Tag Archives: Jon Kyl

Frank Gaffney

The Debt Ceiling Deal: Doing in Defense

Posted by Frank Gaffney Aug 1st 2011 at 9:59 am in Congress, Economy, Featured Story, Politics | Comments(60)
At this writing, many details of the debt ceiling deal wrangled out over the weekend remain fuzzy.  One thing is clear, unfortunately:  The national security of the United States is going to suffer greatly. That will be so no matter how much is taken out of the defense budget [...]
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John J. Xenakis

24-Jun-11 World View — Syrian Troops Advance To Turkey’s Border In New Escalation

Posted by John J. Xenakis Jun 24th 2011 at 4:12 am in Africa, Economy, Europe, Israel, Middle East, Politics | Comments(6)
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Syrian troops advance to Turkey’s border in new escalation Syrian refugees pass Turkish military as they cross the border (AP) In a new escalation of the tensions between Syria and Turkey, Syrian troops advanced on border villages with tanks, snipers and foot soldiers on Thursday, to within the sight of Turkish [...]
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Frank Gaffney

Senator Kyl Retiring: A Tragedy for National Security

Posted by Frank Gaffney Feb 10th 2011 at 1:34 pm in Congress, Foreign Policy | Comments(21)
There is never a good time for a great statesman and courageous leader to retire from the United States Senate.  But it is hard to think of a more inopportune time to be losing Senator Jon Kyl, the chamber’s Number 2 Republican. Senator Kyl announced this morning that he will not run for reelection when his [...]
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Ben Lerner

START the Damage Control

Posted by Ben Lerner Dec 27th 2010 at 8:04 am in Russia, arms control/disarmament | Comments(13)
Last week’s rushed vote on New START in the lame-duck session of the Senate represented that body’s abandonment of its constitutional obligations to provide to “advise and consent” on treaties, despite the best efforts Sen. Jon Kyl and some of his colleagues to prevent the Senate from being reduced to such a “rubber stamp”.  The [...]
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Frank Gaffney

Senator McConnell Says ‘No’ to New START

Posted by Frank Gaffney Dec 19th 2010 at 8:29 am in Congress, News, Nuclear Proliferation, arms control/disarmament | Comments(22)
On CNN this morning, the Senate’s Republican Leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell, announced his opposition to the so-called New START arms control treaty currently being debated by his chamber.  According to a rush transcript by Politico , Sen. McConnell told “State of the Union” host Candy Crowley: I’ve decided I cannot support the treaty.  I think the [...]
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Dave Reaboi

John Bolton, Rick Santorum, Tom Price, Trent Franks & Others Oppose New START

Posted by Dave Reaboi Dec 14th 2010 at 10:28 am in Congress, Featured Story, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, arms control/disarmament | Comments(22)
A formidable array of current and former leaders in the Senate and House of Representatives, together with top nuclear weapons and arms control experts, came together yesterday to oppose President Obama’s New START Treaty and his insistence that it be approved at once.  In a Capitol [...]
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Peter R. Huessy

New START: U.S. Sovereign Security Interests at Stake

Posted by Peter R. Huessy Aug 6th 2010 at 12:13 pm in Foreign Policy, History, Military Technology, Nuclear Proliferation, Politics, Russia, Strategy, Weapons | Comments(18)
The New York Times expresses unhappiness that a number of Senators are questioning the wisdom of the New START treaty that may be voted upon in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this Wednesday. Of concern to the scribblers at the Times is the apparent concern of Senators DeMint, Kyl and others that the pending treaty [...]
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Dave Reaboi

Senator Jon Kyl on Secure Freedom Radio: Kagan, Missile Defense and Border Security

Posted by Dave Reaboi Jul 16th 2010 at 8:33 am in Border Security, Islamic extremism, Justice/Legal | Comments(2)
Thursday Senator Jon Kyl– the most strategic thinker in the Senate on America’s nuclear deterrent– spent two segments on Secure Freedom Radio with Frank Gaffney discussing missile defense and Elena Kagan’s embrace of Shariah Finance while serving as Dean of Harvard Law School. Senator Kyl said: “It is a short step from the whole Shariah Financing [...]
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Frank Gaffney

Arms Control: Senator Kyl Goes on the Offense

Posted by Frank Gaffney Jul 16th 2010 at 6:15 am in Military Technology, News, Nuclear Proliferation, Politics, Strategy, Weapons | Comments(21)
On the eve of an important hearing in the Senate Armed Services Committee on President Obama’s nuclear weapons policies and programs and the New START Treaty, Senator Jon Kyl has reasserted his leadership role on such issues.  The last time he did that in connection with a major arms control accord, the Comprehensive Test Ban [...]
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