1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996

January 1997 | February 1997 | March 1997 | April 1997 | May 1997

1993

• The Chemical Weapons Convention: Effects on the U.S. Chemical Industry, OTA-BP-ISC-1O6 – U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment – August 1993.

1994

• C.I.A. Backs Arms Treaty On Chemicals – Michael R. Gordon – The New York Times – June 24, 1994.

1995

• U.S. Politics Delays Treaty On Poison Gas – Barbara Crossette – The New York Times – August 20, 1995.
• Senator Helms’s Bargaining Chips – The New York Times – August 28, 1995.
• Chemical Treaty Appears on Hold in the Senate – Barbara Crossette – The New York Times – September 10, 1995.
• Awaiting Call, Helms Puts Foreign Policy on Hold – Elaine Sciolino – The New York Times – September 24, 1995.
• In Deal With Clinton, Helms Agrees to Move Ahead on Envoys – Elaine Sciolino – The New York Times – September 30, 1995.
• A Russian Scientist Cautions Chemical Arms Safety Is Lax – Barbara Crossette – The New York Times – October 1, 1995.

1996

• Prepared Text for the President’s State of the Union Message – President Clinton – The New York Times – January 24, 1996.
• Ratifying the Chemical Weapons Convention: Past Time for Action – Michael Moodie – Arms Control Today – Feb 1996.
• Senate Must Ratify Chemical Weapons Treaty – John D. Holum – The New York Times – March 7, 1996.
• The CWC: A Bad Deal for America – Baker Spring – Heritage Foundation – April 15, 1996.
• US to discuss concerns on Chemical Arms past with Moscow – R. Jeffrey Smith – Washington Post – August 9, 1996.
• Chemical Weapons Pact – Stanley A. Weiss – The New York Times – August 28, 1996.
• A Ban on Chemical Weapons – The New York Times – September 3, 1996.
• Clinton Again Urges Senate to Back Chemical-Arms Ban – Todd S. Purdum – The New York Times – September 8, 1996.
• In His Own Words – Bill Clinton – The New York Times – September 8, 1996.
• Treaty would invite CW Disaster – Frank Gaffney – September 9, 1996.
• A treaty in the US Interest – William Perry and Janet Reno – Washington Post – September 11, 1996.
• Transcript of the Background Report “Chemical Solution” – Elizabeth Farnsworth, PBS NewsHour – Sept 11, 1996.
• Transcript of the discussion with Sens. Jon Kyl and Sam Nunn on “Chemical Solution” – Elizabeth Farnsworth, PBS NewsHour – Sept 11, 1996.
• The Chemical Weapons Convention: Unverifiable, Unenforceable, and A Burden To Business – Baker Spring, The Heritage Foundation – Executive Memorandum #460 – Sept 12, 1996.
• Senate Foes Derail Chemical Weapons Treaty – Thomas W. Lippman – Washington Post – September 13, 1996.
• A Treaty That Deserved to Die – Jon Kyl – The New York Times – September 13, 1996.
• Mr. Dole Bumps a Good Treaty – The New York Times – September 15, 1996.
• Treaty Turnabout – Washington Post – Sept 15, 1996.
• Chemical Weapons Treaty Blocked – Lois Ember – Chemical and Engineering News – Sept 16, 1996.
• Dole and the Treaty – Leonard A. Cole – The New York Times – September 17, 1996.
• Statement from the Arms Control Director on the Chemical Weapons Convention – John D. Holum – U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency – Nov 4, 1996.
• Issue no 34 of The CBW Conventions Bulletin (December 1996)
  Includes:
  Guest article by Frederick L Webber: The US Chemical Industry Stake in the Chemical Weapons Convention
  Guest article by Graham Pearson: Toxic Chemicals: A Multilateral Export-Import System
  Progress in The Hague: 16th Quarterly Review
  News Chronology: August-November 1996
• Chemical Weapons Convention: A Balance Between Obligations and the Needs of States Parties – Arms Control and Disarmament Association Fact Sheet – Dec 9, 1996.*
• US-Russian Wyoming Memorandum of Understanding on Chemical Weapons – Dec 9, 1996.

