Countdown to Zero A review by Nancy Eng MacNeill I have always loved the phrase, “time goes by so fast.” Countdown to Zero, has reminded me that I have lived my whole life under the threat that all living things…
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August 14, 2010
Posts Tagged: start
August 11, 2010
Celebrate the International Day of Peace
How will you celebrate the International Day of Peace? September 21 is set by the United Nations General assembly as the International Day of Peace – a day when the world is called to observe a ceasefire, practice nonviolence, and…
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August 9, 2010
Ask your Senators to START
Contact your Senators and urge them to give bipartisan support to the new START – the treaty that would reduce the nuclear arsenals of the United States and Russia. The Capitol switchboard number is 202-224-3121. Sample Email I urge you…
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August 3, 2010
START delayed
Our colleagues with the Friends Committee on National Legislation report that Senator John Kerry, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has announced that the committee vote on the START treaty has been delayed until September 15 or 16. This…
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July 31, 2010
Urge Your Senators to Support the START Treaty and Reduce Nuclear Dangers
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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July 28, 2010
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…
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July 26, 2010
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…
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July 16, 2010
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…
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June 17, 2010
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…
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May 21, 2010
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.
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