Gag Order On India Nukes Deal

Just in case you were hoping that Defense Secretary Robert Gates' speech at the University of Kansas represented a real turning point in how the current Administration thinks about the formation and substance of foreign policy, Jeffrey Lewis, director of New America's Nuclear Strategy and Non-Proliferation Initiative, shows evidence to the contrary. Blogging at ArmsControlWonk, Jeffrey uncovers two more incidents of counter-productive arrogance, this time having to do with the India nuclear deal.

Want to know one reason that I hate the US-India nuclear deal?

The House Committee on Foreign Affairs asked 40 questions about the US-India Nuclear Deal, to which the State Department provided unclassified answers that it refuses to release to the public.

Daryl Kimball and Sharon Squassoni, now joined by Fred McGoldrick and Henry Sokolski, have been asking the State Department to drop what described as a “gag order” and release the responses.

That would be offensive enough, of course, but the story got more irritating today.

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