Note: The story below reports on an event organized by the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation at Georgia Tech University on August 29, 20102. Potential automatic cuts threaten more than military, progressives say By MAGGIE LEE The Telegraph ATLANTA — The so-called fiscal cliff of $1.2 trillion in automatic federal budget cuts that […]
National Journal Quotes Laicie Olson on Sequestration
Senior Policy Analyst Laicie Olson was quoted by Kevin Baron in the Saturday, July 21, 2012 edition of National Journal. If Democrats put forward more than just Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s deputy—perhaps even the Joint Chiefs themselves, who have already come out against the GOP’s proposal to increase the military’s budget request—then the pressure will […]
Global Security Newswire Cites the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Nuclear Security Pacts Adoption Bill Wins House Approval Global Security Newswire The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday endorsed legislation to bring the United States into compliance with two nuclear security agreements and two maritime counterterrorism treaties, the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation reported (see GSN, June 6). Click here to read the […]
Global Security Newswire Quotes Kingston Reif on CTBT
National Academies Report is “Grist” for CTBT Debate: Gottemoeller By Chris Schneidmiller Global Security Newswire WASHINGTON — A recent report from a respected research organization will be “grist” for debate as the Obama administration pushes forward with efforts to persuade wary senators to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, a high-level arms control official […]
Kingston Reif Quoted on the CMRR-NF in Global Security Newswire
House Spending Bill Diverges From Earlier Measure on Nuclear Facility By Elaine M. Grossman Global Security Newswire WASHINGTON — An appropriations bill approved Wednesday evening on the House floor appears at odds with a move last month by the same chamber to continue work on a new plutonium research facility that the Obama administration […]