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State Dept: U.S. Nukes Down 85%, From 31,255 to 4,804
The Weekly Standard ^ | December 19, 2014 | JERYL BIER

Posted on 12/19/2014 8:18:55 AM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

'We Still Have More Work To Do''

The State Department's Rose Gottemoeller, under secretary for arms control and international security, spoke at the Brookings Institution Thursday where she reaffirmed the United States' "unassailable" commitment to putting the nuclear weapons genie back in the bottle. Gottemoeller told the attendees at the Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative-sponsored event that "the U.S. commitment to achieving the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons is unassailable."

She went on to note that the nation's stockpile of active weapons is down 85 percent from maximum cold war levels, falling to 4,804 in 2013 from a high of 31,255. But, she said, "We still have more work to do."

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TOPICS: Cuba; Front Page News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cuba; disarmament; iran; military; nuclear; nukes; porthuronstatement; rosegottemoeller; russia; sds; surrender; venezuela; waronterror; weapons
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To: Da Coyote

Totally agree. But with a different ending than the movie had.


81 posted on 12/19/2014 3:30:45 PM PST by CatDancer (tagline expired)
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To: mowowie

“i live around 15 miles from the Boston city limits, will I be safe?”

I think you will. Unless they hit 100 miles north of NYC. If that happens, you should have moved to Texas when you had the chance.


82 posted on 12/19/2014 3:46:05 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Liberalism isn't a mental disorder. It's a cult.)
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To: SaveFerris

Nope on B61’s ....they are still the bread and butter back bone along with W76, W88’s, B83’s and Talk of turning the W80 programs back to build mode. The B61 Mod 11’s are in the field and Mod 12’s are on the horizon.

Or so goes the rumor mill......:o)


83 posted on 12/19/2014 3:58:11 PM PST by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

I have a simple question. Even if we have sufficient firepower it’s all up to Obama to launch a retaliatory strike. Is anyone confident he would do that?


84 posted on 12/19/2014 5:25:18 PM PST by RonboTex (Get off my lawn!!!!!!!!)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

what country does our state dept work for???


85 posted on 12/19/2014 5:44:16 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

WTH? Is the US falling behind Iran?


86 posted on 12/19/2014 6:13:25 PM PST by vox_freedom (America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
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To: FreedomStar3028

and an assembled nuclear weapon is not like an artillery shell that can function 100 years from now after sitting on a shelf. they require periodic “replenishment and maintenance”, which is expensive and increases exposure of the articles to unauthorized access.


87 posted on 12/19/2014 8:50:21 PM PST by RitchieAprile
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To: central_va

There’s a thought. Surrender to the French, and eat French cuisine rather than borsht or rice.

Which Russian tyrant said “we will take America without firing a shot”?


88 posted on 12/20/2014 7:04:22 AM PST by SisterK
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

Think of the boom in Defense spending to reverse all this.


89 posted on 12/20/2014 9:01:24 AM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: odawg

You know the answer to that question as well as anyone, they will do nothing. The progressive oligarchy which rules America will not stop until they have finished raping the middle class. Say thank you, you’ve just been screwed again.


90 posted on 12/20/2014 10:52:58 AM PST by WilliamRobert (Elections mean nothing, until politicians have to pay a real price.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Not to worry, one or two nukes should do it; Obama will surrender for sure.


91 posted on 12/20/2014 3:11:46 PM PST by kagnew
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

Exactly the words that America’s commie and izzlamic enemies wanted to hear and exactly the death toll for this nation. In war you do not reduce your forces or your ammo. You add. But not in a liberal, commie, socialist, race bating, homo America.


92 posted on 12/20/2014 4:54:24 PM PST by RetiredArmy (MARANATHA, MARANATHA, Come quickly LORD Jesus!!! Father send thy Son!! Its Time!)
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To: RitchieAprile

Right. I honestly don’t understand how people are complaining about this. 4000 Is plenty, more then enough. The democrats would never allow all of our nukes to be destroyed either.


93 posted on 12/20/2014 8:52:34 PM PST by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: itsahoot
Yes, and it belies the point of this article.

Unless things have changed drastically, our aircraft carriers have tactical subs following them. Not to mention the carrier's own sonar and other electronic instrumentation. I'm not buying this. Mostly because if you go to the article, it talks about a joint US/China naval exercises.

94 posted on 12/21/2014 3:50:59 AM PST by A Navy Vet (An Oath is Forever)
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To: Squantos

Must have been early models they were dismantling. I had some (news) video of it about 10 years ago.


95 posted on 12/22/2014 6:10:26 AM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Squantos

Thanks for info, BTW.


96 posted on 12/22/2014 6:10:55 AM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: SaveFerris

Yeah mods 3, 7 and 10’s are dismantled and history on the B61’s.....ever ongoing evolution , better better and even better.

Merry Christmas , Stay Safe !


97 posted on 12/22/2014 3:11:08 PM PST by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Squantos

God Bless and Merry Christmas!!


98 posted on 12/23/2014 7:35:32 AM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

Peace through unilateral disarmament.


99 posted on 12/23/2014 7:37:50 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
"We still have more work to do."

When you are a dyed in the wool left winger, indeed your work is never done. That's what being a "progressive" is all about, and why they inevitably end up seeking police state totalitarianism.

100 posted on 12/25/2014 5:52:18 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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