Arms Control & Non Proliferation
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• Cluster Munitions
18 December 2008 Russia, U.S. Negotiators Meet on START Treaty, Missile Defense Russian and U.S. negotiators held productive talks on a host of strategic security issues including a replacement for the 1991 START I treaty and a proposed European-based U.S. missile defense system, a senior American official says. No new accords were expected from the preliminary talks.
• State on U.S.-Russia Talks for Pact to Follow Expiration of START
21 November 2008 Update on Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty Statement by the United States representative to the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission for the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
30 October 2008 Speech by Defense Secretary Gates on Nuclear Deterrence
02 October 2008 Congress Approves U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Accord The U.S. Congress approved legislation that will bring India's nuclear programs under international inspections and enhance trade between the United States and India. The legislation, which the Senate passed October 1 by a vote of 86 to 13, now goes to President Bush. The House of Representatives passed the bill 298 to 117 on September 28.
16 September 2008 Fact Sheet : U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative.
08 September 2008 United States Withdraws Russian Nuclear Agreement President Bush has withdrawn a U.S.-Russian civil nuclear cooperation agreement that was under consideration by Congress. The decision to withdraw the legislation, once billed as the cornerstone of a new era of nuclear cooperation between the United States and Russia, was made “in view of recent actions by the Government of the Russian Federation incompatible with peaceful relations with its sovereign and democratic neighbor Georgia,” according to a White House statement.
• Statement by Secretary Rice on U.S.-Russia 123 Agreement
26 August 2008 European Missile Defense System Is Limited, No Threat to Russia The development of a limited ballistic missile defense system in Europe creates an important capability for NATO allies that poses no threat to Russia, says a senior U.S. diplomat. "It can defend against all long-range missile launches" from a rogue state, but for example, the system would not be able to protect against shorter-range missile launches from the same state, John Rood, acting under secretary of state for arms control and international security, said at an August 25 briefing.
20 August 2008 United States, Poland Sign Missile Defense Declaration A Bush administration plan to locate a two-part, limited missile-defense system in Eastern Europe has taken a giant step forward and when fully implemented will make a substantial contribution to NATO's collective security, the U.S. State Department says.
• Declaration on Strategic Cooperation Between U.S. and Poland
• Remarks from Secretary Rice and Polish President Kaczynski
15 August 2008 United States, Poland Sign Limited Missile Defense Pact A limited anti-missile defense system to be stationed in Poland and the Czech Republic will make a substantial contribution to NATO's collective security, the White House says. "I'm pleased to announce that negotiations are complete and that we have initialed an agreement" to place an American missile defense base in Poland, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said August 14.
22 July 2008 Arms Control Verification Requires Experts with Special Skills The media often trumpet the dispatch of arms control experts to a country of concern. But what these experts do often remains largely invisible. Verification experts were sent into Iraq, for example, to search for dangers. In June 2008, U.S. and Iraqi experts sent to Canada the last bit of concentrated natural uranium accumulated during Saddam Hussein’s reign at the country’s main nuclear complex in Tuwaitha.
22 July 2008 Missile Defense Plan Directed at Rogue Nations, Not Russia The U.S. has reiterated that its planned missile defense system in Europe is not directed against Russia but rather against the growing threat from rogue nations such as Iran, according to a senior U.S. military official. "Ten interceptors in Poland could absolutely not match the hundreds of interceptors and thousands of warheads that the Russians have deployed," Lieutenant General Henry Obering, director of the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency, said at a recent briefing.
18 July 2008 U.S. Seeks New Agreement on Cluster Munitions The United States is pushing for a new legally binding protocol under the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) that would reduce the potential humanitarian impact of cluster munitions while preserving legitimate strategic options.
16 July 2008 Missile Defense Agency Director Briefs on Missile Defense Lt. Gen. Obering briefed reporters on the work of the Missile Defense Agency.
14 July 2008 Milestone of 500 Open Skies Flights Celebrated Unarmed observation aircraft cruise over the territory of select nations collecting aerial photographs. But these aircraft are not spying; instead they are part of a successful confidence- and security-building regime known as the Open Skies Treaty.
10 July 2008 Fact Sheet: Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement Between U.S., Czech Republic
10 July 2008 Defense Department on New Cluster Munitions Policy The Department of Defense released a newly approved U.S. cluster munitions policy that the United States believes will provide better protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure following a conflict, while allowing for the retention of a legitimate and useful weapon.
