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Homeland Security

Iran Has A Metric Ton Of Low-Enriched Uranium

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Monday, February 23rd, 2009

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Report Says Iranian Satellite Launch Should Spur U.S. Move On Missile Defense An International Atomic Energy Agency report that Iran has produced 1,010 kilograms -- a bit more than a metric ton -- of low-enriched uranium (LEU) shows that Iran "has crossed a red line in its nuclear program," according to a Wilson Center report. The report, titled "Iran Passes Strategic Threshold in Nuclear Production" was authored by Michael Adler, a Wilson Center public policy scholar. "This is theoretically enough…

Congress

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Budget

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Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

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