Word: banning
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India insists it will not join either treaty so long as they allow the nuclear haves to retain their warheads, missiles and development capabilities while banning the have-nots from acquiring anything. The treaties, says Vajpayee, are discriminatory and hypocritical. "Our hope," he said, "is that those nations that want to continue their nuclear monopoly will accept that the same rules should apply to all." Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs John Holum acknowledges that the treaties do have the unfortunate weakness of declaring, "Do as I say, not as I did." In fact...
...optimists hope India will follow the example of China and France, two countries that conducted underground tests, then signed the test-ban treaty. Vajpayee has stopped short of promising that India's tests are over, but he has hinted that he may now adhere to "some" of the treaty's provisions. Burned by India's artful dissimulations, says James Steinberg, Berger's deputy, "I don't think we'd necessarily take whatever they say as gospel...
...cure for the latter, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, came in for particularly lavish attention and praise from President Clinton. "The longest-sought, hardest-fought prize in arms-control history," he called...
John Holum, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control, was even more hyperbolic. Less than two months ago, he urged the Senate to ratify the CTBT, calling it a "historic opportunity ... to finally ban nuclear-weapons testing of any size by anyone anywhere forever...
...McCain's more modest $1.10-a-pack hike. In return, the Arizona Senator strengthened the provisions that would penalize the industry for not meeting targets in reducing teen smoking. Also, McCain and the White House acted to pacify convenience-store owners by restricting the FDA's ability to unilaterally ban the sale of cigarettes from a whole class of retail outlets. To counter efforts to kill the bill (led by Republican Senator DON NICKLES of Oklahoma), the White House will stage a massive rally on the South Lawn on Wednesday, at which the President and Vice President will meet with...