Obama Administration to “Educate” Senate, Public on Test Ban Treaty, Official Says

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http://gsn.nti.org/gsn/nw_20110217_9914.php

Obama Administration to “Educate” Senate, Public on Test Ban Treaty, Official Says
Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011
By Martin Matishak

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration plans to soon begin to "educate" the U.S. Senate and the public on the strides made in scientific research and nuclear blast monitoring since the country last considered the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, a senior State Department official said yesterday (see GSN, Jan. 28).

"I can't say when we will ask the Senate for its advice and consent to the CTBT. To get there we have a lot of work to do because nuclear testing is not a front-burner issue for the American people," Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher said during a panel discussion at a nuclear deterrence summit in Arlington, Va.

"It is up to us to educate the public and the Senate on the significant advances on both stockpile stewardship and our ability to monitor explosions," the diplomat added. "You will see us doing that in the coming months."

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1. ? just say ronald reagan was the author of the treaty,