Lugar Says Some Administration Officials Undermining Bush's Efforts on Additional Protocol

From: Arms Control Today | Date: March 1, 2004| Author: Kerr, Paul | Copyright information

ALTHOUGH PRESIDENT GEORGE W. Bush reiterated his support for a bilateral U.S. agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) last month, a key Senate leader has complained that some within the administration are not fully on board.

In a Feb. 11 speech at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., Bush urged the Senate to "immediately" ratify an additional protocol to the U.S. safeguards agreement with the IAEA. In his May 2002 letter of transmittal for the proto...