Tag: federation of american scientists
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September 19, 2008 07:39 PM EDT --
The United States must lead the way to reducing nuclear weapons worldwide. The elimination of nuclear weapons is entering the political mainstream. Both presidential candidates have publicly supported . . .
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September 19, 2008 07:43 PM EDT --
No topics have risen more quickly in recent years than procuring green energy alternatives and combating climate change. How can China and the United States work together to stop global climate change? . . .
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September 07, 2007 03:36 PM EDT --
Improving Our Understanding of Mesopotamian Civilization Through Learning Technology.
watch at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlqafevXOWY
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March 25, 2008 11:40 PM EDT --
On March 18th, 2008, FAS President Henry Kelly spoke on energy conservation and climate change at the Structural Insulated Panel Association (SIPA) Annual Meeting. His presentation focused on the impacts . . .
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February 26, 2008 03:53 PM EST --
FEMA's inability to meet emergency housing needs is a national scandal. Victims of the
2005 hurricanes have lived in cramped, unsafe housing for more than two years. On February
14th, . . .
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February 06, 2007 02:26 PM EST --
China's entire submarine fleet conducted only two patrols in 2006, according to information declassified by the U.S. Navy and obtained by the Federation of American Scientists under the Freedom of . . .
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February 22, 2007 04:12 PM EST --
There are a few different things going on. Wait times have become longer; backlogs of requests have grown; the standards under which information is released have in some cases become more restrictive. . . .
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April 28, 2008 10:30 AM EDT --
The number of deterrence patrols conducted by Russia's 11 nuclear-powered ballistic missiles submarines (SSBNs) decreased to only three in 2007 from five in 2006, according to our latest Nuclear . . .
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June 19, 2008 01:31 PM EDT --
Members of the 704 Munition Support Squadron at Ghedi Torre in Italy are trained to service a B-61 nuclear bomb inside a Munitions Maintenance Truck. Security at "most" nuclear . . .
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January 23, 2007 02:41 PM EST --
In a major foreign policy blunder, China reportedly has conducted an anti-satellite (ASAT) test. First reported in Aviation Week and Space Technology, China allegedly used a medium-range ballistic missile . . .
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July 11, 2007 10:40 PM EDT --
FAS Statement on Recent Testimony by Surgeon General Carmona
The Federation of American Scientists is profoundly disturbed by the testimony of former Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona at the July 10th . . .
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November 23, 2008 09:22 PM EST --
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"Reducing Government Secrecy"
On 19 November 2008, Steven Aftergood spoke to FAS members on "Reducing Government Secrecy". He described how the rate of national . . .
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January 30, 2007 02:35 PM EST --
Representatives Lowey (D-NY) and Emanuel (D-IL) are circulating a Dear Colleague letter to be delivered to the President asking him to update the Congress on the National Strategy on Pandemic Influenza. . . .
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January 25, 2008 10:14 AM EST --
PRESSURE GROWS TO LIMIT THE STATE SECRETS PRIVILEGE
A rising tide of criticism of the use of the state secrets privilege to derail litigation against the government has yielded new legislation . . .
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April 01, 2008 05:11 PM EDT --
Today the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) launches an online compilation of more than 500 documents on the U.S. ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The Archive . . .
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July 01, 2008 11:01 PM EDT --
COURT INVALIDATES DETAINEE'S "ENEMY COMBATANT" STATUS
A federal appeals panel found that the designation of a Chinese
detainee held in U.S. custody as an "enemy combatant" . . .
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January 30, 2007 02:20 PM EST --
The current state of scientific knowledge regarding the conduct of interrogation and related forms of intelligence gathering is limited by numerous gaps in theoretical and practical understanding, according . . .
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June 15, 2007 11:30 PM EDT --
LA Times
Dismantling fewer, not more, nukes June 11, 2007
This article would have benefited from scratching a little below the surface. The reported feat that the Department of Energy has . . .
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June 23, 2007 11:38 PM EDT --
FAS opposes the so-called Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) and asks you to tell your Senator to vote against the funding for this new nuclear bomb. We urge you to visit the FAS petition at . . .
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November 01, 2007 03:28 PM EDT --
Yes, this is taking a slice out of the Public Television playbook...
Special Offer: FAS has republished “One World or None”; original essays by Albert Einstein, . . .
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