Stop the ‘Incoming!’
By William SafireNew York Times, 11 June 1998 For years, when hawkish Republicans uttered the phrase "missile defense," dovish Democrats...
National Security Policy
The Tide Rises Further: Bill Safire Calls for Missile Defense
(Washington, D.C.): Today, one of the Nation's most shrewd observers of the political scene and influential voice of conscience in...
Rising Tide: Who Will Catch the Wave of the Prompt Deployment of U.S. Missile Defenses?
(Washington, D.C.): In recent days, some of the finest minds in the United States have used the editorial pages of...
Death Throes of the C.T.B.? As George Will Demonstrates, Claims for Test Ban Become Ever more Contorted, Untenable
(Washington, D.C.): In today's Washington Times, a proponent of the Comprehensive Test Ban (CTB) Treaty makes what may be the...
Clinton, Albright Pursue Delusory Arms Control Response To South Asian Nuclear Tests; Center’s Gaffney Offers Alternative
(Washington, D.C.): Yesterday, President Clinton used a Rose Garden ceremony to launch Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on a diplomatic...
Open Letter to the President
One Hundred Fifth Congress Congress of the United States Committee on International Relations House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 May...
‘Russian Clean-Up’: Expectations of Western Bail-Out Artificially Buoy Markets, But Serve to Compound the Problem
(Washington, D.C.): In a rare Sunday public statement -- calculated to be digested by international financiers prior to market openings...
Needed: A ‘Loyal Opposition’ to Clinton’s Anti-Nuclear Policy
Leadership from Senator Lott (Washington, D.C.): In recent weeks, events -- not right-wingers -- have conspired to demonstrate what is,...
One Step Forward, Two Back on U.S. Vulnerability: Clinton Announces Defenses, Limits Their Effect — Perhaps Fatally
(Washington, D.C.): In a commencement address to the U.S. Naval Academy last Friday, President Clinton announced steps to mitigate the...
Shame, Shame: By One Vote, Minority of Senators Perpetuate America’s Vulnerability to Missile Attack
(Washington, D.C.): Yesterday, forty-one Senators -- all Democrats -- voted to block a motion to permit debate on S. 1873,...
Hit or Miss Tomorrow, T.H.A.A.D. Must Go Forward
(Washington, D.C.): If all goes according to plan, the United States Army will conduct tomorrow morning an intercept test involving...
Clinton Legacy Watch # 24: An Odious Ultimatum To Israel
(Washington, D.C.): The Clinton Administration has finally put to rest the misconception that the incumbent is the "most pro-Israel president"...
Clinton Legacy Watch # 24: An Odious Ultimatum To Israel
(Washington, D.C.): The Clinton Administration has finally put to rest the misconception that the incumbent is the "most pro-Israel president"...
Onward Christian Soldiers — And All Other Americans:
Gary Bauer Joins the Fight to Defend America
(Washington, D.C.): In what may prove to be a decisive moment in the struggle to bring to an end America's...
Sen. Lott Shows How and Secures Means to Topple Saddam
(Washington, D.C.): Even as the Clinton Administration once again shows itself unable or unwilling to address the threat posed by...
Memo to the President
(Washington, D.C.): Mr. President: Sunday's New York Times reveals that you have become personally seized with the Nation's frightening vulnerability...