For all their agreement on matters such as Afghanistan and defense spending, President-elect Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates are on record disagreeing over a central matter for U.S. security: the future of nuclear weapons. ...more

December 28, 2008

We've seen the federal government at its worst over the past six months. Consider the controversies over contaminated tomatoes and meat, tainted toys, toxic trailers, counterfeit heparin, aircraft groundings, veterans' care, missing warheads and unrelenting contract fraud. For every NASA success on the surface of Mars, there seems to be a failure back on Earth. ...more

July 13, 2008

Sen. John McCain attempted to distance himself from the Bush administration Tuesday on a contentious foreign policy issue, saying he would work more closely with Russia on nuclear disarmament and would stop plans for a nuclear weapon once coveted by the current president. ...more

May 28, 2008

During the past six years, the Bush administration has spent almost $100 million so far on a highly classified program to help Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf secure his country's nuclear weapons, according to current and former senior administration officials. ...more

November 18, 2007

The Air Force said Friday it has punished 70 airmen involved in the accidental, cross-country flight of a nuclear-armed B-52 bomber after an investigation that found widespread disregard for rules on handling such munitions. ...more

October 20, 2007