08 July 2008 Rice Signs Missile Defense Agreement in Prague A new agreement between the United States and the Czech Republic to host a key component of a Europe-based missile defense system marks a step toward safeguarding Europe and the international community, says U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
03 July 2008 Joint U.S.-Russian Statement: One Year of Progress Following the Joint Declaration on Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation
01 July 2008 Statement by Bush on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty On 40th anniversary, calls on members to work diligently to strengthen NPT.
12 June 2008 Weapons Proliferation Poses Serious Threat, Official Says A broad partnership of nations must be prepared to act against weapons proliferation and the illicit arms trade to successfully fight international terrorism, a senior U.S. diplomat says. And the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction represents a major security threat of the 21st century and requires a new, comprehensive strategy.
05 June 2008 Casualties from Land Mines, Other Explosives in Sharp Decline People in more than 50 nations can live more safely this year because of effective land mine action programs that are saving lives and improving livelihoods across the globe, according to a new State Department report.
04 June 2008 Syria Agrees to U.N. Inspection of Former Nuclear Site The U.S. welcomed plans by the International Atomic Energy Agency to conduct a three-day inquiry into a defunct Syrian nuclear reactor built with North Korean help, but cautioned Syrian officials to allow the U.N. inspectors access to all suspected areas where nuclear activity may have been conducted.
29 May 2008 Nations Endorse Strengthened Effort on Containing Weapons' Spread On the eve of the fifth anniversary of a major counterproliferation effort, representatives from 88 countries endorsed a declaration to strengthen their ability to prevent or intercept the illicit transfer of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.
28 May 2008 Weapons Partnership Has Solid Record of Success, Says Bush Today, 90 nations have joined the U.S. to prevent some of the world’s most dangerous weapons from falling into terrorist hands, says President Bush. Marking the fifth anniversary of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), Bush hailed the effort’s "solid record of success" in confronting the complex threat posed by chemical, biological and nuclear weapons as well as illicit delivery networks willing to deliver weapons of mass destruction to terrorists and hostile regimes.
• The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)
27 May 2008 U.N. Agency Report Critical of Iran's Nuclear Cooperation A new report by the International Atomic Energy Agency about Iran's nuclear development program is an indictment of that nation’s defiance of legitimate efforts to obtain clear information about the program, says a senior U.S. diplomat. The report "details a long list of questions that Iran has failed to answer," says U.S. Ambassador Gregory Schulte in Vienna, Austria.
15 May 2008 U.S.-Russia Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation Joint leadership to enhance peaceful nuclear cooperation worldwide.
13 May 2008 Nuclear Weapons States Issue Strong Nonproliferation Signal Delegates to a two-week conference in Geneva to review the 40-year-old nuclear nonproliferation regime spent considerable time on challenges posed by Iranian and North Korean nuclear endeavors. At the conclusion of the discussions May 9, the nuclear weapons states attending the 2008 Preparatory Commission meeting to examine the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty issued a statement pointing to the proliferation risks posed by Iran's nuclear program and calling them "a matter of ongoing serious concern."
06 May 2008 United States, Russia Sign Civil Nuclear Pact Once nuclear rivals but today partners, the United States and Russia have signed an agreement to allow the development of nuclear energy for civilian purposes, expand trade and strengthen efforts to prevent nuclear proliferation. President Bush approved the agreement May 5, and it was signed by U.S. Ambassador William Burns and Rosatom Director Sergey Kiriyenko May 6 in Moscow. Rosatom is Russia's state nuclear corporation.
05 May 2008 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty’s Most Serious Test Remarks by Dr. Christopher A. Ford, Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation at the 2nd Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
28 April 2008 U.S. Remarks to Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Committee.
25 April 2008 United States Reducing Nuclear Weapons at an Extraordinary Pace All three candidates for president of the United States have expressed support for nuclear arms reductions and strengthening the 1970 treaty governing nuclear nonproliferation. The executive editor of The New Republic, J. Peter Scoblic, says nuclear disarmament has become a subject of polite conversation in Washington; it generates interest on both sides of the political aisle.
24 April 2008 Statement on Syria by the White House Press Secretary "Today, administration officials have briefed select Congressional committees on an issue of great international concern. Until Sept. 6, 2007, the Syrian regime was building a covert nuclear reactor in its eastern desert capable of producing plutonium. We are convinced, based on a variety of information, that North Korea assisted Syria's covert nuclear activities."