January 1997

• Administration, Senate Opposition Draw Battle Lines Over CWC – Eric J. Leklem, Arms Control Today – January/February 1997.
• A Needless Risk for US Troops – E.R. Zumwalt Jr. – Washington Post – Jan, 6 1997.
• The Chemical Weapons Convention: Strategic Implications for the United States – Frederick J. Vogel, Strategic Studies Institute – Army War College – Jan 8, 1997.
• The Chemical Arms Pact – The Journal of Commerce – Jan 9, 1997.
• Bipartisanship is key to further U.S. Arms control successes – Jacqueline S. Porth – US Information Agency – Jan 10, 1997.
• A Chance to Ban Chemical Weapons – The New York Times – January 12, 1997.
• Clinton’s chemical weapons power play – Frank Gaffney Jr. – Washington Times – Jan 14, 1997.
• New Push for a U.S. Chemical-Arms-Pact Vote – Alison Mitchell – The New York Times – January 14, 1997.
• The US an Outlaw nation? – Deseret news – Jan 16, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons: US Senate should ratify treaty – The Decatur Daily – Jan 16, 1997.
• Ratify the treaty – The Times Daily – Florence, AL – Jan 17, 1997.
• Poison-gas Ban – The Keene Sentinel – Jan 18, 1997.
• Ratify Chemical Weapons treaty – The Atlanta Journal – Jan 19, 1997.
• Ratify the CWC – The Salt Lake Tribune – Jan 19, 1997.
• US needs to lead: Senate’s delay of chemical arms pact vote is inexcusable – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Jan 24, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons Pact Still Raises Concerns – Jon Kyl – The New York Times – January 25, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons: Politics should not be allowed to block treaty – Detroit Free Press – Jan 26, 1997.
• Good for business – George B. Pyle, The Salina Journal – Salina, KS – Jan 29, 1997.

