We have been encouraging support for the START agreement between the United States and Russia. Here is another take on that topic from our colleagues in the Presbyterian Washington Office History of the START agreement The original START agreement between…
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Where START stands
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has scheduled a vote on the New START Treaty on Tuesday, August 3 or Wednesday, August 4. This treaty would reduce the number of nuclear weapons held by the United States and Russia.A treaty only…
Read more »A prayer about nuclear weapons
Grant us the awareness that true security lies not in nuclear weapons. Grant us the grace to repent our arrogance that allows us to create and rely on nuclear weapons. Grant us the wisdom to conceive a world free from…
Read more »New START treaty – where things stand
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is tentatively scheduled to vote on the New START Treaty on Tuesday, July 27. This treaty would reduce the number of nuclear weapons held by the United States and Russia.A treaty only requires a majority…
Read more »Peace Among the Peoples
Peace Among the Peoples: Overcoming the Spirit, Logic and Practice of Violence July 28-31, 2010 Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary 3003 Benham Ave. Elkhart, Indiana 46517 Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary will host an ecumenical peace conference July 28-31, 2010, focusing on…
Read more »Department of Defense on new START
From a news article by the Department of Defense: “The Defense Department stands firmly behind the new Strategic Arms Control and National Security Treaty, which strengthens strategic stability, enables the United States to modernize its triad of strategic delivery systems…
Read more »START at the State Department
This State Department is providing information on the New START Treaty that is regularly updated with new material from the Obama administration.
Read more »Living the Believers’ Calling – work for a world free of nuclear weapons
Here’s a way congregations can celebrate 30 years of peacemaking: Pray and work for a world free from nuclear weapons. Learn more and find worship resources and action ideas from the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program and the People’s Movement for a…
Read more »Secretary Gates on START
The U.S. will be far better off if the new START treaty between the U.S. and Russia is ratified and goes into effect. That’s the position put forth in a Wall Street Journal op-ed by Secretary of Defense Robert M….
Read more »How to Rid the World of Nuclear Weapons
… and make us all more secure. A pragmatic approach to nuclear disarmament. That’s the title of an article in Sojourners magazine by David Cortright, a Sojourners contributing writer, is director of policy studies at Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for…
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