H.R. 5910 Allows Homeland Security to Establish No-fly Zones in U.S.

P.J. Blount | To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue rules that designate no-fly zones in the vicinity of certain nuclear power plants, and for other purposes.

Gates rules out ‘containing’ nuclear-armed Iran

AFP | US Defense Secretary Robert Gates refused to address the notion of having to contain a nuclear armed Iran, saying US efforts were aimed at preventing it from acquiring atomic weapons.

US officials back away from July 2011 Afghan withdrawal deadline

AFP | US Defense Secretary Robert Gates rejected suggestions that US forces will move out of Afghanistan in large numbers in July of next year under a deadline set by President Barack Obama.

Iran’s letter to IAEA has ‘deficiencies’: Clinton

AFP | US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday Iran’s letter of notification to the UN atomic watchdog on a nuclear fuel swap deal brokered by Turkey and Brazil had “a number of deficiencies.”

McGovern: US/Israel Challenged on Iran

Ray McGovern | While the U.S. and Israel are no longer able to dictate to the rest of the world how crises in the Middle East must be handled, the new reality has been slow to dawn on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her friends.

Sec. State Clinton Supports Bill to Strip Americans of Citizenship

Yahoo News | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the administration would take “a hard look” at the measure.

The Cover-up: BP’s Crude Politics and the Looming Environmental Mega-Disaster

Wayne Madsen | Only after the magnitude of the disaster became evident did Obama order Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to declare the oil disaster a “national security issue.”

White House doesn’t rule out sabotage in market fluctuation

The Hill | White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Obama’s economic team was jolted by the news and met with Obama shortly after the market plunged.

Secret Gates Memo Calls for Iran Attack

Press TV | A secret memo by US Defense Secretary Robert Gates urges Washington to consider the use of military force against Iran if diplomacy fails to scrap the country’s nuclear program.

Clinton says all bets are off if US under biological attack

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US cannot rule out using nuclear weapons if it came under biological attack.

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