October 1998 United States Special Weapons
Nuclear, Biological, Chemical and Missile
Proliferation News
- DoD News Briefing - Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. John J. Hamre , October 8, 1998 -
We wanted to change the title of Director of Defense Research and Engineering to I think it was Director for Defense Technology
and Counterproliferation. They chose not to do that in the authorization bill. We'll go back and ask to do that next year. So Dr. Mark's portfolio will be enlarged, become larger.
- AMNESTY/U-S-A Voice of America 06 October 1998 -- THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HAS ISSUED A SCATHING CONDEMNATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE IN THE UNITED STATES.
- Agency Unifies DoD Threat Reduction Effort By Jim Garamone/a> By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service -- 02 October 1998 -- Calling it an important step in combating the spread of weapons of mass destruction, Deputy Defense Secretary John Hamre opened the doors Oct. 1 to a new agency specifically structured to meet the growing threat.
- Threat Reduction Agency Stands Up By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service -- 02 October 1998 -- Defense Secretary William S. Cohen presided here Oct. 1 over the establishment of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The new agency will affect all service members in its role as DoD's focal point for force protection and counterproliferation programs. It was created by merging three other related DoD agencies.
- ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY October 1, 1998 -- Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen today established the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) in a ceremony near Dulles Airport where the new defense agency will initially be headquartered. DTRA is dedicated to reducing the threat to the United States and its allies from nuclear, chemical, biological, conventional and special weapons.
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