24 April 2008 Forty-Year-Old Nonproliferation Treaty Under a Microscope Nations that are party to the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) will discuss additional ways to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, promote disarmament and foster cooperation for the peaceful use of nuclear energy when they meet in Switzerland April 28.
03 April 2008 Czech Republic, U.S. Agree to Missile Defense Radar Installation Advanced tracking radar technology -– key to protecting central European nations against long-range ballistic missiles launched from trouble spots –- will be installed in the Czech Republic by 2012. The stationing of the radar there is critical to the unfolding of a larger, but limited missile defense plan for Europe that will require the deployment of 10 interceptor missiles in Poland.
24 March 2008 Remarks by Secretary Rice Following Meeting With Indian Minister of External Affairs Pranab Kumar Mukherjee.
19 March 2008 U.S. Seeks Negotiations on Weapons Treaty The U.S. is seeking agreement in the Conference on Disarmament to negotiate a treaty that would ban production of fissile material used to make nuclear weapons and other explosive devices.
11 March 2008 Vice President's Remarks at the Heritage Foundation Dinner Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative
11 March 2008 Missile Development, Proliferation Among Top U.S. Concerns The heightened threat from advanced missile technology and the proliferation of missiles among countries of security concern to the United States are the major reasons the United States is pursuing a missile defense system, according to a senior U.S. diplomat.
06 March 2008 Excerpts of Boucher’s Remarks on U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement
11 February 2008 Remarks by the National Security Advisor, Stephen Hadley, to the Center for International Security and Cooperation
22 January 2008 President Issues Export Controls Directive to Reform U.S. Defense Trade Policies and Practices President Bush issued an Export Control Directive today that will ensure that U.S. defense trade policies and practices better support the National Security Strategy of the United States. The package of reforms required under this directive will improve the manner in which the U.S. Department of State licenses the export of defense equipment, services and technical data, enabling the U.S. Government to respond more expeditiously to the military equipment needs of our friends, allies, and particularly our coalition partners.
14 December 2007 U.S. Still Top Financial Contributor to Humanitarian Mine Action Casualties from land mines worldwide have dropped from around 26,000 a year four years ago to a little more than 3,000 a year today, counting both land mines and other target-activated explosives. In the past decade the trade in land mines also has dropped precipitously, as has the laying of new mines.
12 December 2007 Statement Regarding Russian "Suspension" of the CFE Treaty
07 November 2007 Russian Action on "Frozen Conflicts" Can Save Key Security Pact The U.S. is committed to helping Russia take necessary steps toward resolving "frozen conflicts" in Georgia and Moldova and thus defusing the Kremlin’s threat to suspend the Conventional Forces Europe Treaty, one of history’s most successful arms control agreements.
11 October 2007 Nuclear Threat, Armed Conflict Reduction Highest U.S. Priority The U.S. has been a leader in promoting gradual nuclear disarmament and garnering broad support for international efforts to destroy dangerous stockpiles of small arms and light artillery.
01 October 2007 Small Arms Destruction Efforts Reverberate Around the World Left unattended, even small stockpiles of surplus and obsolete AK-47 assault rifles, grenade launchers and shoulder-fired missiles could be stolen and used to fuel regional conflicts.
10 September 2007 Weapons Destruction Program Reduces Threat, Enhances Security Albania’s recent destruction of its stockpile of chemical weapons is the latest success in ongoing partnerships between the United States and countries that have deadly weapons that are vulnerable to theft or illicit smuggling attempts by terrorists, criminals or rogue states.
27 July 2007 Civil Nuclear Cooperation Goal of Draft Agreement The U.S. and India reached an agreement to govern their cooperation in developing civil nuclear energy programs. It would allow the countries to cooperate in research and development and nuclear safety and to engage in commercial trade in nuclear reactors, technology and fuel.
20 July 2007 Conventional Weapons Being Destroyed Globally with U.S. Aid Op-ed by U.S. acting Assistant Secretary of State Stephen D. Mull
05 July 2007 U.S. Commemorates Small Arms Destruction Day with "Millionth Weapon Destruction" Events U.S. assistance programs have destroyed more than one million weapons worldwide. To celebrate the event, the U.S. and six other countries will observe Small Arms Destruction Day on July 9 by helping countries on four continents destroy a symbolic “millionth weapon.”
02 July 2007 Missile Defense System Could Include NATO, Russia’s Putin Says President Bush, meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Kennebunkport, Maine, welcomed the Russian president’s proposal to expand a shared missile defense network to include Russia, the United States and European allies via the NATO-Russia Council.
