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Colleagues: Two announcements on our forthcoming speakers. First, yes, you all were right–I had the date wrong. Dick Hobbs and Steve Metcalf will talk on Iran and Israel on Tuesday, March 30 (not the 31st!). No need to respond now–more information later. Continue reading Upcoming National Security Talks Colleagues: Keith Hansen’s excellent presentation last week on the Nuclear Posture Review generated a number of questions regarding the size of our nuclear stockpile and that of our adversaries and allies. In addition, there were many questions regarding how far President Obama might go in moving to a “No First Use” policy or to “Zero Continue reading Obama’s Decision on the Nuclear Posture Review Due Soon Participants in the National Security Forum: We have several very interesting programs coming up this month and into April I wanted to let you know about, and I do hope you can join us. In addition, thanks to SNCAT Television (community access) and especially Shayne del Cohen, our session Continue reading NSF: Future Programs And A Video of Our Last Session Colleagues: This is a very important analysis of President Obama’s emerging nuclear posture, the conflicts ongoing within the Administration, attacks from his base on his slowness to move away from Bush-era policies, and–most importantly–a large-scale conventional weapons capability known as “Prompt Global Strike”. Continue reading The Obama Administration’s Emerging Nuclear Posture and Policies The National Security Forum presents KEITH HANSEN Former National Intelligence Officer for Strategic Programs and Nuclear Proliferation Speaking on “The Obama Administration & Nuclear Weapons” The Gold & Silver (4th and Vine Sts), 9:00 am, Wednesday, March 3 Continue reading Meeting on Strategic Nuclear Forces, Wednesday, March 3 Colleagues: I know I am somewhat of a “deficit hawk”, but I am increasingly of the opinion that our national debt and annual deficits are unsustainable and are leading this country to the brink of collapse. Indeed, I would say the “debt-deficit” crisis is the most critical national security issue on Continue reading National Security Implications of the Growing Debt/Deficit Crisis Colleagues: The death of Congressman Charlie Wilson this week marks the end of an era, and the passing of a very flamboyant and influential public figure, particularly on the Mujhadein war against the Soviets. Ironically, when I put out a summation of Charlie’s exploits and the interaction with Continue reading The passing of Charlie Wilson–End of an Era Colleagues: Two very important and interesting pieces today. The first is from Bob Gast, a Renoite and participant in this Forum, who recently retired as an Assistant Director of the FBI. Bob laments the publicity given to how we handle terrorist suspects and the difficulties that presents for FBI or other Continue reading Hayden and Gast on Handling Terrorist Suspects Colleagues: Have been in Hawaii on vacation, so you haven’t heard much from me. But I did want to send out this analysis of the growing cyber-warfare threat. Two important recent developments: First, Google went public denouncing China for attempting to plant destructive codes in the Continue reading The growing Cyberwarfare Threat Colleagues: Continue reading Save the Dates: Upcoming NSF Presentations |
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