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WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The growing presence of Iran in Latin America is a threat to national security and demands greater scrutiny and action by the United States and Venezuelan's Latin American neighbors was the message delivered by New York Country District Attorney Robert Morgenthau at a lunch briefing today at the Brookings Institution organized by Global Financial Integrity and the American Interest. Addressing an audience of academics, civil society groups, Congressional staff, and journalists, Mr. Morgenthau discussed how the "blossoming relationship" between Iran and Venezuela presented opportunities for Iran to circumvent U.S. and international economic sanctions designed to prevent them from developing long-range missile capacity and nuclear technology for military purposes. Mr. Morgenthau cited "scores of Memoranda of Understa... (more)

Missile Defense Intercept Test Failure Requires Bi-Annual Testing to Succeed

VANDENBERG AFB, Calif., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Riki Ellison, Chairman and Founder of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA), www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org. witnessed the ground based interceptor launch test yesterday at 3:40 p.m. PST at Vandenberg AFB at the Ronald Reagan missile defense memorial site. Ellison is one of the top lay experts in missile defense in the world. His comments and observations are below: Ellison opens with : "On a perfect sunny winter afternoon in California standing on the flat rocks of the Ronald Reagan Memorial overlooking the mis... (more)

Lockheed Martin Successfully Validates ATACMS Missile Long-Term Reliability

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) successfully fired a U.S. Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missile in a recent stockpile verification test at Fort Bliss, TX. The missile was fired from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher.  The test used an ATACMS Unitary variant missile to destroy a target approximately 175 kilometers away. The operation met all mission objectives, which included: Demonstrating of the missile/launcher interface and missile reliability; Collecting performance, technical and reliability data for assessment of production missiles; Validating... (more)

Press Briefing by National Security Advisor Steve Hadley

WASHINGTON, June 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a transcript of a press briefing by National Security Advisor Steve Hadley: Via Teleconference Heiligendamm, Germany 4:58 P.M. (Local) MR. JOHN DROE: Hi everyone. Thank you for waiting. Steve Hadley, National Security Advisor to the President, will brief on the President's meeting with President Putin of Russia, as well as make some comments on the G8 declaration. Mr. Hadley. MR. HADLEY: The President had a meeting with President Putin. It was a good and constructive meeting. You will probably want to look at the tran... (more)

Israel's Protection from Iran Rests With President Obama

WASHINGTON, October 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Riki Ellison, Chairman and Founder of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA), www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org, has analyzed the current situation with Iran and given his comments below. Ellison is one of the top lay experts in missile defense in the world: A momentous week of unveiling Iran's second nuclear site, which confirmed their intention to disperse and protect non-civilian nuclear development, coupled with their ballistic missile launches over the weekend from 90 miles to 1,200 miles requires close examination of President Obama's... (more)