Nuclear Weapons

Fear of the terrible power of nuclear weapons has defined US foreign policy for too long, from the Cold War, to the war in Iraq, and the threat of war with Iran. Both Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama, [...]

New York October 24, United <http://www.un.org/events/unday/2008/>  Nations Day Dear Friends, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on governments to start negotiations [...]

During the month of September, Peace Action West organizer Daniel Senecka worked to highlight the issue of nuclear weapons in the New Mexico races by asking candidates for Congress about their [...]

Walter Pincus performed a worthy public service with his Oct. 6 Fine Print column, reporting on a Bush administration policy paper that calls for developing the Reliable Replacement Warhead and [...]

This past Saturday at its 52nd International General Conference held in Vienna, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) again called for the establishment of a nuclear weapons free zone in [...]

The Senate seriously undermined global nonproliferation efforts last week when it followed in the House’s footsteps and passed the US-India nuclear deal by a vote of 86 to 13. As negotiations [...]

On Saturday, the House of Representatives voted to approve the US-India nuclear deal by a vote of 298-117. The Bush administration pushed this deal aggressively to Congress, ignoring [...]

We cemented a key victory last week when Congress voted to redirect all $33 million that Bush had requested for the Reliable Replacement Warhead, a new nuclear weapon. During the year-long budget [...]

Read background on the deal here.  Call your Congressperson and your Senators TODAY 202.224.312, here are some talking points for you as well. It’s looking more likely that the House will [...]

In just a few short days, John McCain and Barack Obama will face each other and our country in the first presidential debate. Moderated by Jim Lehrer, this first debate will focus on foreign [...]