Arms Control & Non Proliferation
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• Cluster Munitions
24 June 2009 Military Leaders from U.S., Gulf States Discuss Security Threats U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told military leaders from the Gulf region that today's security environment in the Gulf poses dilemmas and opportunities that span all borders.
10 June 2009 July Moscow Summit Seeks to Reduce Nuclear Arsenals President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev committed to reducing their nuclear arsenals through a proposed arms reduction treaty that would take effect late this year. As owners of more than 95 percent of the world’s nuclear weapons, the United States and Russia will lead by example, Obama said after a meeting with Medvedev in early April.
08 June 2009 U.S. Seeking Strong Response to North Korea's Nuclear Actions Not taking significant and effective action against North Korea's recent "provocative and belligerent behavior" to test a nuclear weapon and launch repeated short-range missiles could spark an arms race in Northeast Asia that nobody wants, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says.
01 June 2009 Defense Secretary Gates on Missile Defense Discussions
01 June 2009 U.S. Will Not Accept North Korea as Nuclear Weapons State The U.S. will not accept North Korea as a nuclear weapons state, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told an annual Asian security conference in Singapore. "Dependent on the charity of the international community to alleviate the hunger and suffering of its people, North Korea's leadership has chosen to focus the North's limited energies and resources on a reckless and ultimately self-destructive quest for nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles," Gates said.
29 May 2009 U.S. Helps Nations Reduce, Destroy Excess Weapons and Munitions Huge stockpiles of small arms, light weapons and aging munitions that were likely acquired decades ago now pose security and safety concerns for nations in every region of the world, say U.S. officials. The United States is committed to helping other nations reduce and destroy stockpiles of excess weapons and often unstable munitions, a State Department official says.
18 May 2009 State Department Fact Sheet on Open Skies Arms Control Treaty
15 May 2009 P-5 Non-Proliferation Treaty The Delegations of China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America affirm their collective support for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
07 May 2009 Reducing Nuclear Arsenals Is a Critical U.S.-Russian Concern Reducing nuclear arsenals is among the highest priorities for the United States and Russia, but an array of other international issues from the Middle East to North Korea also fills the crowded agenda of the two nations.
05 May 2009 Preparations for 2010 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review State’s Gottemoeller notes need to strengthen convention.
24 April 2009 U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Reduction Talks Begin The first round of "very productive" negotiations to replace a 1991 nuclear arms reduction treaty have begun in Rome between senior U.S. and Russian diplomats. The new arms control negotiations are aimed at developing a replacement for the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START-1, before it expires December 5, 2009.
05 April 2009 Obama Seeks World Free of Nuclear Weapons President Obama vowed that the United States will take concrete steps toward a world free of nuclear weapons. "We will reduce the role of nuclear weapons in our national security strategy and urge others to do the same," Obama said in an April 5 speech in Hradcanske Square outside the medieval Prague Castle in the Czech Republic.
05 April 2009 Obama Condemns North Korea's Missile Launch President Obama condemned North Korea's launch of a long-range Taepodong-2 missile April 4 as a threat to the security of Northeast Asia and international peace and security. "With this provocative act, North Korea has ignored its international obligations, rejected unequivocal calls for restraint, and further isolated itself from the community of nations," said Obama.
09 March 2009 Clinton Hails Renewal of U.S.-Russian Arms Control Talks A “fresh start” in U.S.-Russian relations will begin with a renewed commitment to shrinking stockpiles of nuclear weapons, after Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announce plans to start negotiations on a new arms control treaty.
National Security Strategy
National Security Strategy of the United States, September 2002 
Humanitarian Demining Initiatives
07 November 2006 U.S. Urges Agreement To Restrict Deadly Anti-Vehicle Mine Use Mines designed to explode when a vehicle passes over them continue to maim and kill innocents around the world long after conflicts have ended, and they pose a particular problem for international relief organizations.
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