- Date:
- 16 January 2009
- Author(s):
- Michael Allen (Counterproliferation Strategy), Renee Pan (Counterproliferation Strategy), Charles Lutes (Counterproliferation Strategy), Joyce Connery (Counterproliferation Strategy), Jamie Fly (Counterproliferation Strategy)
- Classification Level:
- Top Secret
- Citation:
- National Security Council. Executive Office of the President. Counterproliferation Strategy. Michael Allen, Renee Pan, Charles Lutes, Joyce Connery, and Jamie Fly. Transition 5054.
- Related Links:
- International Affairs & Policy Positions
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Transition 5054 – Counterproliferation Policy
Memo attachments
| Item | Details |
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Chronology for Major Counterproliferation Initiatives |
CLASSIFIED |
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Remarks by the President to Students and Faculty at National Defense University (May 1, 2001) |
Date: 1 May 2001 Author(s): George W. Bush (Speech) Description: Bush narrates the history of the bipolar, Cold War world. Bush states that America’s strategic situation has moved beyond that point and that America must have missile defenses to counter rogue states and maintain world peace. Bush announces the dispatch of delegates to allied capitals in Europe, Asia, Australia, and Canada to discuss missile defense. |
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Remarks: President Discusses National Missile Defense (December 13, 2001) |
Date: 13 December 2001 Author(s): George W. Bush (speech) Description: Bush announces withdrawal from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, stating that it is irrelevant in a post-Cold-War context and hampers vital American missile defense development. Bush expresses the value of a new partnership with Russia in moving past treaty withdrawal. |
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NSPD-17: National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction |
CLASSIFIED |
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December 2002 Unclassified National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction |
Date: December 2002 Author(s): The White House (unsure) Description: The document outlines U.S. strategies to combat weapons of mass destruction, including counterproliferation, nonproliferation, and mitigation. The document calls for WMD countermeasures to be incorporated into civil and military strategy as appropriate. Document further details ways in which these strategies can be implemented |
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Remarks by the President on Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation (February 11, 2004) |
Date: 11 February 2004 Author(s): George W. Bush (speech) Description: Bush describes the A.Q. Khan network, including how penetrating the network was instrumental in preventing a nuclear-armed Libya. Bush celebrates this effort, as well as the invasion of Iraq, as important counterproliferation accomplishments. Bush offers additional proposals to increase the effectiveness of nonproliferation, including expanding the area of responsibility for the Proliferation Security Initiative, expanding funding for programs providing productive employment for former weapons scientists, and suspending nations under IAEA investigation from the IAEA board. |
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NSPD-21: Support for Inspections in Iraq |
CLASSIFIED |
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Chronology: Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) |
CLASSIFIED |
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White House Fact Sheet: PSI Statement of Interdiction Principles |
Date: 4 September 2003 Author(s): White House Office of the Press Secretary Description: This fact sheet outlines the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), a response to the challenges posed by WMD proliferation worldwide. The initiative seeks to involve a number of states committed to nonproliferation and outlines a series of principles to be adopted in order to establish a more coordinated and effective basis through which to impede and stop shipments of weapons of mass destruction and related materials. |