The Air Forceis sponsoringaUniversityofWashingtonresearch effort togeneratepowerusing a bacterialpigment that can convert solar energy to electricity, Defense Newsreports.
The main risk of sectarian division comes from foreign states sponsoring particular armed groups or the crude power-sharing proposals currently being considered by America, which threaten to entrench ethnic or religious differences.
Secretary Paulson's comments underscore one of the central tenets of the Center for Security Policy's Divest Terror initiative: the need to strike a powerful blow against Iran, and other terror-sponsoring regimes, by denying them access to the revenue that keeps them in power and enables them to threaten global security.