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June 1998 United States Special Weapons
Nuclear, Biological, Chemical and Missile
Proliferation News

• 3rd, 5th Space Launch Squadrons merging 45th SW Public Affairs report 26 June 1998 - Wing Commander Brig. Gen. Randy Starbuck said the the 3rd and 5th Space Launch Squadrons will become a stronger force in the spacelift business Monday when they unite during a ceremony at Cape Canaveral AS. The new squadron will support Atlas and Titan launch missions.
• Gen Myers Confirmed by Senate for Command of NORAD, U.S. Space, Air Force Space Commands June 25, 1998 Release No. 19-98
• Gen Myers Nominated to Lead NORAD, U.S. Space, Air Force Space Commands June 3, 1998 Release No. 18-98
• CLINTON NAMES NEWSOM ASSISTANT SECSTATE FOR POL/MIL 22 June 1998 -- President Clinton has named veteran foreign service officer Eric D. Newsom to be Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs.
• NUKE SANCTIONS / U-S FARMERS Voice of America 11 June 1998 -- RESPONDING TO THE RECENT NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS BY INDIA AND PAKISTAN, THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION HAS ORDERED BROAD U-S ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST THE TWO COUNTRIES. THAT HAS REKINDLED DEBATE AMONG U-S FARMERS AND CONGRESSIONAL LAWMAKERS ABOUT THE WISDOM OF UNILATERAL U-S TRADE SANCTIONS.
• DOOMSDAY CLOCK Voice of America 11 June 1998 -- THE KEEPERS OF THE SO-CALLED "DOOMSDAY CLOCK" HAVE MOVED THE HANDS OF THE CLOCK FIVE MINUTES CLOSER TO MIDNIGHT. THE CLOCK IS THE CREATION OF THE CHICAGO-BASED "BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS," AND IS CONSIDERED A SYMBOL OF HOW CLOSE THE WORLD COULD BE TO NUCLEAR CATASTROPHE.
• PRESS BRIEFING BY MIKE MCCURRY THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary June 11, 1998 -- Q On a new subject -- on this "doomsday clock," does the White House have any opinion of doing that? Does that just create a lot of nervousness around the world? MR. MCCURRY: No, I think that -- I'm blanking on the name -- the Federation of Atomic Scientists, I think, has over many years has drawn attention to the dangers and the risks associated with proliferation
• TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: June 9, 1998 -- I transmit herewith a 6-month report on the national emergency declared by Executive Order 12938 of November 14, 1994, in response to the threat posed by the proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons ("weapons of mass destruction") and of the means of delivering such weapons.
• Falcon Air Force Base renamed to honor space pioneer --: June 5, 1998 (AFNS) -- Falcon Air Force Base officially became Schriever AFB during a ceremony June 5 to honor retired Gen. Bernard A. Schriever.
• SANCTIONS CRITIQUE 04 June 1998 Voice of America -- THE U-S NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS THURSDAY RELEASED A STUDY CONDEMNING THE INCREASINGLY FREQUENT U-S USE OF UNILATERAL ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AS A TOOL OF FOREIGN POLICY.
• CONGRESS - SANCTIONS Voice of America 03 June 1998 -- THERE IS A DEBATE IN WASHINGTON OVER THE USE OF ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AS A FOREIGN POLICY TOOL. ACCORDING TO CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCHERS, MORE THAN 70 COUNTRIES ARE AFFECTED BY CURRENT U-S SANCTIONS LAWS.
• DOOMSDAY CLOCK MEETING Voice of America 03 June 1998 -- THE KEEPERS OF THE SO-CALLED "DOOMSDAY CLOCK," THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CHICAGO-BASED BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS, WILL CONSIDER WHETHER TO MOVE THE HANDS OF THE CLOCK CLOSER TO MIDNIGHT.

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