February 1997

• CWC Quotations Fact Sheet – Arms Control Association – Feb, 1997.
• Sen. Helms to Delay Vote on Chemical Arms Pact – Thomas W. Lippman – Washington Post – Feb 4, 1997.
• “Senate/Chemical Weapons” – Voice of America – David Swan – Feb 4, 1997.
• A new test of leadership on the treaty – White House Working group on CWC – Feb 5, 1997.
• Helms barrier to chemical arms pact – The Sun – Baltimore, MD – Feb 5, 1997.
• “CIA/Chemical Weapons” – Voice of America – David Swan – Feb 5, 1997.
• Clinton Asks G.O.P. to Help in Fight for Chemical Weapons Ban – Clifford Krauss – The New York Times – February 5, 1997.
• U.S. Urges Russia to End Production of Nerve Gas – Clifford Krauss – The New York Times – February 6, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons – Honolulu Star-Bulletin – Feb 7, 1997.
• Chemical Neutralization Is Gaining in War on Poison Gas – James Brooke – The New York Times – February 7, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons Treaty Serves U.S. Interests – John D. Holum – The New York Times – February 7, 1997.
• Albright and Bush Urge Senate to Ratify Chemical Weapons Ban – AP – Feb 8, 1997.
• Dislodging Sen. Helms – The Courier-Journal – Louisville, KY – Feb 9, 1997.
• Poison gas ban – The Journal Gazette – Ft. Wayne, IN – Feb 9, 1997.
• Don’t let 1 senator hold pact hostage – The Journal Gazette – Ft. Wayne, IN – Feb 9, 1997.
• Chemical-Arms Pact Has No Reagan Imprimatur – Douglas J. Feith, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Caspar W. Weinberger – The New York Times – February 9, 1997.
• Bush, Baker restate CWC support – White House Working group on CWC – Feb 10, 1997.
• Statements Supporting the CWC – The Henry L. Stimson Center – Feb 10, 1997.
• Weighing treaty – Hickory, NC Daily Record – Feb 10, 1997.
• Jesse Helms Mocks the Senate – The New York Times – February 10, 1997.
• Helms’ bad chemistry – Birmingham News – Feb 11, 1997.
• End the Chemical Weapons Business – Brent Scowcroft and John M Deutch – Washington Post – Feb 11, 1997.
• The Chemical Weapons Ban – The Record – Feb 12, 1997.
• U.S. Opinion Roundup “The Chemical Weapons Treaty Holdup” – Voice of America – Andrew N. Guthrie – Feb 12, 1997.
• Religious groups support treaty – White House Working group on CWC – Feb 13, 1997.
• Move on weapons ban – Bangor Daily News – Bangor, ME – Feb 13, 1997.
• Clinton Presses Chemical Pact – Thomas W. Lippman – Washington Post – Feb 15, 1997.
• White House Said to Be Trying To Sway Republicans on Treaty – David Stout – The New York Times – February 15, 1997.
• Ratify chemical treaty – The Miami Herald – Feb 16, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons: ratify treaty before April 29 – The Star Tribune – Minneapolis, MN – Feb 16, 1997.
• Follow Reagan’s lead to end chemical arsenal – The Seattle Times – Feb 16, 1997.
• Ban Chemical Weapons? – Richmond Times-Dispatch – Richmond, VA – Feb 16, 1997.
• Our Best Defense – James A. Baker 3d – The New York Times – February 16, 1997.
• Bipartisan support for CWC continues – White House Working group on CWC – Feb 18, 1997.
• Senate Should Ratify Weapons treaty – Dayton Daily News – Feb 19, 1997.
• Poisonous delay – Akron Beacon Journal – Feb 19, 1997.
• This treaty ought to be ratified – Chicago Tribune – Feb 19, 1997.
• Veterans, military groups endorse CWC – White House Working group on CWC – Feb 20, 1997.
• Business Backs the CWC – White House Working group on CWC – Feb 25, 1997.
• Industry strongly supports CWC, says treaty reasonable and effective – White House Working group on CWC – Feb 26, 1997.
• “Reno/Chemical Weapons” – Voice of America – Jim Malone – Feb 27, 1997.
• “Chemical Weapons Convention” – Voice of America – Deborah Cooper – Feb 27, 1997.

