republican candidate parted company with the Bush administration, signaling a more open approach toward multilateralism and nuclear cooperation than the current administration.
McCain Pledges Nuclear Arms Cuts, Stepped-Up Diplomacy (The New York Sun)
WASHINGTON Senator McCain is promising to enter into new agreements with Russia aimed at reducing the two largest nuclear arsenals left on the planet and renegotiate the terms of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT, the compact the United Nations Security Council has three times said Iran is violating in its continued enrichment of uranium. The emphasis on arms control in an Arizona …
McCain vows big nuclear arms cuts (Financial Times)
John McCain yesterday vowed to make big cuts in the US nuclear arsenal if elected president and called for Russia and China to join a global effort to tackle nuclear proliferation.
Bhutto Dealt Nuclear Secrets to N. Korea, Book Says (Washington Post)
Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, on a state visit to North Korea in 1993, smuggled in critical data on uranium enrichment — a route to making a nuclear weapon — to help facilitate a missile deal with Pyongyang, according to a new book by a journalist who knew the slain politician…
McCain lays out his position on nuclear policy (The Morning Call)
| Republican John McCain said Tuesday that as president, he would reach out to China and Russia in an effort to battle nuclear proliferation. He also parted company with the Bush administration over a controversial weapon designed to detect and destroy weapons of mass destruction buried deep within the earth.
