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Thomas Mallon’s Real Reagan
“He’s still winking at us,” Thomas Mallon says of our 40th president. Ronald Reagan’s essential quality (as official biographer Edmund Morris discovered...
Iran nuclear deal: why White House rules foreign policy
The almost-certain implementation of President Obama’s Iran deal despite heated opposition from most congressional Republicans and some Democrats is yet more evidence...
Sen. Mikulski’s Support Ensures Iran Deal Will Withstand GOP Challenge
Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski announced Wednesday that she will support the Iran nuclear agreement, giving the White House the final vote needed to protect the...
Paul Volcker: It would be ‘a sad day’ if Congress blocks Iran deal
In recent days, opponents of the Iran nuclear accord have argued that if Congress blocks it, the major powers that negotiated the agreement can simply go back and...
Dozens of retired generals, admirals back Iran nuclear deal
Three dozen retired generals and admirals released an open letter Tuesday supporting the Iran nuclear deal and urging Congress to do the same. Calling the agreement...
100-Plus Former U.S. Ambassadors Applaud Iran Deal
As the controversy over the Iran deal heats up—and it’s going to get a lot hotter, especially come September—more than 100 former U.S. ambassadors have signed...
The Age of Nuclear Drift
As if to add to a list of international nightmares, the Sunday Times of London recently reported that Saudi Arabia has made the “strategic decision” to buy “off-the-shelf”...
Sister Megan Rice, Freed From Prison, Is Unapologetic for Anti-Nuclear Activism
For more than a year, Sister Megan Rice, 85, a Roman Catholic nun of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, had caught occasional glimpses of the glittering World...
US ahead of schedule on nuclear arms cuts
With nearly three years remaining to complete the reductions called for in the New START Treaty with Russia, the US has to remove only a few dozen nuclear warheads...
How much do you know about nuclear weapons? Take our quiz.
The nuclear arms race that began during World War II, then escalated throughout the cold war, has left more than 17,000 nuclear warheads scattered around the world,...
