CONGRESS FACES PRESSURE, CONFLICTS ON U.S. NONPROLIFERATION POLICIES

In: Arms control today, Band 23, Heft 7, S. 27

Abstract

RECENT ACTIVITIES IN CONGRESS INDICATE CONFLICTING VIEWS ON THE U.S. ROLE IN THE PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. ON MAY 28, 1993, SENATOR JOHN GLENN INTRODUCED TWO BILLS DESIGNED TO STRENGTHENED U.S. NONPROLIFERATION POLICY. LESS THAN TWO WEEKS LATER, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTER INDUSTRIES APPEARED BEFORE A CONGRESSIONAL SUBCOMMITTEE TO URGE THAT EXPORT CONTROLS BE REDUCED ON PRODUCTS THAT ARE NOW CONTROLLED TO PREVENT THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS.