Don't read this if you don't want to feel more vulnerable and unsafe...Another mistake by a Rookie President Obama that lives in an academic world rather than the real world.
U.S. is expected to reveal size of nuclear stockpile
By Mary Beth Sheridan and Walter Pincus - The Washington Post | Published: 05/01/10 at 8:18 AM
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton waits for the start of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Tallinn, Estonia, Thursday, April 22, 2010. The two-day NATO meeting is to focus on Afghanistan, alliance nuclear weapons policy and missile defense. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
The Obama administration is likely to reveal a closely guarded secret — the size of the U.S. nuclear stockpile — during a critical meeting starting Monday at which Washington will try to strengthen the global treaty that curbs the spread of nuclear weapons, several officials said.
Various factions in the administration have debated for months whether to declassify the numbers, and they were left out of President Obama’s recent Nuclear Posture Review because of objections from intelligence officials. Now, the administration is seeking a dramatic announcement that will further enhance its nuclear credentials as it tries to shore up the fraying nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
The numbers could be released as soon as Monday, when Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is to address the NPT Review Conference in New York, officials said. She will speak after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is likely to repeat his demands for more global controls over the stockpiles of the nuclear nations.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/05/01/u-s-is-expected-to-reveal-size-of-nuclear-stockpile/#ixzz0mgSImy5X
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