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CLINTON/GORE ON ARMS CONTROL
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The end of the Cold War leaves two great tasks for
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American arms control policy: to halt the spread
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of nuclear, chemical, biological and missile
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technologies to countries that do not have them;
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and to turn the legacy of the Cold War into
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effective strategy for the post-Cold War era.
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The Clinton/Gore Plan
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Stop nuclear proliferation
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* Bolster the International Atomic Energy
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Agency's capacity to inspect suspect
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facilities through surprise inspections in
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member countries.
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* Lead a strong international effort to impose
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sanctions against companies or countries that
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spread dangerous weapons.
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* Demand that other nations tighten their export
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laws and strengthen enforcement of policies
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regarding nuclear weapons.
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* Never again subsidize the nuclear ambitions of
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a Saddam Hussein.
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* Ensure that agricultural and other non-
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military loans to foreign governments are used
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as intended.
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* Strengthen safeguards to ensure that key
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nuclear technology and equipment are kept out
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of dictators' grasp.
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* Ratify the START Treaty and the follow-on
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agreement of June, 1992.
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Pursue and strengthen international agreements
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* Make non-proliferation the highest priority of
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our intelligence agencies.
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* Press more nations to sigh and abide by the
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Missile Technology Control Regime.
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* Conclude a chemical weapons convention banning
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the production, stockpiling, or use of
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chemical weapons.
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* Lead the effort to achieve a Comprehensive
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Test Ban Treaty through a phased approach.
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Nuclear weapons plans for the 21st century
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* Maintain a survivable nuclear deterrent,
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consistent with our needs in the post-Cold War
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era.
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* Develop effective defenses to protect our
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troops from short and medium range missiles.
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* Support research on limited missile defense
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systems to protect the U.S. against new long-
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range missile threats.
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* Conduct all such activities in strict
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compliance with the Anti-Ballistic Missile
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(ABM) Treaty.
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The Record
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* Al Gore has gained an international reputation
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as an innovative and hard working expert on
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arms control issues.
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* Advocated sharp reductions in weapons and
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shift from destabilizing land-based multiple-
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warhead missiles to single warhead missiles -
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now core objectives of the American
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negotiating position.
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* Wrote legislation to stop proliferation of
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ballistic missiles capable of delivering
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nuclear weapons, and is advocating new
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legislation to block the spread of chemical,
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biological and nuclear weapons to Iraq.
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* Resisted weakening of the ABM treaty and
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worked to keep SDI form violating from U.S.
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obligations.
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* Fought efforts to scrap SALT II limits and
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preserved them as the foundations for START.
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* Favored a ban on short-time of flight or
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depresses trajectory missiles - a year before
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US negotiators adopted the position.
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* Advocated special treatment for nuclear armed
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sea-launched cruise missiles because of their
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unusual nature.
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* Monitored Geneva arms control talks as one of
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ten Senate observers.
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