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A stern President Barack Obama on Thursday said it was a 'national security imperative' for the Senate to ratify a pending nuclear arms treaty with Russia before ending its work this year.
HEADLINE: Obama: Ratifying START treaty a U.S. imperative
CAPTION: A stern President Barack Obama on Thursday said it was a 'national security imperative' for the Senate to ratify a pending nuclear arms treaty with Russia before ending...
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North Korea envoy Hill briefing ahead of US-NKorea working group
1. US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill walking to podium
2. Cutaway
3. SOUNDBITE: Christopher Hill, US Assistant Secretary of State:
"Clearly we need a declaration that involves all of their nuclear programmes and we need...
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President says reducing spread of nuclear weapons in high priority
1. Two shot of US President Barack Obama, and former US Secretary of State, George Shultz
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"We do not want a world of continued nuclear proliferation. And that in order for us to meet...
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Hearing into Iraq intelligence gathering failings
1. Wide shot of Senate Intelligence Committee
2. Wide shot of panel
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Kay, Former Special Advisor on Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction:
"Iraq was an overwhelming, systemic failure of the Central Intelligence...
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North Korea demanded Monday that all U.N. sanctions and U.S. financial restrictions be lifted before it dismantles its nuclear weapons program.
HEADLINE: North Korea wants U.N. sanctions lifted (koreas-nuclear)
CAPTION: North Korea demanded Monday that all U.N. sanctions and U.S. financial restrictions be lifted before it dismantles its nuclear weapons program. (Dec....
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U.S. President Harry Truman announces the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan in 1945.
U.S. President Harry Truman announces the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan in 1945.
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President outlines efforts to halt illicit weapons trafficking
1. SOUNDBITE (English) George W. Bush, US President:
(Overlaid with graphics reading "Radio address" and picture of Bush)
"The possibility of secret and sudden attack with weapons of mass destruction is the greatest threat before...
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Pence: strategic patience era with Nkorea over
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST:++EDITORS NOTE: SOUNDBITES SEPARATED BY BLACK FRAMES++US POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLY Seoul - 17 April 20171. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and South Korea's acting President and Prime Minister...
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UN chief bemoans use of chemical weapons, raises concern about biological weapons
United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on Thursday bemoaned the use of chemical weapons and raised concern about biological weapons.
Guterres told an audience at the University of Geneva that developments in...
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Analysis: Trump Refocusing US Relationships
President Donald Trump's new national security strategy seeks to refocus the United States' relationship with the rest of the world, transforming his "America First" mantra into a set of policies and plans for protecting the homeland and...
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UK PM May on Syria airstrikes
UK Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday a need for fast action and "operational security" led Britain to conduct airstrikes in Syria without a vote in Parliament.
The United Kingdom carried out military attacks in...
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Gen. Dunford Says Targets Linked To Chem Weapons
U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford said on Friday that "the targets that were struck and destroyed were specifically associated with the Syrian regime's chemical weapons program."
At the Pentagon,...
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US general: Russia destabilising international order
The US general who serves as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe told Congress Thursday that, "Russia is carrying out a campaign of destabilization to change the international order."
Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti was...
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Analyst: US Tries to Avoid Syria Entanglement
A research fellow with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies said he thought President Donald Trump was right to retaliate against the Assad regime's suspected use of chemical weapons, but he said it's not likely to be enough to...
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May: The Russian state is responsible for nerve agent attack
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday that Russia had the "capability", motive and intent" to poison a Russian ex-spy and his daughter and that the attack was "part of a pattern of behaviour by Russia across Europe".
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Trump Talks NKorea Nuclear Threat With SKorea
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus079615President Donald Trump on Friday will discuss North Korea and trade with South Korea's new leader, whose pro-engagement stance toward the North could clash with the U.S. administration's...
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Trump, SKorean leader in talks on NKorea threat
US President Donald Trump on Friday will discuss North Korea and trade with South Korea's new leader, whose pro-engagement stance toward the North could clash with the US administration's intent to crank up sanctions.Trump welcomed South...
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Kerry: Iran nuclear agreement is working
Former US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday that the Iran nuclear agreement was working and that the decision by US President Donald Trump to decertify the agreement was made "without any facts whatsoever" and just "pulled out...
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INDIA: NUCLEAR POWER ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED
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India's Caretaker Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee celebrated on Tuesday the first anniversary of India overtly going nuclear.
Vajpayee's Bharatiya Janata Party (B-J-P) is projecting the five nuclear tests on May 11 last...
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USA: WASHINGTON: US SENATE APPROVE CHEMICAL WEAPONS BAN
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The U-S Senate approved a Republican version of a chemical weapons ban Thursday.
The new law would impose tough economic sanctions on any nation caught dealing with chemical weapons.
But Democrats claim the bill is no...
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Iranian nuclear chief harshly criticizes atomic agency
1. Pan from cameramen to Iran's nuclear chief, Fereydoun Abbasi, at the International Atomic Energy Agency general conference
2. Close of Abbasi
3. Wide of delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Fereydoun Abbasi, Iran's nuclear...
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Obama applauds agreement on eliminating Syria's chemical weapons
President Barack Obama said on Friday a deal reached on a United Nations resolution to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons is "potentially a huge victory for the international community".
The draft resolution's demands that Syria abandon...
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British PM on Iraqi WMD issue, MidEast, development
1. Blair walks into news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) British Prime Minister Tony Blair:
"I stand absolutely 100 percent behind the evidence, based on intelligence, that we presented to people and let me make one or two things...
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Declassified files show secret chemical, biological tests
1. Shot of reporters at Pentagon briefing
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. William Winkenwerder, Assistant Secretary of Defence for Health Affairs:
"We do know some civilians were exposed in tests that occurred in Hawaii, possibly Alaska,...