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May 18, 2015

Letter to Kerry and Carter on Operational Readiness

Letter to Secretaries Kerry and Carter on the operational readiness of U.S. nuclear weapons, signed by Angela Canterbury, John Isaacs, and other nuclear experts.

Posted in: Letters and Publications

May 18, 2015

The House is Reckless and Senate is Secretive on Slushy Defense Spending

Press statement issued by the Council following the House approval of its version of the FY16 NDAA.

Posted in: Press Releases, Press Room

May 15, 2015

Letter to Congress on the National Defense Authorization Act

Ohio Submarine

In this letter to Congress, 18 organizations urge Congress to curb wasteful Pentagon spending contained in the FY 2016 NDAA.

Posted in: Legislative Analysis, Letters and Publications, Press Room

April 16, 2015

Bloomberg View: John Isaacs Quoted On Iran Deal

“If the deal is not submitted to Congress, I and many others will make clear that Barack Obama will be in office for 23 months and I will be in office for 6 years. And the Iranians should take that into their calculation as they negotiate with Barack Obama’s team,” one Republican lawmaker told a group of reporters Wednesday in a roundtable discussion held on a background basis.

Posted in: Council in the News, Press Room

April 16, 2015

Letter to Congress on Cuts to Fiscal Year 2016 Pentagon Budget

ringing the Fiscal Year 2016 budget in line with the caps will help the Department of Defense avoid sequestration and save valuable resources in an era of budgetary constraint. We recommend that in implementing these options, Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) for Fiscal Year 2016 be budgeted at no more than the president’s requested amount of $50.9 billion.

Posted in: Letters and Publications

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