Today, Council for a Livable World was among 69 organizations to draft and sign a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer opposing the nomination of Mike Pompeo to become Secretary of State. His Senate confirmation hearing is scheduled for Thursday. The letter states, in part, that we strongly […]
Statement from CLW Executive Director John Tierney on the passing of Paul Castleman
We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our beloved and much respected colleague, Paul Castleman, a longtime Council for a Livable World board member. We will sorely miss his sound judgment, passion for Council for a Livable World issues, good humor and intellect. He loved to lobby on arms control issues with former […]
Town Hall with Executive Director John Tierney
Thank you to everyone who called into our virtual town hall or watched it on Facebook. We were thrilled with the number of questions we got about a variety of important subjects, like North Korea, the Iran nuclear deal, spending on nuclear weapons, diplomacy and more. If you missed the event, you can watch it […]
Presidential First Use of Nuclear Weapons: Is it Legal? Is it Constitutional? Is it Just?
The Council is proud to co-sponsor the event, “Presidential First Use of Nuclear Weapons: Is It Legal? Is It Constitutional? Is It Just?” held Nov. 4 in Cambridge, Mass. Nuclear weapons strategy in the United States is designed around “presidential first use,” an arrangement that enables one man, the president, to kill and maim many […]
Democratizing the Decision to Use Nuclear Weapons
James Comey, Stephen King and George Will walk into a bar . . . It could be a lead-in to a joke, but unfortunately, it is not. All three gentlemen share a concern about our President’s increasingly erratic and irrational behavior. That concern should rightly increase exponentially when considering that President Donald Trump presently has […]
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