Topic: Ellen Tauscher
Following her successful battle with esophageal cancer, Ellen Tauscher is taking a step back and handing over several of her responsibilities as...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration said on Tuesday it was preparing a push for approval of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, arguing that Washington no longer needs to conduct nuclear tests but needs to stop other countries from doing so.Undersecretary ...
/u-s-military" title="U.S. Military">U.S. military is most commonly described with the phrase "Don't ask, don't tell. During his campaign, President Obama promised to support a repeal of the policy which bans openly gay servicemen and women from ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican objections to the new U.S-Russia START nuclear arms reduction treaty are "red herrings" that could thrust the two countries into a dangerous new era of uncertainty, a senior U.S. official said on Monday.Under Secretary of State ...
Top arms control official Ellen Tauscher diagnosed with esophageal cancerThe State Department's top arms control official has been diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus.Ellen Tauscher informed her staff of the diagnosis last week.According to her staff memo posted Tuesday ...
<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration hopes to win Senate ratification of a major new nuclear arms deal with Russia by the end of this year, a senior State Department official said on Monday.</p><p>Ratification may be difficult and ...
Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman announced Monday that he will back a bill in the Senate to overturn 'don't ask, don't tell' Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman announced Monday that he will back a bill in the Senate to overturn don't ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia and the United States are " really close" to agreement on a landmark treaty to cut their nuclear arsenals, a senior U.S. arms control official said on Wednesday.The top U.S. negotiator was headed to Moscow for talks ...
US seeks to revitalize biological weapons ban, but without binding verification rulesThe U.S. unveiled a strategy Wednesday to crack down on biological weapons that doesn't include any international enforcement, continuing the Bush administration's rejection of binding verification plans.The ...
The United States said Wednesday that it remained opposed to international inspections of biological weapon sites, even though it stressed its commitment to a UN treaty covering such arms. "When it comes to the proliferation of bio weapons and the risk of ...
