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CLINTON/GORE ON ARMS CONTROL

The end of the Cold War leaves two great tasks for
American arms control policy: to halt the spread
of nuclear, chemical, biological and missile
technologies to countries that do not have them;
and to turn the legacy of the Cold War into
effective strategy for the post-Cold War era.

The Clinton/Gore Plan

Stop nuclear proliferation

* Bolster the International Atomic Energy

Agency's capacity to inspect suspect
facilities through surprise inspections in
member countries.

* Lead a strong international effort to impose

sanctions against companies or countries that
spread dangerous weapons.

* Demand that other nations tighten their export

laws and strengthen enforcement of policies
regarding nuclear weapons.

* Never again subsidize the nuclear ambitions of

a Saddam Hussein.

* Ensure that agricultural and other non-

military loans to foreign governments are used
as intended.

* Strengthen safeguards to ensure that key

nuclear technology and equipment are kept out
of dictators' grasp.

* Ratify the START Treaty and the follow-on

agreement of June, 1992.

Pursue and strengthen international agreements

* Make non-proliferation the highest priority of

our intelligence agencies.

* Press more nations to sigh and abide by the

Missile Technology Control Regime.

* Conclude a chemical weapons convention banning

the production, stockpiling, or use of
chemical weapons.

* Lead the effort to achieve a Comprehensive

 Test Ban Treaty through a phased approach.

Nuclear weapons plans for the 21st century

* Maintain a survivable nuclear deterrent,

consistent with our needs in the post-Cold War
era.

* Develop effective defenses to protect our

troops from short and medium range missiles.

* Support research on limited missile defense

systems to protect the U.S. against new long-
range missile threats.

* Conduct all such activities in strict

compliance with the Anti-Ballistic Missile
(ABM) Treaty.

The Record

* Al Gore has gained an international reputation

as an innovative and hard working expert on
arms control issues.

* Advocated sharp reductions in weapons and

shift from destabilizing land-based multiple-
warhead missiles to single warhead missiles -
now core objectives of the American
negotiating position.

* Wrote legislation to stop proliferation of

ballistic missiles capable of delivering
nuclear weapons, and is advocating new
legislation to block the spread of chemical,
biological and nuclear weapons to Iraq.

* Resisted weakening of the ABM treaty and

worked to keep SDI form violating from U.S.
obligations.

* Fought efforts to scrap SALT II limits and

preserved them as the foundations for START.

* Favored a ban on short-time of flight or

depresses trajectory missiles - a year before
US negotiators adopted the position.

* Advocated special treatment for nuclear armed

sea-launched cruise missiles because of their
unusual nature.

* Monitored Geneva arms control talks as one of

ten Senate observers.