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The Arms Control Association, founded in 1971, is a national non-partisan membership organization dedicated to promoting public understanding of and support for effective arms control policies. The Administrative Assistant supports the operation of the organization and reports to the Deputy Director. Responsibilities: Candidates should be able to fulfill at least two of the first three responsibilities listed below: Data Management and Communications In addition to answering the phone and staffing the reception desk, the Administrative Assistant is responsible for maintaining a member/…

Authored by on November 9, 2010

Robert Golan-Vilella joined ACA in September 2010 as a Scoville Fellow. Rob is a 2010 graduate of Yale University, where he earned a B.A. in History and International Studies. He has previously interned at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. His work has been published in The Nonproliferation Review and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. He is from Swarthmore, PA.

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Partial List of Arms Control Association Media Citations January 1, 2009 – July 14, 2010 By subject, chronologically   Arms Control Person of the Year (2) American Chronicle, “Senator Lugar Voted Arms Control Person of the Year,” January 15, 2010. Redlup, Tina, “Sen. Lugar honored for fight against chemical weapons,” January 19, 2010. Arms Control Today (1) Ackerman, Spencer, “TNR’s Scoblic Heads to Senate Foreign Relations Committee,” The Washington Independent, April 14, 2010. Biological Weapons (2) “Administration Affirms Bush Stance on Biological Threats,” Washington Post, December 9…

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Thanks for casting your vote for the 2010 Arms Control Person(s) of the Year. We intend to announce the results December 29 or 30. Please help us circulate the survey by sending it on. If you'd like to make sure we send you the final results, please drop an email to [email protected] with the subject header "send 2010 results". (If you just tried to vote and were taken directly to this page, it means that a vote has already been cast from your computer or IP address. Individuals may only vote once.) --- If you find the Arms Control Association's resources and work of value, please consider…

Authored by on December 16, 2009

Advance implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1887 and promote concrete steps to prevent the use and spread of nuclear weapons. Work to build public and policymaker support for an action plan to update and strengthen the beleaguered NPT system at the 2010 NPT Review Conference and beyond. Explain the benefits of the New U.S.-Russian START agreement and urge its prompt ratification, while building understanding and support for a new round of even deeper verifiable reductions—to 1,000 or fewer total warheads. Build support for Senate approval of the Comprehensive Test Ban…

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