FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE James McKeon jmckeon@armscontrolcenter.org 202.546.0795 X 2617 Cell: 814.460.6943 Washington, DC – In approximately 12 hours, President Obama will become the first sitting U.S. President to visit Hiroshima since the end of World War II. The nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed approximately 200,000 people. This extraordinary gesture reflects the robust modern […]
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Letter to President Obama on Leaving a Nuclear Legacy
Six years ago this week in Prague you gave hope to the world when you spoke “clearly and with conviction” of “America’s commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.”1 Later that year, your promotion of nuclear non-proliferation was cited when you were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Fact Sheet on the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT)
Part of President Obama’s ambitious arms control agenda is a fissile material cutoff treaty (FMCT) that would ban the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons purposes. In this new factsheet, Kingston Reif and Madeleine Foley examine the purpose, background, politics, and challenges of the FMCT.
Celebrate the 2013 Inauguration
Celebrate the 2013 Inauguration Thank you for your interest in sponsoring the Council’s 2013 Inauguration Celebration honoring the second inauguration of President Barack Obama and the newly-elected members of the 113th Congress. Sunday, January 20, 2013 5:00 – 7:00 PM Phoenix Park Hotel – Ballroom, First Floor 520 North Capitol Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 […]
Mitt Romney vs. Barack Obama on National Security Issues
The U.S. presidential election is right around the corner. To help prepare you for the campaign debate on foreign policy and defense issues, the Center has put together a foreign policy profile for President Obama and candidate Romney. Romney has been highly critical of the “reset” with Russia. In a Washington Post interview, Romney stated […]
