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...upstarts get to going nuclear, the more tempting it may be for established powers to restart the arms race. The Bush Administration is determined not just to modernize its aging arsenal but also to develop a new type of bomb, the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator--known as the "bunker buster"--which would be used to blast targets buried deep underground. Both North Korea and Iran are believed to have buried clandestine nuclear facilities. But John Deutch, Deputy Secretary of Defense in the Clinton Administration, argues that by talking of a new type of bomb, the Administration is undercutting...
...YOUR FIRST WEEK AS EDUCATION SECRETARY, YOU CRITICIZED PBS'S POSTCARDS FROM BUSTER FOR FEATURING A LESBIAN COUPLE WITH CHILDREN, AND YOU GOT A LOT OF CRITICISM. DO YOU REGRET DOING THAT? No. Public broadcasting has the special trust of the American people. When I turn on public broadcasting, I don't think I'm turning on MTV or whatever. These are programs for young kids...
...which oversees and funds public TV and radio. Since then, the Republican has fought what some conservatives consider PBS's liberal bias and been accused of partisanship. PBS has had a string of culture-war flare-ups, including a spat over an episode of the kids' program Postcards from Buster that featured two lesbian moms. Prominent Democrats last week called for Tomlinson's resignation, while some House Republicans tried to slash the CPB's funding by $100 million...
...highly experienced commander. But a recently published book about the operation, written by respected US Army Times journalist Sean Naylor, has suggested the target was Al-Zawahiri, Osama Bin Laden's personal physician and al-Qaeda's second in command. The overall commander of the operation, Major General Franklin "Buster" Hagenbeck, recently told Time he believed the high-value target had been destroyed...
...revenues have risen from $2 billion in 1999 to $5 billion last year, nearly a quarter of total revenues. BAE now has almost as many employees (25,000) in the U.S. as in Britain.Ronald acknowledges that the special relationship between the U.S. and Britain is a door buster. When the Pentagon recently requested proposals for antibomb technology, BAE asked for and got permission from the British government to offer a classified product. The trust goes both ways: the Pentagon had no complaint when BAE announced last month that it was buying United Defense Industries, which makes the U.S. Army...