nuclear weapons
Senate committee OKs New START treaty
September 17, 2010In an unusual show of bipartisan backing for an Obama administration initiative, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the New START nuclear weapons reduction treaty September 16 by a vote of 14-4.
Read moreHiroshima Day vigil calls for nuclear abolition
August 10, 2010Marking the 65th year since the first atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, vigils were held on the New Haven Green at time the bombs were dropped on August 6 and 9.
Read moreU.S. will attend Hiroshima memorial for first time
August 3, 2010For the first time ever, the U.S. ambassador to Japan will attend the Aug. 6 ceremony in Hiroshima marking the 65th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city.
Read moreNew START toward real security
July 16, 2010Senate hearings are under way on the New START treaty to cut U.S. and Russian long-range nuclear weapons arsenals, and your senator's vote could make the difference.
Read moreUnholy alliance: Israel, apartheid South Africa and nukes
May 28, 2010Sasha Polakow-Suransky's book "Unspoken Alliance: Israel's Secret Relationship with Apartheid South Africa" has ripped the lid off the secret world of unholy alliances and weapons of mass destruction.
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