International
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Business/FinancialObama, Medvedev Still At Odds Over European Missile Defense
President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev remain divided over a U.S. plan to construct a European Missile Defense system to protect Europe and the United States against missile attack […]
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Homeland Security
Medvedev Sees European Missile Defense Plan Souring U.S.-Russian Relations; Moscow Leader Writes In Washington Post
Relations between the United States and Russia soured in part because the Americans wanted to build the European Missile Defense system, Russian President Demitry A. Medvedev wrote in a letter […]
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Business/Financial
Missile Defense Indispensable Because Some Nuclear Powers Cannot Be Deterred By Threat Of Mutual Assured Destruction
Northrop Grumman White Paper Says New Situation Has Evolved, Cold War Strategy No Longer Viable Rogue states now acquiring nuclear weapons capability and missile delivery systems can’t be deterred from […]
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Homeland Security
Hezbollah Terrorists Use Mexican Drug Smuggling Routes To Help Fund Terrorist Operations: Report
Hezbollah, the terrorist group that bombarded Israel with thousands of missiles in 2006, is working with Mexican drug cartels, using their smuggling routes into the United States, The Washington Times […]
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Homeland Security
Iran Seen Plotting To Damage Iraq: Pentagon Report
Iran threatens Iraq, and won’t cease attempts to back terrorist groups that kill American military personnel, a Pentagon report disclosed. "Iran continues to pose a significant challenge to Iraq’s long-term […]
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Business/Financial
AIA Pushes For Easing Export Controls On Satellites; Group Alleges Rules Are Damaging Space Industrial Base
The Aerospace Industries Association once again criticized export controls on sensitive technologies that might have military applications, saying those controls harm the space industrial base. AIA President and CEO Marion […]
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Business/Financial
Boeing Bloodied As Gates Proposes Slashing Missile Defense Programs In Budget Proposal
Boeing ABL: No More Planes; Boeing GMD: No More Interceptors; Boeing EMD: Coasting On Old Funds Gates Plan Cuts 14 Percent Of MDA Funds; Aegis-Standard Missile Program Does Well, As […]
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Business/Financial
Special Issue: North Korea Launches ICBM;
Japan, U.S. Forces, Don’t Try To Shoot It Down; Instead, Obama, Others, Frown On Outlaw Launch Illicit North Korean Missile Launch Proves Need For U.S., Japanese Missile Defense; Missile Flight […]
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Business/Financial
Tauscher, Skelton, Condemn North Korea For Missile Launch, But They Still Appear Poised To Slash Missile Defense Programs
Their Comments Come As Obama, Gates, Seen Likely To Slash Or Kill Some Missile Defense Programs In Fiscal 2010 Budget Plan Republicans Strongly Oppose Any Move To Gouge Missile Defense […]
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Business/Financial
Congressional Reaction To Gates Budget Plan Ranges From Noncommittal To Incredulous, With Missile Defense Cuts Drawing Opposition
Congressional reaction to the new budget plan by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates ranged from polite but reserved, to strident condemnation, especially in his plans to cut some missile defense […]