29 June 2007 Nuclear Weapons Nonproliferation Regime Challenges Experts International experts gathered here for a two-day conference and brainstorming session on how to strengthen the nuclear weapons nonproliferation regime as officials outside Washington grappled with what to do about nonconformists like Iran and North Korea.
22 June 2007 Thwarting Nuclear Terrorism Requires Global Cooperation By U.S. Assistant Secretary of State John C. Rood.
15 June 2007 Azeri Radar Would Not Replace Czech Anti-Missile Site, U.S. Says NATO’s 26 nations have agreed to assess by February 2008 the political and military implications of planned missile-defense systems in Europe, and U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said alliance members have voiced no criticism of the U.S. portion of the plan.
15 June 2007 Pakistan Joins 50 Nations in Efforts To Prevent Nuclear Terror Pakistan is the most recent nation joining 50 others in a partnership to head off the potential of terrorists exploiting nuclear materials to sow chaos.
14 June 2007 U.S. Seeks "Creative Compromise" To Keep Russia in Key Pact The U.S. and other European nations want to address "seriously and creatively" Russia’s concerns over the future of the Conventional Forces Europe (CFE) Treaty, one of history’s most successful arms control agreements, a senior U.S. diplomat says.
31 May 2007 Weapons Anti-Proliferation Initiative Draws More Participants More than 80 nations on six continents have committed to halting the spread of weapons of mass destruction, their delivery systems and related parts under a program launched by President Bush four years ago in Poland.
29 May 2007 New Grants to Deal With Explosives Remnants of War and Landmines The United States has launched another effort to strengthen peace and post-conflict recovery. The Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs has awarded a total of more than $2.2 million to twenty-three non-governmental organizations to clean up former battle areas, teach mine risk education, assist mine survivors, and conduct related research.
03 May 2007 Missile Plan for Europe Seen as Shield Against Iranian Ambitions The elements of a limited missile defense system the U.S. proposes to place in Central Europe will have “no offensive capability,” State Department officials tell a congressional panel.
27 April 2007 U.S.-Russia Cooperation Touted for Reducing Nuclear Threat Russia is one of the strongest partners of the U.S. in countering the global terrorist threat and in restraining countries from becoming “nuclear weapons states,” says Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte.
26 April 2007 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Is Challenged by Noncompliance It is too early to suggest the nuclear programs of North Korea and Iran will cause a loss of faith in the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, a senior U.S. official says, but the international community must work hard “to make sure that it does not go that way.”
26 April 2007 The West Needs a Defense System that Works By Condoleezza Rice and Robert Gates
24 April 2007 Secretary Gates Offers Missile-Defense Partnership with Russia The U.S. has invited Russian officials to visit U.S. anti-missile sites in Alaska and California, and is offering unprecedented partnership in missile defense while trying to address concerns about the proposed placement of missile interceptors in Central Europe, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said during a visit to Moscow.
23 April 2007 Nations Must Use All Tools To Stop Nuclear Proliferation A successful nonproliferation policy hinges on the steps that nations take individually and collectively with like-minded allies, a senior nonproliferation official says.
13 April 2007 Congress Examines Rationale for European Missile Defenses Members of Congress are examining closely a U.S. proposal to extend limited missile-defense protection to Central Europe.
03 April 2007 Missile Defense System Uses Nonexplosive Interceptor, U.S. Says The proposed U.S. missile-defense system in Central Europe would not fire any explosive projectiles, only an unarmed interceptor, a senior U.S. official says, adding that the U.S. would like to link the system with NATO and, possibly, Russian defenses.
02 March 2007 European Missile Defense Would Protect Against Mideast Threats Although the U.S. advocates placing limited missile defense capabilities in Europe, a senior U.S. government nonproliferation expert says it has no interest in sparking an arms race with Russia.
12 February 2007 Ankara Meeting Considers Ways to Confront Nuclear Terrorism A group of partner nations is meeting in Turkey to sketch out an agenda of future counterterrorism and nonproliferation activities to prevent and reduce the threat of nuclear terrorism.
08 February 2007 U.S. Urges Negotiations To Ban Material for Nuclear Bombs The United States urges prompt negotiations leading to a treaty to ban the production of the fissile material needed for nuclear weapons.
26 January 2007 Homeland Security’s Chertoff Warns of Nuclear Terror Threat Today, the international community faces a test of its willingness to stop nuclear terrorism, says Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.
