Though hyping their recent destruction of chemical weapon supplies, the administration was rather less forthcoming about a meeting which brought together 150 of the United States' top nuclear scientists - of which no mention could be found in any US media. The meeting took place at Offutt air force base, Nebraska, and sought to establish a new generation of high-yield, low-payload nuclear weaponry for localised battlefield deployment.

Irony indeed. And in news not as unrelated as you might think, Arnold Schwarzenegger has officially embarked upon his campaign for the Californian gubernatorial elections. At present his campaign seems to consist solely of signing autographs and dodging the more important issues, but I wouldn't underestimate the power of celebreties upon that most discerning of electorates, California.

In an interesting twist, one month ago to this day Mr Bush was quoted as saying, "[i]magine a world in which [a] tyrant had a nuclear weapon." His recent moves to reignite the race for nuclear armament must be viewed with considerable scepticism; there is a fine line between world leader and tyrant.

I suppose the upshot of all this is that pretty soon the United States will not only have a president who thinks he's a movie star, but they'll also have a governor who actually is one, too.