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Further Reading

• TEXT: ALBRIGHT STATEMENT ON STATE DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION US Information Agency 31 December 1997 (Pledges to continue working closely with USIA, ACDA)
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- DECEMBER 31, 1997 -- IRAN Reports of Test Fire Engine of Ballistic Missile/Weapons of Mass Destruction/ Iran and US Dialogue RUSSIA/IRAN Reported Missile Cooperation Ambassador Wisner's Travel to Russia IRAQ Reported Mass Executions at Iraqi Prison IRAN/IRAQ Status of Iran-Iraq Bilateral Relations
• Last Minuteman II missile silo imploded: Dec 22, 1997 -- The implosion at Hotel-11 ends the Minuteman II implosion process started by the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
• DOD to start immunizations against anthrax WASHINGTON (AFNS) Released: Dec 16, 1997
• DEFENSE DEPARTMENT TO START IMMUNIZING TROOPS AGAINST ANTHRAX December 15, 1997
• EDITORIAL: TRANSNATIONAL PROLIFERATION THREAT VOA 14 December 1997
• Report outlines conditions for nuclear first strike By John Diamond / Associated Press -- 08 December 1997 -- Turning U.S. nuclear policy toward an emerging threat, President Clinton has decided the United States will consider using nuclear weapons against attackers who hit American forces with chemical or biological weapons.
• Clinton decides U.S. could go nuclear against chemical, biological attackersAssociated Press, 12/07/97 16:35
• [EXCERPT] U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing -- 02 December 1997 -- CHINA/TAIWAN U.S. Position on Taiwan Independence RUSSIA Reported Yeltsin Proposal to Reduce Nuclear Arsenal Ratification of START II Treaty LIBYA Possible Military Use of Pipeline Project in Libya IRAQ Update on Situation/Access for UNSCOM Inspectors; Oil-For-Food Program
• [EXCERPT] DoD News Briefing Tuesday, December 2, 1997 - Libyan building that's going on and the potential hide-away for military or chemical weapon; comment on President Yeltsin's apparent announcement that he intends to cut nuclear weapons.