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...
National Security Policy
Hearing takes a toll on Lake nomination
By Frank Gaffney Jr. Washington Times, 18 March 1997 After three days of Senate hearings on Anthony Lake's nomination to...
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."...
1997 Freedom Flame/Casey Medal of Honor Award: Edwin Meese III
The Casey Institute of the Center for Security Policy is honored to award one of our own, Edwin Meese III,...
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...
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...
Why Tony Lake Is In Trouble In The Senate
(Washington, D.C.): As President Clinton and his allies on Capitol Hill turn up the heat on behalf of his controversial...
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...
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...