March 1997

• Majority Leader Emerges As Key To Fate of CWC in Senate. – Eric J. Leklem, Arms Control Today – March 1997.
• Public strongly favors CWC – White House Working group on CWC – March 4, 1997.
• No to the Chemical Arms Treaty – James Schlesinger, Caspar Weinberger, Donald Rumsfeld – Washington Post – March 5, 1997.
• Editorial support spans cross-country – White House Working group on CWC – March 6, 1997.
• Chemical Arms Treaty: Act now or pay later – St. Paul Pioneer Press – St. Paul, MN –March 6, 1997.
• U.S. Chemical Executive Backs Chemical Weapons Convention – Douglas Remillard – US Information Agency – March 7, 1997.
• Here come the spies – The Wall Street Journal – March 7, 1997.
• Unmodified, Chemical Weapons Pact is Doomed, Sen. Helms Warns – Thomas W. Lippman – Washington Post – March 9, 1997.
• “The Chemical Weapons Debate” – Voice of America – Maxim Kniazkov – March 9, 1997.
• Chemical hostage: Tyrant at the Helms – The Anniston Star – Anniston, AL – March 10, 1997.
• Scientists, engineers urge CWC support – White House Working group on CWC – March 11, 1997.
• The Three Defense Chiefs – Washington Post – March 11, 1997.
• Transcript and Audio of the Background Report on the Chemical Weapons Convention – Elizabeth Farnsworth, PBS NewsHour – Burning Issue – March 13, 1997.
• Transcript of Former U.N. Amb. Jeanne Kirkpatrick and former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft debating the Chemical Weapons Conventions Treaty – Elizabeth Farnsworth, PBS NewsHour – Burning Issue – March 13, 1997.
• Separating Fact from Fiction: The Australia Group and the Chemical Weapons Convention – Amy E. Smithson, The Henry L. Stimson Center – Occasional Paper #34 – March 14, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons: Time is running out for US to ratify treaty – The Dallas Morning News – March 16, 1997.
• Hostage to Helms – Emporia, KS, Gazette – March 17, 1997.
• Real deadline, real consequences – White House Working group on CWC – March 18, 1997.
• Ratify: It shouldn’t be so difficult for Congress to outlaw poison gas – The Wichita Eagle – Wichita, KS – March 19, 1997.
• Ratify chemical weapons ban – The Patriot News – Harrisburg, PA – March 19, 1997.
• “Senate/Chemical Weapons” – Voice of America – David Swan – March 19, 1997.
• “US/Chemical Weapons” – Voice of America – Ron Pemstein – March 19, 1997.
• CWC will help in fight against terrorism – White House Working group on CWC – March 20, 1997.
• Holum: 84% of Americans Support Chemical Weapons Treaty – Robert D. Tadlock – US Information Agency – March 20, 1997.
• Approve chemical weapons treaty – Jim Hitch, Editor, The Hays Daily News – Hays, KS – March 20, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons Convention Statements by President Clinton – March 21, 1997.
• Presidents Clinton, Yeltsin reaffirm commitment to CWC ratification – White House Working group on CWC – March 21, 1997.
• US-Russian Joint Statement on Chemical Weapons – White House Office of the Press Secretary – March 21, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons: Senate should move quickly to ratify world treaty – Houston Chronicle – March 23, 1997.
• Ratify Chemical Weapons treaty – Statesman Journal – Salem, OR – March 23, 1997.
• Chemical Reaction – Douglas J. Feith – The New Republic – March 24, 1997.
• Senate may vote soon on chemical weapons treaty – San Antonio Express-News – March 25, 1997.
• Helms Holds Lock on Treaty – Peter Fairly – Chemical Week – March 26, 1997.
• Legal Community supports treaty protections – White House Working group on CWC – March 26, 1997.*
• Helms Softens his stance on the Chemical Weapons Convention – Jane A. Morse – US Information Agency – March 26, 1997.
• “Albright/Chemical Weapons” – Voice of America – Nick Simeone – March 26, 1997.
• Excerpts from Albright-Helms Press Conference – State Department – Madeleine Albright, Jesse Helms – March 27, 1997.
• The Big Deal of The Day – Thomas L. Friedman – The New York Times – March 27, 1997.
• Curb chemical weapons – The Denver Post – March 28, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons Treaty – The Post-Standard – Syracuse, NY – March 28, 1997.
• Chemical reaction: With Helms aside, the Senate must ratify a key arms ban – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – March 30, 1997.
• Poison gas treaty deserves quick approval – San Jose Mercury News – March 31, 1997.

