A USNI News article about on the Navy’s decision to shelve the development of a sea-launched nuclear cruise missile referenced the Council’s presidential candidate questionnaire. The 2018 Nuclear Posture Review led by the Trump administration called for the Pentagon to pursue low-yield nuclear weapons. While Republican lawmakers want to develop the capability, Democrats and President […]
Biden urged to bring missile defense reductions to Putin summit
A letter coordinated by the Council for a Livable World and signed by 63 national security leaders, urging President Biden to include missile defenses in strategic stability talks with Russia and China, was featured in a Defense News article. Ahead of President Joe Biden’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin this month, more than 60 advocates, former […]
65 National Security Leaders Urge President Biden to Put Missile Defense on the Table
Council for a Livable World coordinated writing and gathering signatures for a letter to President Biden from 65 national security leaders urging the President to include missile defenses in strategic stability talks with Russia and China: June 3, 2021 The Honorable Joseph R. Biden President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 […]
Biden goes ‘full steam ahead’ on Trump’s nuclear expansion despite campaign rhetoric
The Council’s press statement on Biden’s defense budget request, as well as our presidential questionnaire, were referenced in a POLITICO article detailing funding for nuclear weapons outlined in President Biden’s fiscal year 2022 defense budget request. President Joe Biden ran on a platform opposing new nuclear weapons, but his first defense budget backs two controversial […]
Council for a Livable World Denounces Biden Defense Request
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 […]
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