Following the bombastic outpourings of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice confirmed Monday that US concerns about the Iranian nuclear program now are shared across the globe. (DR, 9/20/05) Rice said that the concerns about Iran “have got to be answered.” In her words: “ Iran must be prevented from gaining the technology and the technological know-how that would potentially lead to a nuclear weapon.”
Gas is king in the vast expanse of the Pacific. And as the Pentagon has sought to build up its capability to deter China, the Department of Defense has undergone a major rethink about how to get fuel to the region. At the heart of the effort is the U.S. Transportation…