The Nuclear Posture Review proposes that we consider a series of options that extend presidential decision-making time, by strengthening command and control apparatus around those nuclear weapons, and that we open discussions with Russia to reduce the possibility of either an accidental launch or a false detection of a launch.

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Crucially, Mr Kan has retaken control of the party apparatus by installing as secretary-general Yukio Edano, whom Mr Ozawa loathes.

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Buchanan's presidential campaign today gained control of the Reform Party apparatus in a closed national committee meeting ...

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He can operate the entire apparatus with a remote control.

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While liberals owned the party apparatus, the left took control of its ideas.

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That assumption may be worth re-examining, not only because China's vast state apparatus shows little interest in shedding control but also because some Western markets are starting to look a bit more like China's.

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Its members control the party platform, the meetings, the delegations, the committee assignments, and the official funding apparatus.

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