Tag: Nuclear Weapons

National Security

Poll: Opposition to Iran deal doubles since June

Susan Crabtree · August 3, 2015 5:22 pm

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said that there are aspects of the agreement that are "troubling" to him, but that Congress should improve it, "instead of rejecting the deal." (AP Photo)

National Security

Top Democrat announces support for nuclear deal, with caveat

Susan Ferrechio · August 3, 2015 2:27 pm

The deal reached early last month gives Iran sanctions relief in exchange for curbing its nuclear program.Â (AP file)

National Security

Poll: Nearly six in 10 Americans oppose Iran deal

Kelly Cohen · August 3, 2015 2:03 pm

Members of the anti-war group Code Pink gather before Secretary of State John Kerry arrives to testify at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Anti-war group plans to deliver flowers to John Kerry

Daniel Chaitin · August 3, 2015 2:01 pm

U.S President Barack Obama pauses during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in response to the Iran nuclear deal on July 15, 2015 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Obama bets nuclear deal will change Iran’s regime; few agree

Michael Barone · August 3, 2015 4:01 am

The U.S. Navy launches a Trident II, D-5 missile from the submerged submarine USS Tennessee in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida, on Dec. 4, 1989. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)

Does Washington have the stomach to pay for its nukes?

David Brown · August 3, 2015 4:01 am

A man looks over the expanse of ruins left by the explosion of the atomic bomb on Aug. 6, 1945, in Hiroshima, Japan.

The nuclear club: Old weapons die hard as new ones are born

Olli Heinonen · August 3, 2015 4:01 am

Carson criticized the U.S. for allowing Iran to obtain ballistic missiles and not dismantling their nuclear infrastructure. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Carson: Iran deal ‘worst’ ‘in the history of America’

Barbara Boland · August 2, 2015 4:58 pm

Huckabee: Obama’s Iran agreement is a ‘money deal’

Ryan Lovelace · August 2, 2015 3:35 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 29, 2015, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the impacts of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on U.S. Interests and the Military Balance in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Kerry jets to jittery Egypt, Qatar to reassure on Iran deal

Barbara Boland · August 1, 2015 6:41 pm

An erosion of allies' trust is likely to have long-term consequences for U.S. interests in the region, not the least being it may mean the United States will no longer be the "go-to" guarantor of regional security,Â said retired Vice Adm. Kevin Cosgriff, former commander of U.S. naval forces in the Middle East.Â (Photo by Kevin Dietsch - Pool/Getty Images)

National Security

Iran deal eroding allies’ trust in U.S.

Charles Hoskinson · August 1, 2015 4:01 am

Iran deal showdown set for August recess

Susan Crabtree · July 31, 2015 8:06 pm