April 1997

• The Chemical Weapons Convention Fact Sheet – SIPRI, April 1997.
• Holum optimistic about vote on Chemical Weapons Convention – David Pitts – US Information Agency – April 1, 1997.
• Republican Senators introduce anti-chemical weapons bill – US Information Agency Congressional Report – April 1, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons: Ratification of Treaty would promote a safer, saner world – East Oregonian – Pendleton, OR – April 1, 1997.
• The Bum’s Rush – The Wall Street Journal – April 1, 1997.
• The right chemistry – The Birmingham News – Birmingham, AL – April 2, 1997.
• Kyl bill no alternative to CWC – White House Working group on CWC – April 2, 1997.
• Excerpts from the White House Daily Briefing – Mike McCurry – April 3, 1997.
• The Chemical Weapons Convention: Making America Less Secure – Baker Spring, The Heritage Foundation – Executive Memorandum #473 – April 3, 1997.
• CWC Support continues to grow -White House Working group on CWC –April 4, 1997.
• Fact Sheet: The Chemical Weapons Convention – The White House – April 4, 1997.
• Fact Sheet: CWC Facts and Fiction – The White House – April 4, 1997.
• Fact Sheet: CWC Provides Common Sense Security – The White House – April 4, 1997.
• Fact Sheet: Consequences of Failure to Ratify Treaty – The White House – April 4, 1997.
• Fact Sheet: Signatories and Ratifiers of the CWC – The White House – April 4, 1997.
• Clinton Launches Major Drive for US Senate Ratification of CWC – Wendy S. Ross – US Information Agency – April 4, 1997.
• Ratify chemical weapons ban – The Times-Picayune – New Orleans, LA – April 4, 1997.
• Deadline for a chemical arms ban – The Boston Globe – April 4, 1997.
• Transcript of NSC Staff, Commerce Dept. Briefing on CWC – Robert Bell and William Reinsch – April 4, 1997.
• Clinton remarks on Chemical Weapons Convention – April 4, 1997.
• “Clinton/Chemical Weapons” – Voice of America – Deborah Tate – April 4, 1997.
• White House has rally for weapons ban – Thomas W. Lippman – Washington Post – April 5, 1997.
• Clinton Mobilizes Bipartisan Effort On Chemical Arms – Steven Lee Myers – The New York Times – April 5, 1997.
• Ratify the Chemical Weapons Treaty – William S. Cohen – Washington Post – April 6, 1997.
• CWC supporters rally at White House -White House Working group on CWC – April 7, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons: The US should lead, not drag its feet – Detroit Free Press – April 7, 1997.
• Senate Should Ratify Chemical treaty – The Manhattan, KS Mercury – April 7, 1997.
• “Senate/Chemical Weapons” – Voice of America – David Swan – April 7, 1997.
• “US/Chemical Weapons” – Voice of America – Victor Beattie – April 7, 1997.
• CWC Fact #1: The April 29 deadline is real – White House Working group on CWC – April 8, 1997.
• Former Defense Chiefs Testify Against Chemical Weapons Pact – David Pitts – US Information Agency – April 8, 1997.
• Excerpts from Clinton-Chretien Oval Office Q&A with reporters – President Clinton –April 8, 1997.
• Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing 105-183 – Full Text PDF
• April 8, 1997 – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing 105-183
  Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense
  James R. Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense
  Caspar Weinberger, former Secretary of Defense
  Madeleine Korbel Albright, Secretary of State
• April 9, 1997 – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing 105-183
  Douglas J. Feith, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Negotiation Policy
  Fred C. Ikle, former Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
  Jeanne J. Kirkpatrick, former U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
  Richard N. Perle, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy
  Edward L. Rowny, International Negotiation Consultant
  Brent Scowcroft, former National Security Policy Advisor
  Admiral E.R. Zumwalt, Member, President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
• CWC Fact #2: The costs are reasonable -White House Working group on CWC – April 9, 1997.
• Weapons Treaty Deserves Ratification – News and Record – Greensboro, NC – April 9, 1997.
• The US needs to lead; Albright’s fight for women’s rights, chemical-arms ban – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – April 9, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons Treaty: No threat to US Security – The Herald-Sun – Durham, NC – April 9, 1997.
• Lott seeks vote on chemical arms treaty – Thomas W. Lippman – Washington Post – April 9, 1997.
• “Senate/Chemical Weapons” – Voice of America – David Swan – April 9, 1997.
• Ratifying the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) – Steven J. Niddler, Progressive Policy Institute Backgrounder – April 9, 1997.
