On May 12, the Senate Armed Services Committee approved a $602 billion authorization bill by a vote of 23-3. The three Senators who voted no were reported as Deb Fischer (R-NB), Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT). Cruz said he voted no because of the provision requiring women to register for the draft. Lee […]
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Politifact Article on NPT Quotes Kingston Reif
Successful 2010 treaty review conference, Iran sanctions bolster promise By Louis Jacobson Politifact During the 2008 presidential race, Barack Obama promised to “crack down on nuclear proliferation by strengthening the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty so that countries like North Korea and Iran that break the rules will automatically face strong international sanctions.” Click here to […]
Global Security Newswire Quotes Kingston Reif
Legislative Quagmire Grips Nuclear Security Pacts in U.S. By Diane Barnes Global Security Newswire WASHINGTON — Just weeks before the second Global Nuclear Security Summit convenes in South Korea, the United States still has not enacted a law critical to ratifying what the Obama administration at the first summit called “the two key international […]
AP Quotes Laicie on Nuclear Spending
US weapons for future include key relics of past By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer Jan. 28, 2012 Laicie Olson, senior policy analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said in an interview Friday that she was surprised, given Obama’s commitment to reducing the number of nuclear weapons, that the administration is […]
