Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today chose U.S. Ambassador to Korea Christopher Hill to serve concurrently as head of the U.S. delegation to the Six-Party Talks.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today chose U.S. Ambassador to Korea Christopher Hill to serve concurrently as head of the U.S. delegation to the Six-Party Talks.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has agreed in principle to merging the State Department's Arms Control and Nonproliferation bureaus, based in part on a recommendation from the agency's inspector general, sources told InsideDefense.com this week.
The Bush administration is asking Congress to provide $9.4 billion for Energy Department nuclear weapons and nonproliferation programs in fiscal year 2006 -- $233 million more than the amount appropriated last year.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) today appointed former congressional colleague Fred Thompson to serve on the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
A group of 21 Senate Democrats is calling on President Bush to increase the numbers of active-duty soldiers and Marines serving in the military.
President Bush has picked federal judge Michael Chertoff to become the next homeland security secretary.
House lawmakers this week approved the creation of a permanent standing committee dedicated to homeland security oversight.
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge yesterday unveiled a new "National Response Plan" to guide federal, state and local governments in preparing for and responding to terrorist attacks on U.S. soil.
The Defense Department has dispatched a Marine Expeditionary Unit, the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and a maritime prepositioning ship from Guam to assist with relief efforts in South Asia where a deadly tsunami that struck Sunday has killed 100,000.
The National Nuclear Security Administration has signed a $285 million contract with Washington Group International to refurbish electric power generating facilities in Seversk, Russia, paving the way for shutting down two of the country's three remaining weapons-grade plutonium production reactors, according to a Dec. 20 NNSA announcement.
Four House Democrats wrote to President Bush this week asking him to include "strong" funding for nonproliferation programs in the upcoming fiscal year 2006 budget request.
Despite steps to develop new capabilities to deal with existing and emerging threats, the Defense Department's effort to transform the military for the 21st century lacks "clear leadership" and accountability, according to a Government Accountability Office report released today.
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) has agreed to changes to a sweeping intelligence reform bill that could clear the way for congressional approval of the legislation.
The international agency charged with building U.S.-designed nuclear reactors in North Korea announced last week that the project will remain suspended for another year.
U.S. and Belgian officials have signed an agreement to install radiation detection equipment at Antwerp, one of Belgium's busiest seaports, to check for hidden shipments of fissile material, the two nations announced today.
Congress this past weekend approved a fiscal year 2005 omnibus spending bill that zeroes out funding for two Energy Department studies aimed at modifying existing nuclear weapons and exploring new warhead designs.
Citing concerns that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons technology, two high-ranking members of the Congressional Task Force on Nonproliferation asked Secretary of State Colin Powell today for an assessment of Iran's nuclear program.
The Defense Information Systems Agency has chosen the former chief engineer for the Global Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion program to be its new chief technology officer, DISA announced today.
The Pentagon is setting up a new team of military and civilian personnel that will work on finding ways to quickly and effectively deliver urgently needed capabilities to warfighters.
The Defense Department needs to devote more attention and money toward efforts that could prevent terrorists from detonating nuclear device within the United States, according to a recently released Defense Science Board report.