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Reclaiming Mother's Day for Peace
Did you know Mother’s Day was originally meant to be about peace?   Established by Julia Ward Howe in 1870, Mother’s Day was originally intended to organize women for peace and disarmament after the Civil War. This year, Ploughshares Fund is bringing the holiday back to its roots with its Roses for Peace campaign, offering organic roses in honor of mothers as a way to raise funds to support women’s leadership for a nuclear free world.   Read more »
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Posted by Margaret Swink on May 8, 2011
Homeland Security, United States
Countdown to Zero Screened for Intelligence Community
Last month, the CIA and the National Counterterrorism Center co-hosted a screening of Countdown to Zero.  Countdown to Zero is a powerful new documentary about the nuclear threat and the solution: zero nuclear weapons. Read more »
Posted by Kelly Bronk on August 13, 2010
Nuclear Zero, Homeland Security, Intelligence, United States
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Safety oversight trimmed at U.S. nuclear labs
The Department of Energy (DOE) is planning to streamline the way it oversees the safety and security of its national laboratories. Read more »
Posted on March 23, 2010
Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Terrorism, Homeland Security, U.S. Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Materials, United States
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U.S. Citizens View Obama as Strong on Security
Opinion polls by two major U.S. television networks show that the majority of the country's citizens have faith in President Barack Obama's ability to protect them from "future acts of terrorism". The survey results come despite a wave of strong criticism of the administration's conduct following the recent failed attempt by a Nigerian national, Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, to blow up a flight from Amsterdam to the U.S. city of Detroit. Read more »
Posted on January 14, 2010
Middle East & Persian Gulf, Homeland Security, Terrorism, United States
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Was the 'Tighty-Whitey Terrorist' al-Qaeda's best shot?
Eight years ago, most experts were convinced that the terrorists would have hit us with a dirty bomb by now. Dirty underpants just aren't as menacing, writes Washington Post Columnist Dana Milbank. "Blowing up an individual plane is terrible, but it's nothing compared to the catastrophic terrorism risk that most of us feared we'd see soon after 9/11," said Joe Cirincione. Read more »
Posted on January 11, 2010
Middle East & Persian Gulf, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Terrorism, Homeland Security, United States
Rachel Maddow: Her Intelligence is Right.
Rachel Maddow will not let former officials dodge responsibility for launching an unnecessary war in Iraq. Why do other journalists? Read more »
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Posted by Joe Cirincione on September 8, 2009
Homeland Security, Intelligence, United States
U.S. nuclear facility, Three Mile Island
Confidential U.S. nuclear info posted online
The U.S. Government Printing Office inadvertently published a highly sensitive but unclassified draft declaration to the International Atomic Energy Agency, disclosing addresses and specifications of U.S. nuclear weapons-related facilities. Read more »
Posted by Sarah Brown on June 2, 2009
Nuclear Weapons, Homeland Security, U.S. Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Materials, United States
Cutting Useless Nuclear Portal Monitors - Joe Cirincione comment on Rachel Maddow
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Posted by Ploughshares Fund on May 8, 2009
Nuclear Terrorism, Defense Budget, Radiological weapons, Homeland Security, United States