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Cyber-crime tops threats to U.S., intelligence chief says
WASHINGTON - Iran has made progress toward developing nuclear weapons capability, Al Qaeda sympathizers are resurgent across North Africa and the Middle East, and the U.S. economy is vulnerable to relatively unsophisticated cyber-attacks, according to...Tags: U.S. Department of State, United Nations, FBI, Terrorism, John Brennan
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South Korea, U.S. begin drills as North Korea threatens war
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korea staged dueling war games Monday as threatening rhetoric from the rivals rose to the highest level since North Korea rained artillery shells on a South Korean island in 2010. Enraged over the South'...
Tags: Park Geun-hye, Petroleum Industry, American Red Cross, Korean War (1950-1953), White House
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UN sanctions may play into North Korean propaganda
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Seven years of U.N. sanctions against North Korea have done nothing to derail Pyongyang's drive for a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the United States. They may have even bolstered the Kim family by giving their...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, United Nations, China, Susan Rice, Korean War (1950-1953)
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China's North Korea dilemma
The U.N. Security Council is set to vote this week on a new round of sanctions on North Korea in response to Pyongyang's February nuclear test, and with China's backing, it is likely to pass. Beijing was "strongly dissatisfied and resolutely opposed" to...
Tags: Harvard University, China, Beijing (China), Defense, Weaponry
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Biden: President promises to keep Iran from getting nuclear weapons
This post has been updated, as indicated below.WASHINGTON – President Obama is “not bluffing” when he vows that he will not allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon, Vice President Joe Biden said Monday in a speech that put a heavy emphasis on winning consensus on that view from the rest...Tags: Los Angeles Times Journalists, Golda Meir, Joe Biden, United Nations, Barack Obama
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Gridlock, Tehran-style
With the United States locked in confrontation with Iran, was it good or bad for diplomacy that "Argo," a movie about U.S. spies getting the best of the Iranians, won this year's Academy Award for best picture? Depends on whom you ask. To Iran's...Tags: U.S. Elections, Michelle Obama, U.S. Department of State, United Nations, Barack Obama
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Kerry tackles questions on Iran, Syria, Hagel
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John Kerry, President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of state, collected pledges of support Thursday and testified at his confirmation hearing that U.S. foreign policy should be defined by a helping hand as well as...
Tags: Bob Menendez, United Nations, Barack Obama, Bob Corker, Ecosystems
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North Korea's missile antics
Under its new ruler, Kim Jong Un, North Korea has reverted to its old tactics of provocation and aggression with the launch this week of a long-range missile it claims was intended to put the country's first satellite into orbit. It's unclear whether...Tags: China, United Nations, Satellite Technology, Barack Obama, Weaponry
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Obama returns to arms control -- just in time
President Barack Obama's call during the State of the Union address to reduce the threat of nuclear war could not have been more timely. The day before the president spoke, North Korea tested a primitive nuclear device, and the following day reports...Tags: Russia, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, Weaponry
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Fallout of fear
Chicago Tribune reporterHalf a century ago, the unthinkable became all too thinkable as the Soviet Union and the United States engaged in a game of chicken, played with nuclear bombs. On Oct. 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy went on television to announce that the Soviet...Tags: Russia, John F. Kennedy, Explosions, The Pentagon, Emergency Incidents
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Making sense of North Korea
The old definition of insanity is doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different result. The new definition, which applies only in the case of North Korea, is: doing something different and expecting a different result. The North Koreans...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, China, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Weaponry
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Hagel defends record, spars with critics in Senate hearing
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.WASHINGTON -- Making his first public comments after his nomination to lead the Pentagon, former Sen. Chuck Hagel said Thursday he stood by his record but also urged senators to look beyond controversial votes and statements he has made, which critics...Tags: James Inhofe, Afghanistan, Terrorism, George W. Bush, White House
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