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Arms control leaders convene major policy strategy session at Ploughshares Fund

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The Cable / Foreign Policy

About 50 senior think tank and advocacy executives packed the K Street conference room of the Ploughshares Fund to strategize and rally the troops for the upcoming policy war. "This is going to be the fight of our lives," said Ploughshares Fund President Joe Cirincione shortly after the meeting concluded today. Read more >>

Kyl Tries to Make Something out of Nothing on New START and Missile Defense (Again)

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Nukes of Hazard, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

Senators Jon Kyl, John McCain, and Joe Lieberman sent a letter to National Security Advisor James Jones expressing concern that the Russians are continuing to seek limits on U.S. missile defenses in the context of the soon-to-be-completed START follow-on negotiations, according to a Nukes of Hazard analysis by the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, a Ploughshares Fund grantee.  Read more >>

Vice President Biden Reaffirms America's Commitment to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World

Vice President Joe Biden delivered a speech today to a packed auditorium at the National Defense University, reiterating the President’s commitment to a nuclear security strategy that will protect Americans by providing our military with the tools it needs to combat today’s threats. Read more >>

START is key to reducing the nuclear threat

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The Hill

Matthew Rojansky, executive director of Partnership for a Secure America and James Collins, director of the Russia and Eurasia program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,  offering a less obvious fact to the START debate: that without a new treaty, Washington will be unable to manage the risks associated with Russia’s vast nuclear arsenal. Read more >>

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