The System Worked On Lake; Will It On Tenet?
(Washington, D.C.): The failure of Tony Lake's nomination to become Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) was not, as President Clinton...
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Since the Center for Security Policy’s founding in 1988, we have challenged establishment orthodoxy and refused to sacrifice principles for expedience in Washington. Our work is rooted in the proven strategy of Peace Through Strength as applied to the needed 21st Century strategy of America First. Our security and freedom depend on a strong America and leaders who will use instruments of national power wisely to keep our nation out of unnecessary wars.
The Center for Security Policy is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) organization that educates policymakers, legislators, the media and the American public. We are funded by generous contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations.
In Lake’s Wake, A Higher Standard For D.C.I.
(Washington, D.C.): The Center for Security Policy welcomes the announcement last night that Anthony Lake has asked President Clinton to...
JUST SAY NO TO A BAD TREATY
The United States Senate must decide by April 28 whether to ratify the Chemical Weapons Convention. The press, the pundits,...
The Weekly Standard Weighs In On The C.W.C.:’Just Say No To A Bad Treaty’
(Washington, D.C.): According to the Washington Post, the debate over the Chemical Weapons Convention (C.W.C.) has become one "between conservatives."...
Attention ‘New Democrats’: The New Republic Explains Why Tony Lake Should Not Head The CIA
(Washington, D.C.): In its 24 March 1997 edition, the magazine reputed to be required reading for President Clinton, Vice President...
Chemical Reaction: A bad treaty on chemical weapons
By Douglas J. Feith, New Republic, 24 March 24 It would seem an indisputable good: a treaty to eliminate poison...
Truth or Consequences #8: The C.W.C. Will Exacerbate The Proliferation Of Chemical Warfare Capabilities
(Washington, D.C.): In recent days, proponents of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) have taken to dissembling about the clear meaning...
No to the Chemical Arms Treaty
By James Schlesinger, Caspar Weinberger, And Donald Rumsfeld Washington Post, 05 March 1997 The phrase "damning with faint praise" is...
Truth or Consequences #7: Schlesinger, Rumsfeld and Weinberger Rebut Scowcroft and Deutch on the C.W.C.
(Washington, D.C.): Today's Washington Post featured an op.ed. article by three of the most distinguished public servants of the latter...
Gen. Schwartzkopf Tells Senate He Shares Critics’ Concerns About Details of the Chemical Weapons Convention
(Washington, D.C.): Under questioning before the Senate Armed Services Committee today, General Norman Schwartzkopf -- commander of the allied forces...
A Place To Start on Campaign Finance Reform: C.M.A. Should Refrain From Putting Senators in Compromising Positions On the Chemical Weapons Convention
(Washington, D.C.): Last night, the Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA), an organization representing some 190 large American and multinational chemical producers,...
Har Homa Is a Test of the ‘Peace Process’: Arab Violence Will Prove the Process to be Simply Warfare by Other Means
(Washington, D.C.): The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to announce today that it will go ahead...
Caspian Watch # 5: Senator Byrd Takes the Lead in Securing U.S. Access To 200 Billion Barrels of Oil in the Caspian Sea
(Washington, D.C.): An important turning point may have been reached last week with regard to American policy toward the largest...
The ‘great game’ in play in Azerbaijan
By S. Rob Sobhani Washington Times, 20 February 1997 During her recent confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,...
Deng’s Demise is an Opportunity to Take Stock, Change Course on One-Sided U.S. Policy of ‘Engagement’ with China
(Washington, D.C.): The long-awaited (and possibly long-postponed) announcement of Deng Xiao Ping's passing offers the United States a long-overdue opportunity...
Truth or Consequences #6: The C.W.C. Will Not Prevent Chemical Terrorism Against the U.S. or its Interests
(Washington, D.C.): In recent weeks, proponents of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) have cited the contribution this Convention would make...