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These ideas have not caught on. Defense Secretary Cohen ducks the issue. Others, like former Assistant Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, seem to think de-alerting would distract people from the campaign to abolish the weapons altogether...
...With reporting by Janice Castro, Adam Cohen, Michael Duffy, James L. Graff and Barrett Seaman/Chillicothe
...evidence that risk of an accidental nuclear attack exists, since codes that control locks on the weapons and supply target data must first be bypassed for a missile to be launched. But the news proves another embarrassment for Rodionov, scheduled for talks Tuesday with Defense Secretary William Cohen about how to safely manage a Russian nuclear weapons system operating on only an estimated one-tenth the necessary funds...
Just inside the Flynn Theater in Burlington, Vermont, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield stand aside as twentysomethings stream by to find seats at a rare hometown concert by the rock band Phish--a treat the ice-cream magnates have sponsored to raise money to clean up nearby Lake Champlain. A girl recognizes Ben. "Could I, like, make a suggestion?" she asks. "It'd be really great if you could make a marshmallow for us vegetarians...
...that's not how a lot of folk see it. "You can't have the biggest force in society, business, concerned only with maximizing profits and still have a socially responsible society," says Cohen of Ben & Jerry's. Says partner Greenfield: "When it's just trying to maximize profits, business lobbies for laws that would be most helpful, even if it means polluting the environment. That's not exactly in the best interest of society...