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Clinton Backs UN Global Gun Trade Treaty, Abandons Bush Opposition

gunpolicy.org
Nov 4, 2009
 
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The Obama administration voted today to support United Nations-sponsored talks on a treaty to regulate the $55 billion-a-year trade in conventional weapons, reversing prior U.S. opposition to negotiations begun in 2006. The... [read full story]                    

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Praise for US, Jubilation, Caution as UN Agrees Global Gun Trade Treaty

 gunpolicy.org Nov 5, 2009
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Frida Berrigan: Arms Trade: A "Booming" Business

 huffingtonpost.com Nov 3, 2009
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Praise for US, Jubilation, Caution as UN Agrees Global Gun Trade Treaty

gunpolicy.org
Nov 5, 2009
 

UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations, which is pursuing a proposal for "a world without nuclear weapons", will soon turn its attention to another new goal in the field of disarmament: creating a legally-binding treaty on...

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U.S. Policy on Conventional Arms Control Departs Reality

theheritagefoundry.org
Nov 4, 2009
 

On October 30, the United States voted with the majority in the General Assembly to support U.N.-sponsored negotiations to regulate the conventional arms trade. The vote was 153-1, with the pariah state of Zimbabwe the lone...

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Frida Berrigan: Arms Trade: A "Booming" Business

huffingtonpost.com
Nov 3, 2009
 

President Barack Obama recently signed into law the 2010 military budget , saying that it takes the "necessary steps toward reshaping priorities of America's defense establishment and changing the way the Pentagon does...

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