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GM CEO Mary Barra is testifying in front of the Senate's Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on the company's previous knowledge of the ignition switches' faulty technology that has been blamed for 13 vehicle deaths. A live feed of the hearing is on the Committee's website today, Wednesday, April 2. more »

Ever since President Obama made securing nuclear weapons assets a top priority for his global arms control agenda, guarding and disposing of these holdings have become an international security preoccupation. Yet, in all of this, the urgent task of securing and disposing of known nuclear weapons assets has all but sidelined what to do about nuclear weapons-usable plutonium and highly enriched uranium that we have lost track of. This is understandable. It also is worrisome. more »

Joan L. Cannon writes: When I was in my thirties, I used to think that one day, somehow, I'd get to go to Ireland or England and go cubbing. For those to whom that's a new term, it refers to the practice of taking novice hounds out to learn how to be fox hunters in the autumn, when the fox cubs are still denned with their mothers. I thought of this as an ideal time to have an experienced hunter under me in an undemanding cross country ride in an ancient and romantic tradition. more »

The following are quotes from Hylton’s fascinating and riveting mystery of the whereabouts of the WWII bomber and its crew, known as the Big Stoop. We cannot help but compare it to the present search for the Malaysia Boeing 370 that has been missing since the March 8th departure from Kuala Lumpur on a flight to Beijing. The quotes from Vanished are reactions from family members after the B-24 crew are classified as MIAs. more »