Homeland Security

Over 100 nations agreed on a treaty Wednesday to ban current designs of cluster bombs and to destroy stockpiles of cluster bombs within eight years, and Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) are blasting the Bush administration for declining to sign.

 

"This is really unacceptable," Feinstein said in a press release today. "The United States should recognize the devastation that comes with the use of these munitions. I strongly urge the governments that did not participate in this convention to join this principled effort, and the United States should lead the way. And if this Administration won Read more...

National Security Adviser Stephen J. Hadley laid out four priorities today for stopping the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction: better information sharing, upping individual capabilities of all nations, monitoring financial systems more closely for suspect transactions, and explaining new security challenges to citizens .

Hadley spoke at the Hilton hotel in Washington, DC, at a meeting marking the fifth anniversary of the international Proliferation Security Initiative's launch in Poland. Hadley's speech focused on how dynamics of global security have changed since the Cold War, with nations such as Iran, North Korea, and Libya developing nuclear programs and with global terrorist groups seeking weapons.

See below his priorities for stopping the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons: Read more...