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Obama shares size of U.S. nuclear stockpile with the world
Washington Examiner ^ | April 1, 2016 | Nicole Duran

Posted on 04/01/2016 11:36:33 PM PDT by huldah1776

President Obama boasted Friday about his administration's exemplary record on transparency related to nuclear materials, and cited as an example his decision to share U.S. security protocols with the world, along with information about the size of the U.S.'s highly enriched uranium stockpile.

As of Sept. 30, 2013 the nation had 585.6 metric tons of highly enriched uranium, a fact that hasn't been declassified in 15 years, Obama noted during the summit's opening session. The last public figure was 740.7 metric tons, and the difference shows the U.S. has reduced its stockpile by more than 20 percent.

"This type of information sharing … is an important part of the effort to strengthen global nuclear security," the White House stated in releasing the data. "The value of transparency has been highlighted by the United States throughout the Nuclear Security Summit process."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: china; nationalsecurity; nuclear; nucleararms; obama; russia; transparency; treason; zero
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To: KeyLargo

just got even more sick to my stomach. reminds me to get back on track and post this to a thread...

Marine aviation squadrons are salvaging aircraft parts from museums

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R – TX) has been hearing from Marines at US military bases who have had to scavenge for parts to keep planes running.

“I have heard firsthand from service members who have looked me in the eye and told of trying to cannibalize parts from a museum aircraft … getting aircraft that were sent to the boneyard in Arizona back and ready to fly missions, pilots flying well below the minimum number of hours required for minimal proficiency,” Thornberry said.

Lawmakers are livid about the fiscal shortfalls, even if their budget infighting in Congress is partly to blame.

At issue are military readiness accounts stretched thin by more than a decade of war and four years of defense penny pinching. Earlier this month, chiefs from each of the four services told lawmakers that those two stressors have led to belt-tightening headaches for units across the military, in some cases deferring long-term needs in favor of short-term solutions.

The Marines have had to complain to lawmakers recently about being under-resourced, and are concerned that at any given time right now only 60% of their aircraft are flyable.

Source: Military Times

http://www.redstate.com/diary/apkyletexas/2016/04/01/water-cooler-4116-trump-u-loses-marines-scavaging-plane-parts-man-gives-away-62-billion-sort/


61 posted on 04/02/2016 7:29:10 AM PDT by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: huldah1776
I feel so much safer now. Why is he still in office?

Because the loyal opposition wasn't, and the communists sensed a grand opportunity to take a massive sh*t on this country.
62 posted on 04/02/2016 7:30:25 AM PDT by farming pharmer ('Your work will warm you' - overheard in a Soviet gulag...)
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To: huldah1776

This is the New World Order’s stockpile anyway, why shouldn’t they know?


63 posted on 04/02/2016 8:12:09 AM PDT by Religion and Politics
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To: Religion and Politics

LOL, I needed that. It’s been a rough morning.


64 posted on 04/02/2016 8:18:27 AM PDT by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: changedLiberal; SaveFerris; dp0622

Hillary would be as bad but she wouldn’t be “in our face” about it.


65 posted on 04/02/2016 8:51:53 AM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: huldah1776

Why is he still in office?

ask the spineless gutless weasels in the UNIparty..


66 posted on 04/02/2016 9:30:47 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: huldah1776

Get thee behind us, Satan!


67 posted on 04/02/2016 9:55:23 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
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To: Thumper1960

I hope you’re right.


68 posted on 04/02/2016 11:01:43 AM PDT by Crucial (At the heart all leftists is the fear that the truth is bigger than themselves.)
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To: Ann Archy

There are truly days where I’m amazed that some of those armed souls charged with Obama’s protection haven’t gone rogue.

It must be the hand of God that stays theirs.


69 posted on 04/02/2016 11:39:21 AM PDT by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: huldah1776

So, the US has reduced our stockpile of highly enriched Uranium by 20%.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation have made millions in donations from a Canadian firm by allowing them to gain control of a major portion of our uranium ore which eventually became controlled by the Russians!


70 posted on 04/02/2016 1:38:32 PM PDT by CitizenBob
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To: CitizenBob

share and share alike! I wonder what they got in the deal. Non-extradition security?


71 posted on 04/02/2016 1:42:34 PM PDT by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: AZLiberty

“What’s he been smoking?”

Judging from the look on his face, probably a mixture of Cherry Blend, opium, crack cocaine, sensimilia and dried BS smoked while sipping some Boone’s Farm Wild Mountain Ape Wine.


72 posted on 04/03/2016 2:22:52 PM PDT by RipSawyer (Racism is racism, regardless of the race of the racist.)
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