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September 1998 United States Special Weapons
Nuclear, Biological, Chemical and Missile
Proliferation News

• Aviation and Missile Command assumes management of its depots Oct. 1 by Skip Vaughn (Army News Service, Sept. 22, 1998) - The depots that maintain aviation and missile systems; Corpus Christi, Texas, aviation depot; and Letterkenny, in Chambersburg, Pa., missile depot, will go under the operational control of AMCOM Oct.1.
• WHITE HOUSE CREATES NEW DOE NON-PROLIFERATION POSITION USIA 21 September 1998 -- (Gottemoeller named to be assistant secretary of energy)
• PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES ROSE EILENE GOTTEMOELLER TO SERVE AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NON-PROLIFERATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY September 18, 1998
• SENIOR LAWMAKER ON PRESIDENT'S PREDICAMENT, US FOREIGN POLICY By Rick Marshall USIA 14 September 1998 -- Lee Hamilton, the ranking Democrat on the House International Relations Committee, met with journalists to discuss foreign policy matters. He was quickly overwhelmed by questions about how the Monica Lewinsky affair might affect President Clinton's ability to govern.
• TEXT: CLINTON STATEMENT ON HOLBROOKE NOMINATION AS UN AMBASSADOR u>USIA 11 September 1998 -- President Clinton has reaffirmed his decision to nominate Richard Holbrooke as US Ambassador to the United Nations.
• TEXT: HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AID BILL USIA 11 September 1998 -- The House Appropriations Committee on September 10 voted to approve a $16,200 million spending bill to fund foreign aid programs for the 1999 fiscal year, which begins October 1.
• EXCERPT: USITC REPORT ON U.S. UNILATERAL ECONOMIC SANCTIONS USIA 11 September 1998 -- The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has identified 142 provisions in 42 federal laws applying U.S. unilateral economic sanctions to foreign countries.
• BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE CLINTON PRESIDENCY ? Voice of America 10 September 1998 -- IT DIDN'T TAKE VERY LONG FOR THE SOMBER TONE OF U-S EDITORIALS ABOUT THE STATE OF BILL CLINTON'S PRESIDENCY AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE STARR REPORT TO BE ADOPTED ACROSS THE WORLD.
• SENATE FALLS SHORT ON MOVE TO FORCE MISSILE DEFENSE BILL VOTE USIA CONGRESSIONAL REPORT 09 September 1998 -- The U.S. Senate fell one vote short of cutting off debate on a Republican-sponsored measure to speed development of a national missile defense system, effectively killing the proposal for the moment.
• Remarks to the American Legion Convention State Madeleine K. Albright, September 9, 1998 "The risks for us are two-fold. The first is that we will be complacent and leave ourselves unprepared to deal with emerging missile threats. The second is that we will rush to deploy systems that don't work or that cost so much they hurt other defense priorities."
• ADMINISTRATION SANCTIONS REFORM PLAN ENCOUNTERS OPPOSITION By Bruce Odessey USIA 09 September 1998 -- A Clinton administration proposal for reforming legislative and executive procedures for imposing unilateral economic sanctions has run into opposition in the U.S. Senate.
• SENATE / SANCTIONS HEARING Voice of America 08 September 1998 -- THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION IS URGING CONGRESS TO GIVE IT GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN IMPLEMENTING LAWS THAT IMPOSE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON COUNTRIES.
• SENATE-MISSILE DEFENSE Voice of America 09 September 1998 -- A PLAN FOR NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE REMAINS STALLED IN THE U-S SENATE, AMID CONCERNS IT WOULD UNDERMINE DECADES OF ARMS CONTROL.
• SENATE-MISSILE DEFENSE Voice of America 08 September 1998 -- THE U-S SENATE VOTES TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) ON WHETHER TO PUSH AHEAD WITH A CONTROVERSIAL NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE NETWORK.
• Cochran BMD bill Council for a Livable World 04 September 1998 --- For political reasons, Senate Republicans -- who say there are not sufficient legislative days remaining to debate campaign finance reform, tobacco legislation or managed health care -- wish to force another vote on missiles defenses before the November elections. Later in September, the House is expected to vote on a similar Weldon (R-PA)-Spratt (D-SC) measure.
• Lions, Tigers and Missiles, Oh My! by David Isenberg September 3, 1998 -- On July 15 the Rumsfeld Commission, released the executive summary of its report. Predictably, the usual right-wing suspects -- The Heritage Foundation, The Center for Security Policy, Reps. Curt Weldon (R-PA) and Floyd Spence (R-SC), Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS), etc., proclaimed the report as proof that America was vulnerable and defenseless and facing a huge threat, perhaps the biggest since disco was popular.
• Pentagon: Long way before national missile defense system can be deployed By John Omicinski Gannett News Service Sept. 3, 1998 - A national defense system capable of destroying incoming missiles is at least 4 1/2 years away - even if the U.S. Senate pushes for full speed ahead, the Pentagon's missile defense chief said Wednesday. The year 2003 "is the best we can do today" for a missile defense, Air Force Lt. Gen. Lester Lyles told a defense writers' group.
• Pro-National Missile Defense Advocates' Shameless Distortion of Public Opinion Council for a Livable World 03 September 1998 - In their eagerness to promote their crusade, advocates of early deployment of a National Missile Defense are relying on shameless distortion of public opinion attitudes. They exaggerate their support in part to convince the Republican party to attempt to make missile defense a defining political issue for November.

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