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NATO's 60th Anniversary Summit

Posted Fri, 03/20/2009 - 00:00

On April 3 and 4, 2009, the heads of state and government of the 26 members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will meet in Strasbourg, France, and Kehl, Germany for a summit marking the 60th anniversary of the alliance. The summit will be one of three stops on President Obama's first official visit to Europe as President. Alliance leaders are expected to use the anniversary summit to pay tribute to NATO's past achievements and to reaffirm their commitment to the alliance as the preeminent transatlantic security framework.

Nonproliferation and Threat Reduction Assistance: U.S. Programs in the Former Soviet Union

Posted Thu, 03/19/2009 - 00:00

Congress passed the Nunn-Lugar amendment, authorizing U.S. threat reduction assistance to the former Soviet Union, in November 1991, after a failed coup in Moscow and the disintegration of the Soviet Union raised concerns about the safety and security of Soviet nuclear weapons. The annual program has grown from $400 million in the DOD budget a little over $1 billion across three agencies — DOD ($415.5 million) DOE ($529.9 million) and the State Department ($71 million).