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Old 08-05-2016, 07:51 PM
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Default Obamas Nuclear Farewell : WSJ 8.5.16 Editorial

" With his time in office winding down, President Obama plans to make a valedictory round of changes to U.S. nuclear weapons policy. The aim is to cement his cherished " Prague Agenda " , named for the Czech city where in 2009 he set out his vision for a nuclear free world . The moves would more likely cement his legacy for arms control illusions that are producing a new era of nuclear proliferation ."

" Mr. Obama`s Prague Agenda has consisted mostly of shrinking and weakening the US nuclear arsenal , as he did by signing the 2010 New Start Treaty [ The Reset Button ] with Russia and deferring the modernization of aging US nuclear platforms ."

" This gives America`s friends reason to doubt its nuclear umbrella ,while giving adversaries more incentive to grow their arsenals . "
" Mr. Obama has already entered a brave new world of executive overreach by ignoring Congress on immigration and sending the Iran Deal to the UN before submitting it as a " non-treaty " to The US Senate . This would be a new low , undermining America`s nuclear deterrent while showing contempt for congressional bounds . "