Missing Defense

National Security: There seems to be only one thing White House arms negotiators want more than a reduction in U.S. nuclear weapons — a reduction in U.S. missile defenses to protect us from such weapons.

The Washington Times' Bill Gertz reports that U.S. diplomats are secretly negotiating with Russia to link nuclear arms reduction to limits on our anti-missile defenses.

As Gertz points out, "Pro-arms-control officials within the administration dislike missile defenses, viewing them as an impediment to offensive arms agreements."

Ellen Tauscher, the undersecretary of state for international security and arms control, has been talking to Moscow's deputy foreign minister, Sergei Rybakov, and that in and of itself should generate fears.

Tauscher's qualifications for her current job amount to little beyond her experience as a Democratic Party fundraiser and seven terms as a San Francisco congresswoman with a reputation, according to the media at least, as a centrist, but a voting record that shows her to be an unalloyed liberal.

Tauscher let it be known when she left the House for the State Department last year that her priority was to eliminate all nuclear weapons in the world.

If that requires giving away the store on missile defense, it's worth it in the worldview of an administration that was sure an extended hand would lead Iran to end its nuclear program.

http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html

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“Statement ... on the Visit of President Medvedev of the Russian Federation to the White House”
Whitehouse.gov ^ | June 11, 2010 | n/a
Posted on June 12, 2010 1:38:47 AM PDT by Cindy

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“Gates to Brief Senate on New START Treaty”
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE) ^ | May 6, 2010 | By Elaine Wilson
Posted on May 6, 2010 11:38:45 PM PDT by Cindy

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“Statement by President Barack Obama on the Release of Nuclear Posture Review”
Whitehouse.gov ^ | April 6, 2010 | n/a
Posted on April 7, 2010 12:28:32 AM PDT by Cindy

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“Obama, Medvedev Commit to Reduce Nuclear Arms, Reset Relationship”
AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE ^ | April 1, 2009 | Fred W. Baker III
Posted on April 1, 2009 4:18:57 PM PDT by Cindy

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Statement by the Press Secretary...[Re COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY]
WHITEHOUSE.gov ^ | September 15, 2009 | n/a
Posted on September 16, 2009 2:17:57 AM PDT by Cindy

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THE BRIEFING ROOM

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary ___________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release September 15, 2009

Statement by the Press Secretary on the U.S. delegation to the Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

The President has asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to lead the U.S. delegation and deliver the U.S. national statement at the Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), to be held on September 24 and 25 in New York City. Since 1999, this conference has been held every other year to provide a forum for discussions on how best to encourage states to sign and ratify this important nonproliferation treaty, especially those states listed in Annex II that are required to ratify the Treaty before it can enter into force.

While the United States sent a delegation to the initial conference in 1999, it has not attended the subsequent four conferences. Accordingly, U.S. participation in this year’s conference will reaffirm the strong commitment of the Obama Administration to support the CTBT and to work with other nations to map out a comprehensive diplomatic strategy to secure the Treaty’s entry into force. To advance the latter agenda, Under Secretary of State Ellen Tauscher will hold a series of bilateral sessions during the Conference. This commitment to realize the promise of the CTBT is part of the President’s comprehensive agenda to prevent nuclear proliferation, and to pursue the ultimate goal of a world without nuclear weapons.

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Emirates ready for $7B THAAD deal
Upi via Space Daily ^ | 6/7/2010 | Upi via Space Daily
Posted on June 8, 2010 10:59:05 PM PDT by sonofstrangelove

The United Arab Emirates expects to finalize a $7 billion contract to buy Lockheed Martin’s high-altitude missile defense system in the next few months, officials of the U.S. defense giant say. The deal would mark the first time that the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system has been sold to a foreign state and underlines Washington’s efforts to establish a Persian Gulf-wide shield against Iranian ballistic missiles among U.S. allies in the region.

These states, including oil-rich Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, are within easy missile range by Iran, lying as they do across the gulf, and so form the front line against the Islamic Republic’s perceived expansionist policies.

The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency says the Emirates are expected to acquire three THAAD “fire units” and 147 missiles designed to shoot down hostile ballistic weapons.

The deal also includes four radar units, six fire-control and command communications units and nine launchers, the DSCA says.

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