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52. See Jeffrey A. Larsen <strong>and</strong> Justin V. Anderson et al., Qualitative
Characteristics of <strong>Nuclear</strong> <strong>Weapons</strong> at Lower Numbers <strong>and</strong> Implications
for Arms Control, SAIC paper prepared for A5XP, Air Force
Strategic Plans <strong>and</strong> Policy Division, November 2011.
53. “Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st
Century Defense,” Washington, DC: The White House, January
2012, available from www.defense.gov/news/Defense_Strategic_Guidance.<strong>pdf</strong>.
54. Ibid., p. 4.
55. Ibid., p. 5. For more discussion on the international challenges
facing the Obama administration, particularly with respect
to nuclear policy <strong>and</strong> forces, see Christopher F. Chyba <strong>and</strong> J. D.
Crouch, “Underst<strong>and</strong>ing the U.S. <strong>Nuclear</strong> <strong>Weapons</strong> Policy Debate,”
The Washington Quarterly, July 2009, pp. 21-36; also Keith
B. Payne, “Maintaining Flexible <strong>and</strong> Resilient Capabilities for <strong>Nuclear</strong>
Deterrence,” Strategic Studies Quarterly, Summer 2011, pp.
13-29; <strong>and</strong> National Security Strategy, Washington, DC: The White
House, May 2010.
56. 2010 NPR, p. iv; also see Obama Prague speech, April 5,
2009.
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