Avatar photoThe Dance of the Veils

Jon Kyl’s dance of the veils is finally over. The last veil dropped when, after many accommodations and delays, the White House finally insisted that New START be dealt with in the lame duck session, and Majority Leader Harry Reid placed the Treaty on the Senate’s calendar. Protesting that there is insufficient time to debate …

Avatar photoMore on New START Amendments

There’s not very much time left in the US Senate lame duck session, and there’s a lot of work yet to be done. Fortunately, as David Culp tweeted yesterday, that work will include Senate consideration of the New START treaty; according to the Senate calendar, at 2:15 PM today,”there will be a roll call vote …

Avatar photoHow Many NORK Enrichment Sites?

David Sanger and Bill Broad have a gossamer story in the New York Times about whether North Korea might have more centrifuge facilities. Unfortunately, the story sort of dissolves when you start to pick it apart.  On the first read, Sanger and Broad seem to suggest that the United States has completed a new intelligence …

Avatar photo2010 ACA Person of the Year

The Arms Control Association is, again, holding its annual contest for “Arms Control Person of the Year.” Richard Lugar, as always, has a strong case — but he won last year and it is tough to vote against the 11 year old land-mine victim. And the nominees are …