Posted on 02/17/2010 9:27:39 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
WASHINGTON: The US would maintain a minimum nuclear deterrent while working towards the goal of achieving a nuke-free world, a top Obama administration official on nuclear disarmament has said.
"This administration will work toward a world without nuclear weapons and we will continue to maintain a safe, secure, and effective deterrent as we proceed toward that goal," Ellen Tauscher, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, said.
Addressing to the Second Nuclear Deterrence Summit in Virginia, Tauscher said there is nothing contradictory about decreasing the size and role of nuclear weapons and increasing their confidence in the deterrent.
"Our growing knowledge of the reliability of our stockpile, through our stewardship efforts, enables us to safely continue reducing the number of weapons that are the legacy of the Cold War," she said.
"Too many weapons of that era remain even though the Soviet Union no longer exists and even though we're moving from an era of Mutually Assured Destruction to an era of Mutually Assured Stability," she said.
Tauscher said the primary focus today is no longer deterring a large-scale nuclear conflict between two superpowers, but preventing the use of even a single nuclear weapon.
"That's why I am working to implement the President's agenda and strengthen our deterrent. As the President said, we might not achieve the goal of a world without nuclear weapons in his lifetime. It may take patience and persistence," she observed.
Referring to the START negotiations with Russia, Tauscher said: "Our intent is to conclude an agreement that will help preserve stability and predictability at lower nuclear levels than ever before.
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Obama is an idiot.
Hold those who voted for him accountable...
Is there not a SINGLE REPUBLICAN that will call the president on this.
We CANNOT disinvent nukes, no matter how much Obama may want to...it ain’t going to happen. NK or Iran with 10 nukes could walk all over America, just with the threat of detonation.
The idea of wanting to rid the world of nukes shows that the president is psychologically unbalanced, and someone needs to point that out.
He certainly has all the priorities of an total fool. With Iran getting ever closer to getting nukes, our nukes just don’t worry me as much for some reason.
Though it sounds catchy, this 'slogan' has to be one of the most stupid things I've ever heard when it comes to national security. Are these jackasses really that naive?
We truly are witnessing amateur hour at the White House. My God... We are SO screwed!
Taushcer is blathering. If anyone asked her what "Mutually Assured Stability" is and what guarantees it she would sound like her boss..."ah...umm....er..."
He will never get the votes in the Senate to disarm America.
He really is worthy of ......
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Impeachment for both Mr. Obama and Biden should start in January of 2011.
Obama is going to get us all killed in this foolish game of reverse brinkmanship.
Just what is it that needs to be done to bring charges against this Marxist???? I'm tired of all the freaking talking heads stating what's wrong with the Country. I KNOW WHAT IS WRONG........what are we able to do? Many Many brilliant legal minds out there and not one of them has a legal maneuver? WTH???
Ms. Tauscher, whose considerable incites stem from her previous employment as the voice over the speaker at the first window of one of the busiest Wendy's Restaurants on I 70, assures all who will listen that everyone in the Obama Administration really, really hates nukes.
It shows the guy has an irrational-utopian worldview. That kind of worldview will get you and you country killed in the real world.
You know, the kind of people who think security comes from NOT PROFILING certain known categories of people...
"It's a gift."
So, basically we will have a drawing of a nuke.
A terse memo that mentions a nuke.
One nuke — pointed at Crawford, TX.
Oh crap. Now the stupid SOB wants to disarm us, at a time when the Disciples of Peace are just getting missiles and nukes.
parsy, who is going to Munich to get a cup of tea
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