Category Archives: New START

Rep. Turner Undercut by Appropriators on CMRR

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

By Kelsey Davenport Lawmakers attempting hold New START implementation hostage to budget increases were stuck a serious blow last week when the House and Senate Appropriations committees lined up in support of the administration’s decision to zero out funding for … Continue reading →

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Obama on Track With Call for Deeper Nuclear Reductions

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

By Daryl G. Kimball On Monday President Barack Obama delivered a major address on his nuclear security agenda at Hankuk University in Seoul as he and other leaders gather for the second international Nuclear Security Summit. The bulk of his … Continue reading →

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Needed: A “Reset” in Candidate Romney’s Hostility Toward New START

Posted on October 7, 2011 by

By Greg Thielmann The White Paper on U.S. security strategy released October 7 by “Romney for President, Inc.” shows some improvement over the July 2010 articles of GOP presidential candidate Romney regarding New START, which were riddled with factual errors.  His public … Continue reading →

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Looking for defense cuts? Go nuclear

Posted on August 2, 2011 by

By Tom Z. Collina The following entry was originally posted on The Hill’s Congress Blog on August 2, 2011. As the dust settles on the just-passed budget deal, one thing is becoming clear: there is now high-level bipartisan agreement that … Continue reading →

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The Right Stuff

Posted on July 20, 2011 by

By Greg Thielmann Senator Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) proposed a plan this week for reducing the deficit that includes $79 billion in cuts from the U.S. nuclear weapons budget over the next ten years. In specifying the individual components of a … Continue reading →

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Original Nuclear Weapons States Need to Walk the Walk and Fulfill Their NPT Disarmament and Nonproliferation Commitments

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

By Daryl G. Kimball and Peter Crail This week’s meeting of senior officials from the five original nuclear weapon states (the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, and China) in Paris for the second meeting on nuclear weapons policy … Continue reading →

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Sen. Kyl Laments Russian “Unilateral” Reductions?

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

By Tom Collina As ACA reported in a recent blog post, the State Department announced June 1 that Russia’s nuclear arsenal is already below the limits set by the New START treaty. Most people would say it’s a good thing … Continue reading →

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It’s Official: Russia Below New START Limits

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

By Tom Collina Observers of last year’s Senate debate on the New START treaty may be surprised to learn that Russia has already met most of its arsenal reduction obligations under the treaty. According to a State Department fact sheet … Continue reading →

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Rep. Turner, Sen. Kyl Try to Rewrite Terms of New START Resolution of Ratification

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

By Rob Golan-Vilella and Daryl G. Kimball Last December, the Senate approved the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) by a vote of 71-26. In the context of the treaty’s consideration, a number of Senators expressed their support for … Continue reading →

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Getting a Faster New START

Posted on May 13, 2011 by

By Greg Thielmann When traveling the interstate on a long car trip, it’s usually better to get up to maximum safe speed rather than creeping along at the legal minimum. Likewise, in order to achieve the full benefits of the … Continue reading →

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