Terrorism and Homeland Security

Remarks delivered by Lt. General Robert Gard, 9 August 2005, Detroit, Michigan

Posted: August 18, 2005

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.

Weapons won't defeat terrorism

Posted: March 22, 2004

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 & Homeland Security Weekly

Posted: October 20, 2003

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...

Home Grown Proliferation: Testimony Reveals Serious Weaknesses in Pentagon Control Over Equipment Needed for Biological Weapons Laboratory

Posted: October 7, 2003

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...

President Signs Homeland Security Spending Bill

Posted: September 30, 2003

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...

Analysis of FY 2004 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Legislation

Posted: September 30, 2003

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...

Bush's focus on Iraq leaves us vulnerable

Posted: September 17, 2003

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...

Fact Sheet: U.S. Border Security and WMD

Posted: September 12, 2003

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...

The Center in the News

Posted: August 29, 2003

"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...

Homeland Security: The Play-by-Play

Posted: August 1, 2003

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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