20 November 2006 Nations Need to Step Up Biological Weapons Treaty Enforcement Failure to comply with an international treaty banning biological weapons poses a direct threat to world peace and security, says U.S. Assistant Secretary of State John Rood.
30 October 2006 Nations Meet in Morocco on How To Counter Nuclear Terror Threat Representatives of 12 nations are gathering in Rabat, Morocco, October 30-31 to discuss how to address effectively the ever-present threat to the international community from terrorists determined to detonate a nuclear or radiological device.
07 September 2006 U.S. Nuclear Security Agency Combats Nuclear Terrorism Though fairly new and not well known, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) plays a key role in U.S. efforts to prevent nuclear weapons and materials from falling into terrorist hands.
30 August 2006 U.S. Discusses Ballistic Missile Conversion with Russia The U.S. is considering plans to convert several of its existing long-range ballistic missiles to carry conventional explosives instead of nuclear warheads, allowing for rapid, pre-emptive strikes against terrorist targets anywhere in the world.
02 August 2006 U.S. Official Says Nuclear Proliferation Top Security Threat The greatest security threat facing the U.S. today is the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery, says the nominee selected to head the State Department’s nonproliferation bureau.
24 July 2006 U.S.-Russian Effort Seeks To Prevent Terrorist Nuclear Attacks The United States and Russia will hold the first organizational meeting of initial partners of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism in the next several months.
20 July 2006 New U.S.-Russian Initiative Aims To Thwart Nuclear Terrorism Every nation faces unique challenges in trying to thwart nuclear terrorism, which is today’s most urgent security challenge, says a senior State Department nonproliferation expert.
18 July 2006 U.S., Russia Unite Against Nuclear Weapons Spread The U.S. and Russia are joining forces to lead a new global coalition to detect and defeat the most serious national security threat facing the world today: nuclear weapons in the hands of terrorists, says a top U.S. official.
17 July 2006 U.S., Russia Support Peaceful Use of Nuclear Technology President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin said nuclear energy, as a reliable power source that does not emit greenhouse gases, is an "essential part" of any solution to meet the world’s growing energy demand, and pledged their countries would cooperate to allow all nations to benefit from nuclear power for peaceful purposes.
15 July 2006 U.S.-Russia Joint Fact Sheet on the Global Initiative To Combat Nuclear Terrorism
13 July 2006 Verification and Compliance
Paula DeSutter, the Assistant Secretary of State for Verification Compliance and Implementation discusses the U.S. approach to verification of arms control, disarmament and nonproliferation agreements.
07 July 2006 U.S. Requests Chemical Weapons Destruction Deadline Extension The U.S. has requested an extension to the deadline for completing the destruction of its chemical weapons stockpile, a U.S. ambassador says. Ambassador Eric Javits, head of the U.S. delegation to the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, told the council at The Hague, Netherlands, that although the U.S. had announced the decision to request an extension, it delayed submitting a draft request to provide ample information about the move and to listen to the comments, suggestions and concerns of others.
05 July 2006 U.S. Prosecuting Violators of Arms Export Controls The U.S. government has had increasing success over the past five years in arresting and convicting violators of the Arms Export Control Act, according to a State Department fact sheet.
29 June 2006 U.S. Continues To Battle Illicit Trade in Small Arms, Land Mines The U.S. continues to make progress against the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons and against land mines, according to the State Department.
26 June 2006 U.S. Nuclear Security Agency Focused on Reducing Threats The National Nuclear Security Administration has “accelerated and expanded” a five-pronged strategy to deny terrorists and rogue states the essentials needed to develop nuclear weapons, according to a senior official of that agency.
22 June 2006 Nations To Review Curbs on Illicit Small Arms Trafficking Every two minutes worldwide someone is killed by an illegally traded rifle or other small weapon. These deaths occur not only in conflict-plagued nations, but are tied to organized crime, drug trafficking, suicides and gun accidents, and account for far more deaths than those generated by heavier combat weapons, according to the U.N.
09 June 2006 U.S. Spent $27 Million To Destroy Small Arms, Light Weapons Illicit trade in small arms contributes to conflicts, lawlessness and instability in regions around the world. For that reason, the United States has provided more than $27 million to help various nations destroy surplus stockpiles of small arms and light weapons.
31 May 2006 U.N. Members Must Fulfill Nonproliferation Strictures, U.S. Says The U.N. Security Council has more work to do to enforce the nonproliferation and counterterrorism measures already enacted by the council, a U.S. official says. Ambassador Jackie W. Sanders, the alternate U.S. representative to the United Nations for special political affairs, told a joint meeting of several Security Council committees that the U.S. is concerned that U.N. members are lagging in implementing their nonproliferation and counterterrorism obligations.
