“The Rules Committee has refused to allow amendments that could potentially damage the ideological trajectory determined by House leadership and effectively created a guided democracy,” said Executive Director John Isaacs. “The Rules Committee forced Members to weaken amendments, only permitted recorded votes on their ‘winning’ amendments and refused to allow votes on amendments they thought could not be controlled.”
White House Earns “D”/HASC Earns “C-” on Nuclear Terrorism Prevention Funding
“President Obama has often stated that a mushroom cloud over Manhattan is what keeps him up at night but his budget request slashed hundreds of millions of dollars from critical programs that keep dangerous nuclear and radiological materials out of the hands of terrorists,” said Kingston Reif, the Center’s Director of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Programs. “Millions in cuts and poor planning will mean that key target goals to secure materials and protect facilities will slip.”
Knoxville News Sentinel Covers the Center’s Non-Proliferation Report Card
House Panel Approves Spending Extra $60 Million on Antimissile System Frank Munger May 19, 2014 The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation handed out some pretty low grades today in its first-ever Report Card. The White House got a “D” and the House Armed Services Committee got a “C-” for administration’s funding requests and the […]
Economist Story on Missile Defense Quotes Kingston Reif
Star Wars 2: attack of the drones May 17, 2014 THE best time to shoot down a hostile missile is straight after take-off. During this initial “boost phase” it moves more slowly, is easier to spot (because its exhaust plumes are so hot) and presents a bigger target (having not yet ditched its first-stage fuel […]
Medium.com Story on Nuclear Capability of the F-35 Quotes Center Spokesman
Can Israel’s Stealth Fighters Really Carry Nukes? By Michael Peck May 14, 2013 The F-35 stealth fighters that America is selling to Israel will be capable of carrying nuclear weapons, according to Israeli media. If Israeli F-35s can carry nukes, or if the ever-inventive Israeli defense industry can modify them to do so, then Israel […]
