Communications director, James Lewis joins CCTV to discuss the international community missing the OPCW deadline to rid Syria of chemical weapons by 2014.
CCTV Discusses the OPCW Decision and UN Security Council Resolution with James Lewis
Spokesman, James Lewis, joined CCTV to discuss the OPCW Executive Council’s decision and UN Security Council resolution on Syria’s chemical weapons
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“I think the council wants a better picture of Syria’s arsenal and stockpile locations before establishing a time line that it might need to walk back at a future date,” said James Lewis, communications director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, a Washington research group.
Questions on U.S.-Russian Framework to Remove Syria’s Chemical Weapons
Eleven questions and answers designed to examine the effectiveness and potential success of the U.S.-Russian framework to rid Syria of its chemical weapons.
Washington Times Story on Chemical Weapons Quotes Center Spokesman
“I think we bit off a little more than we could chew given the stockpiles we had built,” Mr. Lewis said. “Congressmen have to go home from Washington and they can’t go home and say, ‘Oh, guess what, we just put a chemical weapons disposal facility right there.’ If they do that, they’re not going to get re-elected.”