Planner was to improve the eisenhower euro plan for Strategic Nuclear operations in general war with the soviet union. That was a low bar because the eisenhower plan was a diverse military plan. Amy that is Daniel Ellsberg, one of the worlds most wellknown whistleblowers. In 1971, he was a high level defense analyst when he leaked a top secret report on u. S. Involvement in vietnam to the New York Times and other publications that came to be known as the pentagon papers and played a key role in ending the vietnam war. Few know that ellsberg was also consultant who drafted plans for nuclear war. In his new book titled the doomsday machine confessions of a Nuclear War Planner, Daniel Ellsberg reveals for the first time that he also made copies of topsecret documents from his Nuclear Studies an entire second set of papers in addition to the pentagon papers for which he is known. I want to awaken people to the dangers and the possibility of destroying most life on earth by general war, not
From. [inaudible] its my pleasure to moderate this discussion with a group of folks who are prime movers in the development of the nature posture review. I will introduce them in a moment. We are not calling this a panel. Each group will give us five or ten minutes. We will get some conversation for the group going. Most of you know the group and let me introduce rob the Deputy Assistant secretary for defense for Nuclear Defense policy. Greg weaver is strategic director for staff j5. He runs the Defense Program shop and anita is the acting assistant secretary from the bureau of arms control. Im very pleased we can gather this group and we are looking forward to the discussion. As i said we will start with introductory remarks from each of our guests and then we will go in the following order. Well start with greg and go to phil, anita and rob has asked to clean up today. Thats what well do. Greg over to you. Thank you. When i thought i would do in my brief remarks is give you all a lit
With him. Our two reporters will be asking questions. Rachael of politico. And daniel. Daniel your first. Daniel as we mentioned, the process seemed stalled. It has been widely reported that an amendment was brought up i democrats, three amendments in fact. Can you just take us inside what happened on tuesday night through the end of that week, when the interior appropriations bill was pulled from the floor . Rep. Rogers the amendments that the democrats offered caused a number of our members to declare that they did not support the bill on fast passage. The bill was removed from the floor. It is too bad because it is a great bill. The interior appropriations bill did so many great things. It held back the epa us wild rampage towards regulating everything, among other things. Its a good bill. Its too bad we had to remove it from the floor, but i hope we can force it back. The provisions that bill will be able to be incorporated sometime this fall. Daniel im sorry. It sounds to me like
Iran cannot decide if it is a nation or cause. Since 1979, the regime has behaved like a cause, the cause of spreading revolutionary shiite islam by force. Its main enemy and rallying point has been and continues to be what it calls the great satan , the United States of america. The regimes main weapon in pursuit of its revolutionary aims has been the Islamic Revolutionary irgc. Soon after the revolution, the irgc was created to protect the revolution from its foreign and domestic enemies. They reported not to elected government that to the Supreme Leader alone. Soon after its own creation, the irgc found a way to spread irans influence abroad. Came the bombing of the u. S. Embassy in beirut in 1983. 63 americans killed. Then came the bombing of the marine barracks, 241 americans killed. Then the kidnapping and murder williamtation chief buckley. In 1985, a twa airplane was hijacked. The body of a u. S. Navy diver was dumped on the runway at the beirut airport. In 1988, u. S. Marine c
Ambassador to the United Nations, nikki haley, talks about the Iranian Nuclear program and deal, she spoke at the American Enterprise institute earlier today. This is about an hour. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to the American Enterprise institute. Pletka. Elle were a little tight for time today. So im not going to take a loft time one minute duckses. I think Ambassador Nikki Haley is wellknown to most pletka. Of you ittle here. She is a former governor of south carolina. She is the daughter of immigrants. What a Great Success story she is. And she is now our United Nations permanent representative. She increasingly has become to many rogue nations around the world the voice of america and a strong and clear one at that. Let me just tell you quickly what were doing here today. Ambassador haley will come up to the podium and deliver a short speech then well sit down, do a little conversation and take questions from the audience. And then were going to clear the room and with that Am