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April 13, 2022

Political brawl looms over nuclear cruise missile Biden plans to scrap

Executive Director John Tierney was quoted in a POLITICO article discussing the Biden administration’s decision to defund a new nuclear-tipped sea-launched cruise missile authorized by former President Donald Trump. Canceling the cruise missile and retiring gravity bomb are simply “common sense” moves, according former Rep. John Tierney, executive director of the Council for a Livable […]

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April 1, 2022

Biden plan to shelve Trump-era sea nuke comes under fire

Political Director Geoff Wilson was quoted in a Defense News article discussing the Biden administration’s decision to cancel the Sea-Launched Cruise Missile-Nuclear development program. While complete budget numbers and the Nuclear Posture Review haven’t yet been released, Geoff Wilson, the political director for the Council for a Livable World, a non-proliferation group, forecasted major increases […]

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March 24, 2022

Congress is Already Blowing a Key Chance to Reform Nuclear Weapons Policy

Advocacy Coordinator Monica Montgomery was quoted in The Intercept, discussing Congress’ recent announcement of appointees to a new commission scrutinizing the massive nuclear modernization effort currently underway in the U.S. The commission’s primary assignment is to release a final report later this year detailing its recommendations for U.S. nuclear policy. Given the group’s makeup, many […]

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February 19, 2022

This is what would happen to Earth if a nuclear war broke out between the West and Russia

Political Director Geoff Wilson was quoted in a Salon article discussing the potential consequences of a nuclear war between the United States and Russia. The world’s nuclear powers (which, in addition to the United States and Russia, also includes China, India, Israel, France, North Korea, Pakistan and the United Kingdom) still have vast arsenals at […]

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January 26, 2022

Op-ed: Why is US Nuclear Policy Stuck in the Cold War?

Advocacy Coordinator Monica Montgomery wrote an op-ed in Inkstick breaking down three major insights that we have into Congress’ latest thinking on nuclear weapons from the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act. “When President Joe Biden took office with Democratic majorities in both chambers of Congress one year ago, proponents of nuclear arms control […]

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