Responding to the question of whether nuclear weapons protect our nation’s security, Lt. General Robert Gard, Senior Military Fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, offers that while these weapons serve a limited core nuclear deterrent function, we must address the urgent need to minimize the risk of nuclear terrorism.
By Sanford Gottlieb and Christopher Hellman (This article first appeared in "USA Today," March 22, 2004.) Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, discussing how to find terrorists, asked rhetorically: "Is it likely that an aircraft carrier...
Terrorism Prevention Project Weekly Events : Terrorism and Homeland Security For the Week of : October 20, 2003 SENATE Link to the Senate Schedule Contact: Republican Cloakroom, 202-224-8601; Democratic Cloakroom, 202-224-8541 October 21 – 9:00 am THE POTOMAC INSTITUE FOR...
News from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation For Immediate Release - October 7, 2003 Contact: Erik Floden - 202.546.0795 ext. 110, mobile: 202.425.0475 or Molly Pickett - 202.546.0795 ext. 119 Washington, D.C. - The Center for...
News from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation For Immediate - September 30, 2003 Contact: Erik Floden – 202-546-0795 x110; mobile – 202-425-0475 Tomorrow President Bush will sign the first ever appropriations bill drafted specifically to provide resources...
Erik Floden Director, Terrorism Prevention Project Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation 322 4th Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 W: (202) 546-0795 x110 M: (202) 425-0475 efloden@armscontrolcenter.org September 30, 2003 On October 1, President Bush signed the first spending...
Baltimore Sun By Erik Floden September 17, 2003 PRESIDENT BUSH has asked Congress for $87 billion to pay for military operations and reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan. Instead of arguing, as he did before the war, that invading Iraq...
Terrorism Prevention Project September 12, 2003 Contact: Erik Floden Office: 202-546-0795 x110 Mobile: 202-425-0475 Email: efloden@armscontrolcenter.org In late August ABC news successfully shipped a 15 pound cylinder of depleted uranium from Jakarta, Indonesia to the United States through the...
"Tight Test Schedule Ahead For Missile Defense Shield," Space News, Randy Barrett, October 6, 2003. “It’s looking awfully tight.” -- Matt Martin, Assistant Director of the Missile Defense Project, responding to the planned missile defense testing schedule over the...
The Play-by-Play began as a summary of the debate over a Department of Homeland Security. It has broadened its focus to include the department's implementation, and analysis of political events as they relate to homeland security. Click here to...
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