Thursday, September 6, 2012

U.s. national security

  • VP role secure, Biden makes pitch for Obama re-election

    The former U.S. senator from Delaware has withstood frequent speculation - much of it from Republicans - that Obama would drop Biden in favor of his formal rival and popular secretary of state, Hillary Clinton.

    www.reuters.com

  • Unusually for Democrats, Terror War Is a Talking Point

    As Ben Rhodes, a deputy national-security adviser, puts it: "We use force directly and unilaterally against threats to the United States, the homeland or U.S. interests. When faced with threats with global security... we seek to act cooperatively and ...

    online.wsj.com

  • Mutual mistrust in the Pacific

    For some time - and as most recently reiterated in the 2010 National Security Strategy, the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review report and the 2011 National Military Strategy - the United States has sought to "multilateralize" its security relationships ...

    www.latimes.com

  • US calls on Iraq to inspect Syria-bound Iranian planes for arms

    "All nations have a responsibility . . . to seek to prevent the export of Iranian arms," U.S. National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor said.

    www.washingtonpost.com

  • China's Huawei negotiating conditions to join US hearing

    The House of Representatives Intelligence Committee announced earlier on Thursday that it would hold an open hearing on September 13 as part of its investigation into "the national security threats posed by Chinese telecommunications companies working ...

    in.reuters.com

  • Photo Release -- Ingalls Shipbuilding Authenticates the Keel of US Coast Guard ...

    5, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) authenticated the keel of the U.S. Coast Guard's National Security Cutter Hamilton (WMSL 753) today at the company's Ingalls Shipbuilding facility. Mrs. Linda Kapral Papp, wife of Adm.

    www.nasdaq.com

  • Hard National Security Choices

    Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has this piece in Foreign Policy about why Democrats are better than Republicans for America's national security. From the Department of Creative Approaches to the Trade Deficit: ...

    www.lawfareblog.com

  • VP role secure, Biden makes pitch for Obama re-election

    The former U.S. senator from Delaware has withstood frequent speculation - much of it from Republicans - that Obama would drop Biden in favor of his formal rival and popular secretary of state, Hillary Clinton.

    www.chicagotribune.com

  • Financial Crimes: Securing the National Threat

    Here the latest insights from the Honorable Juan Zarate, noted security advisor and Frank Waikart, former senior advisor on terrorist finance discuss how the United States can continue to isolate rogue and illicit financial activity to advance its ...

    www.federalnewsradio.com

  • Pro: Egypt's Morsi thumbs his nose at United States

    WASHINGTON - EDITOR'S NOTE: The writer is addressing the question, "Should the U.S. cut aid to Egypt?" U.S. foreign aid, which dates back to the early 1950s, is designed to support U.S. national security by helping our friends, pressuring our ...

    gazettextra.com

  • The Middle East: Goodbye to All That

    To some extent, this desire to be rid of the nation's commitments in the region reflects a strain of isolationism that dates back to America's founding. Recent trends, too, have made the Mideast seem less relevant to the U.S.'s national security: The ...

    www.businessweek.com

  • CNOOC asks for US security review of Nexen acquisition

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's state-owned oil company CNOOC (0883.HK) has formally asked the U.S. government to review its $15.1 billion takeover bid for Canada's Nexen (NXY.

    www.reuters.com

  • Sec. Clinton calls for joint effort on security between U.S. and China

    "Both the United States and China are victims of cyber attacks. Intellectual property, commercial data, national security information is being targeted," Clinton said in remarks at the press conference. "This is an issue of increasing concern to the ...

    www.marketplace.org

  • Leaked Bin Laden information now threatens NGO's

    The OPSEC Educational Fund was created in an attempt to stop leaks of highly sensitive national security information, to protect operators abroad and their assets, and to ensure operational security.

    www.examiner.com

  • John Kerry urges Democrats to elect Elizabeth Warren to be part of 'the team'

    ... been sent. E-mail | Print | Comments () 09/06/2012 11:31 AM. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg. Senator John Kerry gestures Wednesday while doing a walk-through of the Democratic National Convention before addressing the delegates tonight about national ...

    www.boston.com

  • The Post-Post-9/11 Era and Strategic Initiative

    Tonight, the Democratic National Convention will highlight national security policy. While it's unclear the extent to which national security will gain attention in an election preoccupied by economic concerns, a transformation of U.S. foreign policy ...

    www.democracyarsenal.org

  • To Improve National Security, Step Up Science and Technology Education

    The Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) thinks we should strengthen domestic manufacturing, and to garner support, they have even taken out ads in conservative standbys such as RedState.

    blog.heritage.org

  • Justice Department needs to adjust terror data reporting, says IG

    The U.S. Justice Department's National Security Division needs to make some finer adjustments in how it collects and reports terrorism statistics, said a report from the agency's Inspector General (IG) issued on Sept.

    www.gsnmagazine.com

  • US National Debt Exceeds $16 Trillion

    Despite the common belief that China holds an enormous portion of U.S. debt, two-thirds of the bankrolling comes from the Social Security Trust Fund, American investors and future retirees, and pensions for public-sector workers and military personnel.

    www.thenewamerican.com

  • Number 2 US Military Chief in 'Secret' Talks with Barak

    The vice chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral James Winnefeld, met Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak Thursday, one week after U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey was quoted alas saying that if Israel wants to attack Iran, "I ...

    www.israelnationalnews.com

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