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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 11. Oktober 2011 / Time Line October 11, 2011
Version 3.510. Oktober 2011, 12. Oktober 2011
10/11/2011
National Security Archive Update, October 11, 2011
U.S. Strategic Nuclear Policy: A Video History,
1945-2004
Sandia Labs Historical Video Documents History of U.S. Strategic
Nuclear Policy
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nukevault/ebb361/index.htm
Interviewees Include Robert McNamara, Brent Scowcroft, James
Schlesinger and Last Strategic Air Commander-in-Chief Lee Butler
Washington, D.C., October 11, 2011 -- Twenty five years ago, when
President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met at
Reykjavik, Iceland on 11-12-October 1986, their far-reaching
discussions involved proposals to abolish nuclear weapons by first
moving toward a zero ballistic missiles option. Weighed down by
mistrust and competing objectives, the discussions on ending the
nuclear arms race collapsed. That Ronald Reagan supported nuclear
abolition at Reykjavik is a lacuna in an otherwise informative and
highly professional video documentary on the history of U.S.
nuclear policy produced by Sandia National Laboratories obtained
under the Freedom of Information Act and published today for the
first time by the National Security Archive.
One of the most distinctive productions of the Department of
Energy, "U.S. Strategic Nuclear Policy," is a four-part nearly
four-hour long oral history/video documentary. Completed in 2005 by
Sandia under the direction of staffer Dan Curry (scriptwriter and
interviewer), this is an engrossing piece of work that that will be
a significant resource for historians, social scientists, students,
and the interested public. Starting with World War II and the
atomic bombing of Japan, this policy-oriented documentary takes the
story of U.S. nuclear policy, with a focus on the history of
nuclear deterrence through the course of the Cold War, and then
from the early post-Cold War period to the aftermath of 9/11.
10/11/2011
Markey, Military Leaders, Advocates Call for Cuts to U.S. Nuclear Budget
64 members of Congress sign letter to Super Committee calling for cuts to nuclear budget before slashing bedrock programs for seniors, families and most vulnerable
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Currently, America is the financial caretaker for 5,000 nuclear warheads. The U.S. will spend an estimated $700 billion on nuclear weapons and related programs over the next ten years. These funds are a drain on our budget and a disservice to the next generation of Americans.
TODAY, Lt. General Robert G. Gard, one of the nation's leading experts on nuclear nonproliferation and national security issues, along with leading health, seniors and nuclear nonproliferation advocates will join Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), to call on the congressional Super Committee to cut hundreds of billions from the U.S. nuclear weapons budget before targeting programs for seniors, families and the sick.
"We can save hundreds of billions of dollars by restructuring the U.S. nuclear program for the 21st century," said Rep. Markey. "We can no longer afford to rob the future to pay for unneeded weapons of the past. Now is the time to reset our priorities and invest in the people and programs to get America back on track."
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