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Press Releases

  • Statement from the Arms Control Director on the Chemical Weapons Convention – John D. Holum – U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency – Nov 4, 1996.
  • CWC Quotations Fact Sheet – Arms Control Association – Feb, 1997.
  • A new test of leadership on the treaty – White House Working group on CWC – Feb 5, 1997.
  • Bush, Baker restate CWC support – White House Working group on CWC – Feb 10, 1997.
  • Statements Supporting the CWC – The Henry L. Stimson Center – Feb 10, 1997.
  • Religious groups support treaty – White House Working group on CWC – Feb 13, 1997.
  • Bipartisan support for CWC continues – White House Working group on CWC – Feb 18, 1997.
  • Veterans, military groups endorse CWC – White House Working group on CWC – Feb 20, 1997.
  • Business Backs the CWC – White House Working group on CWC – Feb 25, 1997.
  • Industry strongly supports CWC, says treaty reasonable and effective – White House Working group on CWC – Feb 26, 1997.
  • Public strongly favors CWC – White House Working group on CWC – March 4, 1997.
  • Editorial support spans cross-country – White House Working group on CWC – March 6, 1997.
  • Scientists, engineers urge CWC support – White House Working group on CWC – March 11, 1997.
  • Real deadline, real consequences – White House Working group on CWC – March 18, 1997.
  • Chemical Weapons Convention Statements by President Clinton – March 21, 1997.
  • Presidents Clinton, Yeltsin reaffirm commitment to CWC ratification – White House Working group on CWC – March 21, 1997.
  • US-Russian Joint Statement on Chemical Weapons – White House Office of the Press Secretary – March 21, 1997.
  • Legal Community supports treaty protections – White House Working group on CWC – March 26, 1997.
  • Excerpts from Albright-Helms Press Conference – State Department – Madeleine Albright, Jesse Helms – March 27, 1997.
  • “The Chemical Weapons Convention Fact Sheet.” – SIPRI, April 1997.
  • Kyl bill no alternative to CWC – White House Working group on CWC – April 2, 1997.
  • Excerpts from the White House Daily Briefing – Mike McCurry – April 3, 1997.
  • CWC Support continues to grow -White House Working group on CWC –April 4, 1997.
  • Fact Sheet: The Chemical Weapons Convention – The White House – April 4, 1997.
  • Fact Sheet: CWC Facts and Fiction – The White House – April 4, 1997.
  • Fact Sheet: CWC Provides Common Sense Security – The White House – April 4, 1997.
  • Fact Sheet: Consequences of Failure to Ratify Treaty – The White House – April 4, 1997.
  • Fact Sheet: Signatories and Ratifiers of the CWC – The White House – April 4, 1997.
  • Transcript of NSC Staff, Commerce Dept. Briefing on CWC – Robert Bell and William Reinsch – April 4, 1997.
  • Clinton remarks on Chemical Weapons Convention – April 4, 1997.
  • CWC supporters rally at White House -White House Working group on CWC – April 7, 1997.
  • CWC Fact #1: The April 29 deadline is real – White House Working group on CWC – April 8, 1997.
  • Excerpts from Clinton-Chretien Oval Office Q&A with reporters – President Clinton –April 8, 1997.
  • CWC Fact #2: The costs are reasonable -White House Working group on CWC – April 9, 1997.
  • CWC Fact #3: Rogue States will suffer – White House Working group on CWC – April 10, 1997.
  • Excerpts from the Remarks by Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright to the American Society of Newspaper Editors – Madeleine K. Albright – April 10, 1997.
  • CWC Fact #4: Our hand is strengthened – White House Working group on CWC – April 11, 1997.
  • Excerpts from the Remarks of the President to the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors – President Clinton – April 11, 1997.
  • Press Release: Ad hoc coalition of conservative leaders urges Senator Lott to defeat the CWC – Free Congress Foundation – April 11, 1997.
  • Luntz Poll on CWC fatally flawed – White House Working group on CWC – April 14, 1997.
  • Industry, business support CWC – White House Working group on CWC – April 15, 1997.
  • Statement: CWC Agreed Conditions – White House – Press Secretary McCurry – April 15, 1997.
  • Letter from Sen. Biden to his colleagues in the Senate and Summary of 23 CWC conditions – Sen. Joseph Biden – April 15, 1997.
  • Time for Senate Action: Over 20 concerns addressed in agreed CWC conditions – White House Working group on CWC – April 16, 1997.
  • Press Briefing by National Security Advisor Samuel Berger and NSC Senior Director for Defense and Arms Control Policy Robert Bell – White House Office of the Press Secretary – April 16, 1997.
  • Excerpts from “A Presidential tribute to Gerald Ford” – Madeleine Albright – Keynote address at the Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, MI – April 16, 1997.
  • CWC vote scheduled – White House Working group on CWC – April 17, 1997.
  • Excerpts from DoD news briefing – Statement of John Shalikashvili, Chairman of the Joint chiefs of Staff – April 17, 1997.
  • Closer To Chemical Warfare – Edwin J. Fuelner, The Heritage Foundation – Commentary – April 17, 1997.
  • President urges support for CWC – White House Working group on CWC – April 18, 1997.
  • Remarks by the President in press availability – President Clinton – April 18, 1997.
  • Statement by the Honorable Harold Brown, Elliot Richardson, and William Perry, former Secretaries of Defense, on the CWC – Harold Brown, Elliot Richardson and William Perry – April 18, 1997.
  • Top Russian scientist urges support; treaty best way to get at covert programs – White House Working group on CWC – April 21, 1997.
  • Transcript: Albright discusses CWC on “Meet the Press” – “Meet the Press” on NBC – April 21, 1997 – Madeleine Albright, William Cohen, Tim Russert.
  • Killer conditions threaten treaty – White House Working group on CWC – April 22, 1997.
  • Dole, Powell endorse treaty at White House – White House Working group on CWC – April 23, 1997.
  • Excerpts from the White House daily briefing – Mike McCurry – April 24, 1997.
  • Clinton letter to Trent Lott on Chemical Weapons – President Clinton – April 24, 1997.

 

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