US-Russia START Treaty Go Into Effect (VOA News)

Photo: AP US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov smile after finalizing the New START treaty during the Conference on Security Policy in Munich, Germany, February 5, 2011 Share This Digg Facebook StumbleUpon Yahoo! Buzz del.icio.us Related Articles Russian Duma Approves New START With US The New START […]

U.S.-Russia Nuclear Cooperation

Arms Control and International Security: U.S.-Russia Nuclear Cooperation Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:11:33 -0600 U.S.-Russia Nuclear Cooperation Remarks Rose Gottemoeller Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Council on Foreign Relations Washington, DC January 13, 2011 MR. KUPCHAN: What, in your view, are the lessons of New START for the future of U.S […]

Happy Holidays from West Virginia

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“This treaty stands on its merits, and its prompt ratification will strengthen U.S. national security.”

U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release On the Web: http://www.defense.gov/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=14159 Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public contact: http://www.defense.gov/landing/comment.aspx or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1 IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1169-10 December 21, 2010 Statement by Secretary Robert Gates on the New START Treaty “I strongly support the Senate […]

A Rebuttal to Sen. Kit Bond’s November 18, 2010 Floor Speech in the U.S. Senate on the New START Treaty

Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance November 24, 2010 Rebuttal points are included in blue Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I rise today to express my strong opposition to the administration’s New START Treaty. I do so after great deliberation and after initial disposition to support the treaty because of the generic importance […]

How is the Pentagon spending our money?

CONTRACTS AIR FORCE Boeing Co., St. Louis, Miss., was awarded a $59,669,948 contract which will provide for joint helmet mounted cueing system full rate production seven for the Air Force and foreign military sales. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated. ASC/WWWSK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (F33657-01-D-0026). […]

We must be coming out of the Recession!?!

Breaking News Alert: 600 Lockheed Martin executives accept buyout offer September 8, 2010 1:31:42 PM —————————————- Bethesda-based contracting giant Lockheed Martin announced Wednesday that more than 600 executives have taken the company up on an early-exit program that provides financial incentives in exchange for leaving. The total represents about 25 percent of all executives and follows […]

U.S.-Tanzania Nonproliferation Consultations

U.S.-Tanzania Nonproliferation Consultations Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC August 10, 2010 On August 9-10, 2010, U.S. Department of State Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs, Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, led a U.S. interagency delegation to Dar es Salaam. In consultations with Tanzanian officials, they discussed a range of topics including uranium mining and milling infrastructure; nuclear […]

Bilateral Consultative Commission (BCC)

Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Fact Sheet August 9, 2010 Key Point: The New START Treaty establishes the BCC to work questions related to Treaty implementation. The use of treaty-based commissions to agree on limited technical changes to improve or clarify implementation of treaty provisions is a well-established practice in arms control treaties. […]

Implementation of Iran Sanctions

Robert J Einhorn Special Advisor Nonproliferation and Arms Control House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Washington, DC July 29, 2010 Chairman Towns, Mr. Issa, Members of the Committee: Thank you very much for the opportunity to appear before you today. The adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1929 on June 9, 2010 […]