"I find hope in the work of long-established groups such as the Arms Control Association...[and] I find hope in younger anti-nuclear activists and the movement around the world to formally ban the bomb."
Separating Fact from Bush Administration Fiction About Iraq's Suspected WMD (Again)
By Daryl G. Kimball
As he pushes sales of his memoir, George W. Bush's former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is trying, once again, to spin the facts about the "knowns" and the "unknowns" about Iraq's suspected nuclear, chemical, biological and missile programs in the months leading up to the March 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
Arms Trade Treaty: Grading the Obama Administration's Conventional Arms Control Record
By Jeff Abramson
At the end of this month, delegates will meet again
at the United Nations to continue work on a legally binding accord to regulate the conventional arms trade. As we launch a week of assessing the Obama administration's conventional arms control record, we begin with:
Arms Trade Treaty: B
Kyl Mischaracterizes ACA on Missile Defense
By Tom Collina The Arms Control Association often finds itself at odds with Senate Republican Minority Whip Jon Kyl (Ariz.). After all, Sen. Kyl led opposition to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in 1999 and to New START last year, both of which ACA strongly supports.
Russia Approves New START--Now What?
Source: PBS Newshour
By Tom Z. Collina
The State of the Union and Nuclear Policy
Image Source: White House
Jan./Feb. ACT Features are online!
Tonight's State of the Union address is expected to focus mainly on domestic and economic topics. However, those looking to learn more about the state of arms control in the U.S. and abroad need look no further than this month's Arms Control Today.