Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
September 1999 United States Special Weapons News |
- Does George W. Bush Have the Experience to be Commander in Chief? Cable News Network CROSSFIRE September 24, 1999 -- CONDOLEEZZA RICE, BUSH FOREIGN POLICY ADVISER: "I would argue with the premise that we've spent money trying to build a missile-defense system, at least in this administration, because we have been so hampered by the Antiballistic Missile Treaty for the testing of components, for the development and deployment, that we actually haven't put the best national efforts in this."
- Issues - Defense George W. Bush for President Position Paper 23 September 1999 - Governor Bush will accelerate research on, and deployment of, both national and theater missile defenses, as soon as possible. The United States should offer Russia necessary amendments to the Cold War-era Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty to permit deployment of effective national and theater missile defenses. If Russia refuses those changes, the United States should give prompt notice, under the treaty, that we will withdraw from it.
- ADDRESS OF SENATOR JOHN McCAIN - AMERICAN LEGION SEPTEMBER 7, 1999 -- It surpasses outrage that while 37,000 young Americans stand their posts in harm's way on the Korean peninsula, and our carriers must be ready to rush into the Straits of Taiwan to check Chinese sabre rattling, political donations from a subsidiary of the People's Liberation Army are funneled into the Clinton administration's campaign coffers and nuclear secrets are hustled out the backdoor of our defense laboratories.
- Text: Berger on Curbing Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction USIA 01 September 1999 -- As the risk increases that terrorists may seek to acquire or use weapons of mass destruction (WMD), President Clinton's national security adviser says the administration is pursuing three key priorities: strengthening the nonproliferation regime, addressing pressing regional WMD threats, and bolstering defenses against the use of WMD.
- ARMS CONTROL IN THE 106TH CONGRESS Amy F. Woolf USIA - U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda, September 1999 - Although many Members of Congress continue to support arms control efforts, they may have difficulty mustering the support needed to win approval for far-reaching new agreements.
- WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION: THE U.S. EXPERIENCE By Lawrence Korb USIA - U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda, September 1999 - As long as some nations continue to try to develop weapons of mass destruction, the United States will need some form of nuclear deterrent
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