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One of the important tests of Obama Administration’s nuclear non-proliferation policy will be whether the long-delayed Nuclear Posture Review will approve new nuclear weapons. During his election campaign, Barack Obama promised not to build new nuclear weapons, a pledge that recently has been reiterated by the administration. Yet the Air Force’s budget request for 2011 includes several projects that, if approved, would contradict the pledge. The “No New” Pledge During the presidential election campaign, Barack Obama pledge to “stop the development of new nuclear weapons” if elected president. The pledged lived on for the first few months after the election...

Vote as if your life and your liberty depend on it, because they do. Iranian Nuke Scientist: Weekend Quake was a Nuclear Testby Hillel Fendel (IsraelNN.com) A weekend 5.0 Richter earthquake in Iran was actually a nuclear bomb test, says an Iranian nuclear scientist claiming to be working on the project. Meanwhile, Secretary of Defense Gates has warned that the American nuclear arsenal is deteriorating with age. Barack Hussein Obama has vowed not to authorize research on new nuclear weapons like the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW), which is both more reliable and less vulnerable to misuse than the existing ones....