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Passing the Treaty: OpEds and Widgets

National security experts have been taking to the nation’s newspapers to convince recalcitrant Republicans to get on board with the New START Treaty.  In an effort to turn up the heat on Senators John...

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Breaking News: Sen. Corker will vote for nuclear treaty

This just in: Senator Corker (R-TN) has gone public, in an interview with The Cable today, he said he plans to vote yes on New START in Thursday’s Committee vote! One of those GOP senators is Bob...

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Big News! Senate committee passes nuclear treaty

I’m climbing out from under an enormous pile of work because I want to get you this really quick but crucial update on the fruits of our labor over this entire summer. Just hours ago the Senate Foreign...

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A Rare Victory In Congress

Hold on to your seat. Yesterday, in the midst of the most vicious and partisan political season in ages, we moved the first disarmament treaty in decades another major step towards ratification. The...

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You made it happen

The Senate votes to ratify the New START Treaty, December 22, 2010 (Image credit: C-SPAN) It turns out we’ve got something extra to celebrate this holiday season. And I want you to know how important...

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One good thing in the budget

Last night Congress voted to pass the final budget for 2011, and while there is a lot we are not happy about, there is one success to celebrate. Nuclear nonproliferation efforts were given an increase...

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Piling on the Super Committee

The frenzy to influence the super committee and their deficit reduction proposal is in full swing. Kicking it off with a bang, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) held a press conference yesterday to present the...

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Happy First Birthday, New START Treaty

On this day last year, I was glued to CSPAN’s live feed of the Senate floor. Late in the evening, they finally started to vote on ratification of the New START Treaty, and I realized that years of hard...

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Your meeting at the White House

Thanks to you, the White House got a clear message about the need to rid the world of nuclear weapons. Daryl Kimball, with the Arms Control Association, Stephen Young, with Union of Concerned...

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116 organizations tell the President to rid the world of nuclear weapons

50 years ago today, the people of the world had no idea that the first steps of the Cuban Missile Crisis had begun, and the planet was about to be the closest that we have ever been to a global nuclear...

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