The Case Against Holbrooke
(Washington, D.C.) The pressure is building on the Senate to confirm Richard Holbrooke as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations....
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Elder Statesmanship: Dole Says ‘No Deals With Milosevic’
(Washington, D.C.): What a difference a week makes! Last Thursday, the Washington Post published an intemperate op.ed. by Victor Chernomyrdin...
Saving Lieutenant Colonel McCallum
(Washington, D.C.): The good news on the ominous Chinese technology-acquisition front 1 is that Energy Secretary Bill Richardson has promised...
Wall Street Journal‘s Melloan Inveighs Against Russian Aid
(Washington, D.C.): The recently completed Senate Armed Services Committee mark-up of the Fiscal Year 2000 defense authorization bill includes calls...
After Years of Wantonly Declassifying Nuclear Secrets, D.O.E. Is Suddenly Seized with the Need to Protect Them — from Us
(Washington, D.C.): Yesterday's New York Times reported an astonishing statement by Department of Energy spokeswoman Brooke Anderson. In response to...
Moment of Truth: Senate to Decide Today Whether To Deploy Missile Defenses As Soon As Possible
(Washington, D.C.): This afternoon, the United States Senate is slated to cast what may prove to be one of the...
The ‘Gathering Storm’: Will Clinton Persist in Ignoring Peril Arising from Emerging Threats to U.S. Control of Space?
(Washington, D.C.): One of the great tragedies of the 1998 election is the squandering it represents of an all-too-rare opportunity:...
How the 106th Congress Can Begin To Reestablish ‘Adult Supervision’ Over International Affairs: Kill the Kyoto Treaty
(Washington, D.C.): The next few weeks are likely to prove to be tough ones for U.S. foreign policy. No matter...
Flash: Senator Leahy Opposes Landmine Arms Control Treaty
(Washington, D.C.): Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) -- who takes pride in being the Senate's most zealous champion of international efforts...
Omnibus Bill’s Defense Plus-Ups Offer Hope That Needed Priority Will be Given to Critical National Security Functions
(Washington, D.C.): The adage that one does not want to know what goes into the process by which sausages are...
Senate Given Another Opportunity to Reject Clinton’s Policy of Denuclearization: the Gottemoeller Nomination
(Washington, D.C.): One month ago, the U.S. Senate signaled strong disapproval of the Clinton Administration's "denuclearization" policies when forty-four Senators...
Shame, Shame Redux: As Clinton Presidency Melts Down, 41 Democrats Continue Filibuster of Bill to Defend America
(Washington, D.C.): For the second time in four months, forty-one Senate Democrats voted to prevent debate on a bill that...
R.I.P. C.T.B.: Biden-Specter Amendment’s Phyrric Victory Shows Decisive Senate Opposition to Clinton’s Flawed Test Ban
(Washington, D.C.): Yesterday, the U.S. Senate handed the first crushing defeat to a major presidential arms control initiative since its...
Will Senate Allow Implementation of CTB Without Ratification?
(Washington, D.C.): During consideration of the FY 1999, Foreign Operations Appropriations bill today, Senators Joseph Biden (D-DE) and Arlen Specter...
Biden-Specter, House Proposals to Fund C.T.B. Preparatory Commission Amount to Treaty Implementation Without Ratification
(Washington, D.C.): In coming days, Senators Joseph Biden (D-DE) and Arlen Specter (R-PA) are expected to seek a vote on...
Clinton Legacy Watch # 27: A Counterculture Assault On The U.S. Military and The National Sovereignty It Safeguards
A Case in Point: Daryl Jones’ Nomination to Head the Air Force
(Washington, D.C.): There is a singularly troubling aspect of the Clinton Administration's mismanagement of the defense and foreign policy portfolios:...