Prueher reportedly refused to accept any nuclear targeting experts at Pacific Command.

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China and the U.S. also promised to stop targeting strategic nuclear missiles at each other.

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UN, EU and US sanctions targeting Iran's nuclear programme exempt trade in medicine for humanitarian reasons.

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Mofaz was reiterating a prevailing view among Kadima officials and other Israeli politicians that international sanctions targeting Iran and its nuclear program aren't working.

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The tea party groups are also targeting Georgia Power over the rising cost to build two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle.

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The United States, meanwhile, slapped new sanctions on Iran on Thursday, targeting a handful of companies and individuals it says are providing materials and technology to Tehran's nuclear program.

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