The Senate Should Block the White House's End Run on the ABM Treaty


 

Publication Date: September 2002

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Baker Spring

Research Area: Military and defense

Keywords: Missile defense

Type: Report

Abstract:

The Clinton Administration is treading softly as it tries to bypass the Senate and sign two new agreements that effectively alter the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty. On November 29, 1996, White House Special Assistant William C. Danvers sent a report to Congress advising the leadership of the President’s intention to sign and implement these new agreements without the Senate’s advice and consent.