Center For Arms Control And Non-Proliferation

Programs: The pentagon budget campaign works toward a significant reduction in pentagon spending, driven by an alternative vision of the military's role in us national security. Through dedicated staff, the campaign provides capacity building and coordinating efforts to a broad,trans-partisan coalition of organizations who work together to provide crucial oversight and accountability for how taxpayer dollars are used at the department of defense and how the current u. S. National security strategy affects the federal budget.

non-proliferation: the goal of the center for arms control and non-proliferation's program on non-proliferation is to encourage the united states congress to recognize the spread of weapons of mass destruction as the greatest threat to the security of the united states and to enact legislation to stem this proliferation. Five non-proliferation issues on which we are focusing:- strengthening "global clean out" efforts to collect and securefissile materials throughout the world, including in russia,- preventing nuclear terrorism,- nuclear disarmament us,- the growing crisis over iran's nuclear ambitions, and- stopping efforts to fund programs that reprocess spent nuclear fuel.

national security - since the attacks of sept. 11, 2001, the defense department budget has nearly doubled. Having this ready spigot of money "hasn't forced us to make the hard choices," according to admiral mullen, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, "it hasn't forcedus to prioritize. " now, as the wars begin to wind down, the center for arms control's national security strategy program seeks to encourage re-alignment of our defense strategy, re-balancing of the force and investment in systems that match our missions. As lawmakers contemplate future spending reductions, a broader shift in defense strategy will produce more meaningful savings at a lower risk to our men and women in uniform.

nuclear weapons, iran/iraq, and korea projects.