The president's other weapon is the urgency of Brazil's financial condition.

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Simpson's convictions for kidnapping with a deadly weapon and other charges in his 2008 Las Vegas armed robbery trial, but ordered a new trial for co-defendant Clarence Stewart.

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The possession, or not, of aircraft carriers more than any other weapon says a lot about a country's self-image.

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One instance shows the controller being split and held like bow and arrow, highlighting that both sides are tracked in relation to each other -- not to mention that the in-game character's weapon automatically changes without any menu-digging by the user.

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In other words, despite the fact that Russia's once-and-future president is not going along - and, for that matter, neither is any other nuclear weapon state, the Obama administration blithely plans to reset America's deterrent.

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As hearings before the House Armed Services Committee and a new "Backgrounder" by Jack Spencer of the Heritage Foundation entitled "America's Vulnerability to a Different Nuclear Threat: An Electromagnetic Pulse, " makes clear, a rogue state or other enemy could inflict grievous harm on an advanced society like America's by exploding a nuclear weapon high above the United States.

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