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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.