Philip Coyle

former Director of Weapons Testing, Pentagon

Guest

Senior Advisor at the Center for Defense Information, a nonprofit security-related research group; former Director of Weapons Testing at the Pentagon during the Clinton Administration, and former Director of Nuclear Testing for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Berkeley, California

Philip Coyle on KCRW

As he considers General McChrystal's request for more troops in Afghanistan, President Obama faces a conflict defined by the Constitution.

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The Bush Administration is demanding that other countries tighten up on proliferation of nuclear materials and technology.

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Violence Greets Bhutto's Return to Nuclear-Armed Pakistan

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