CONTACT: Anna Schumann Communications Director aschumann@clw.org (JUNE 2 — WASHINGTON) The Council for a Livable World denounced the Biden administration’s request for $753 billion in defense spending in fiscal year 2022, including $43.2 billion for nuclear weapons, which is exorbitant and too closely follows the budget left behind by the Trump administration. We are dismayed that President Joe Biden has not only recommitted this nation to […]
COUNCIL AND CENTER MOURN LOSS OF GEORGE WALLERSTEIN
Upon hearing the news of George Wallerstein’s passing, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and Council for a Livable World Executive Director John Tierney released the following statement celebrating the Center board member’s — and longtime nuclear arms control champion’s — life. “George was an incredible advisor and supporter, and a wonderful human being. We will miss his brilliant insights, sense of humor and overwhelming generosity with his […]
John Erath Hired as Senior Policy Director
CONTACT: Anna Schumann Communications Director aschumann@armscontrolcenter.org (MAY 14 – WASHINGTON) John Erath, a 30-year State Department veteran, has been hired as Senior Policy Director for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and its sister organization, Council for a Livable World. The nonpartisan nonprofit organizations seek to reduce and eventually eliminate the threats posed by nuclear, […]
What we think of Biden’s first 100 days in office
Quincy Institute President Andrew Bacevich referenced the Council’s presidential candidate questionnaire in a Responsible Statecraft article about President Biden’s first 100 days in office. “Upon becoming president, Joe Biden wasted no time in reaching an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin to extend the life of the New Start nuclear nonproliferation treaty, and that’s a […]
Biden’s Defense Budget Flat; State, Domestic Programs Big Winners
A statement by Executive Director John Tierney on President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2022 Pentagon budget request was quoted in Breaking Defense. Former Congressman John Tierney, director for the progressive Council for a Livable World, said in a statement that the Pentagon’s budget “should still be further reduced during congressional budget consideration” since “much work remains […]
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