25 May 2006 U.S. Committed to Transparency in Chemical Weapons Destruction U.S. Ambassador Eric Javits says that despite a recent request to extend its deadline for the complete elimination of its chemical weapons stockpile, the U.S. is committed to "the fullest possible transparency" of its chemical weapons destruction process.
18 May 2006 Iran, North Korea Pose a Challenge to Effective Multilateralism If governments are determined to acquire nuclear, biological or chemical weapons, normal international mechanisms to prevent that are not always sufficient, a senior State Department official says.
18 May 2006 U.S. Offers Draft Treaty To Halt Fissile Material Production The U.S. presented a draft global treaty that would halt any future production of the fissile material used to make nuclear weapons, and expressed hope that a final treaty could be completed by the end of 2006.
02 May 2006 Counterproliferation Initiative Expanding, State's Joseph Says Support for the Proliferation Security Initiative now has spread to nearly 80 countries, a senior State Department official says.
06 April 2006 Nuclear Security Official Outlines Future U.S. Weapons Plans America’s nuclear security agency is planning for a significantly smaller and more efficient nuclear weapons stockpile by 2030, an Energy Department official says.
05 April 2006 Rice Urges Congress To Support India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Congress to set aside historical impediments to nuclear trade between the U.S. and India and pass legislation that will open the door for civil nuclear energy cooperation.
04 April 2006 International Cooperation on Missile Defense Capabilities Growing Growing international cooperation in building missile defense capabilities represents a new, forward-looking consensus on defending against current and future threats, says Paula DeSutter, assistant secretary of state for verification, compliance and implementation.
03 April 2006 Updated Numbers Published Showing Strategic Arms Reductions State fact sheet reflects data for Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Russia, U.S.
29 March 2006 U.S. Sees Spread of Nuclear Weapons Greatest Security Challenge Because nuclear, chemical and biological weapons are capable of killing on a massive scale, it is imperative that such weapons be kept out of the hands of rogue states and terrorists, says Stephen Rademaker, acting assistant secretary of state for international security and nonproliferation.
27 March 2006 Missile Defense Key Security Element, Says U.S. Official “Missile defense is about defending our deployed forces, and our allies, as well as our homeland,” he told missile defense experts attending the fourth annual National Missile Defense Conference on March 20.
24 March 2006 U.S. General Says Threat from Weapons of Mass Destruction Growing The threat that adversaries might use weapons of mass destruction against the United States or its allies is rising, and defending against such weapons is becoming increasingly complex, says Marine General Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
22 March 2006 U.S. Seeks To Bring India into Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime A senior U.S. government official says it is time to bring India into the international nuclear nonproliferation regime given its historic adherence to the principles of nonproliferation.
20 March 2006 Defense Official Says International Alliances Key to U.S. Strategy Building and maintaining international partnerships is a key aspect of U.S. military strategy, says Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England. For example, the ongoing global war against terrorism, a major pillar of that strategy, can be won only by the United States acting "in partnership with coalition friends and allies," he told a group of military, diplomatic and academic strategists at a Washington conference sponsored by the National Defense University.
13 March 2006 Rice Hails U.S.-India Agreement on Civilian Nuclear Cooperation By U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
02 March 2006 Bush, India's Singh Sign Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement President Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took a major step toward strengthening U.S.-Indian relations by concluding a civil nuclear cooperation agreement that would allow U.S. businesses to support the development of India’s nuclear power industry.
National Security Strategy
16 March 2006 Stronger Alliances, New Partnerships Part of 2006 Security Plan America’s continuing commitment to encourage the spread of democracy and meet emerging transnational threats was outlined in the 2006 National Security Strategy released by President Bush.
National Security Strategy of the United States, September 2002 
Humanitarian Demining Initiatives
07 November 2006 U.S. Urges Agreement To Restrict Deadly Anti-Vehicle Mine Use Mines designed to explode when a vehicle passes over them continue to maim and kill innocents around the world long after conflicts have ended, and they pose a particular problem for international relief organizations.
22 September 2006 U.S. Land Mine Policy Surpasses Ottawa Treaty, State Says U.S. policy and practice for land mines meets and in several respects exceeds bans on anti-personnel mines in the Ottawa Convention, whose signatories are currently meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, the State Department says
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