• Senate Vote Is Now Likely On Chemical Arms Treaty – Steven Lee Myers – The New York Times – April 9, 1997.
• CWC Fact #3: Rogue States will suffer – White House Working group on CWC – April 10, 1997.
• Biden: More than enough votes to pass chemical weapons pact – David Pitts – US Information Agency – April 10, 1997.
• Trent Lott’s Chemical test – Robert D. Novak – Washington Post – April 10, 1997.
• Excerpts from the Remarks by Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright to the American Society of Newspaper Editors – Madeleine K. Albright – April 10, 1997.
• CWC Fact #4: Our hand is strengthened – White House Working group on CWC – April 11, 1997.
• A False Sense of Security – Charles Krauthammer – Washington Post – April 11, 1997.
• Excerpts from the Remarks of the President to the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors – President Clinton – April 11, 1997.
• Press Release: Ad hoc coalition of conservative leaders urges Senator Lott to defeat the CWC – Free Congress Foundation – April 11, 1997.
• First the Treaty, Then the Hard Work – David Kay, Ronald F. Lehman, R James Woolsey – Washington Post – April 13, 1997.
• Chemical Weapons: Grams should abandon Helms’ view – The Star Tribune – Minneapolis, MN – April 13, 1997.
• Luntz Poll on CWC fatally flawed – White House Working group on CWC – April 14, 1997.
• Why the US should ratify the treaty to ban chemical weapons globally – Vil S. Mirzayanov – The Philadelphia Inquirer – April 14, 1997.
• Tyrants and Treaties – The Philadelphia Inquirer – April 14, 1997.
• Industry, business support CWC – White House Working group on CWC – April 15, 1997.
• Senate Should Ratify treaty – Daily Times-Call – Lonmont, CO – April 15, 1997.
• Statement: CWC Agreed Conditions – White House – Press Secretary McCurry – April 15, 1997.
• Letter from Sen. Biden to his colleagues in the Senate and Summary of 23 CWC conditions – Sen. Joseph Biden – April 15, 1997.
• “Forbes/Chemical Weapons” – Voice of America – David Swan – April 15, 1997.
• April 15, 1997 – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing 105-183
  Kathleen C. Bailey, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  Malcolm S. Forbes, Jr., President and CEO, Forbes, Inc.
  Ralph V. Johnson, Dixie Chemical Company
  Kevin L. Kearns, United States Business and Industrial Council
  Bruce Merrifield, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce
  William A. Reinsch, Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration
  Wayne Spears, Spears Manufacturing, Inc.
  Frederick Webber, Chemical Manufacturers Association
• “Clinton/Chemical Weapons” – Voice of America – David Borgida – April 16, 1997.
• Time for Senate Action: Over 20 concerns addressed in agreed CWC conditions – White House Working group on CWC – April 16, 1997.
• Press Briefing by National Security Advisor Samuel Berger and NSC Senior Director for Defense and Arms Control Policy Robert Bell – White House Office of the Press Secretary – April 16, 1997.
• Excerpts from “A Presidential tribute to Gerald Ford” – Madeleine Albright – Keynote address at the Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, MI – April 16, 1997.
• April 17, 1997 – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing. 105-183
  Porter J. Goss, U.S. Representative in Congress from Florida
  Ronald F. Lehman, former Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
  General William Odom, former Director, National Security Agency
  Edward J. O’Malley, former Assistant Director (Counterintelligence), Federal Bureau of Investigation
• CWC vote scheduled – White House Working group on CWC – April 17, 1997.
• The Real Chemical treaty Issue – Washington Post – April 17, 1997.
• Excerpts from DoD news briefing – Statement of John Shalikashvili, Chairman of the Joint chiefs of Staff – April 17, 1997.
• Agreement for consideration of the CWC – John Isaacs – Council for a Livable World – April 17, 1997.
• Closer To Chemical Warfare – Edwin J. Fuelner, The Heritage Foundation – Commentary – April 17, 1997.
• Clinton Serves as Dinner Host to Woo Congress on Foreign Policy – James Bennet – The New York Times – April 17, 1997.
• President urges support for CWC – White House Working group on CWC – April 18, 1997.
• Remarks by the President in press availability – President Clinton – April 18, 1997.
• Statement by the Honorable Harold Brown, Elliot Richardson, and William Perry, former Secretaries of Defense, on the CWC – Harold Brown, Elliot Richardson and William Perry – April 18, 1997.
• President Presses For Budget Deal And Arms Treaty – James Bennet – The New York Times – April 19, 1997.
• In Clinton’s Words, a Stark Choice for the U.S. – President Clinton – The New York Times – April 19, 1997.
• Questions that need answering before chemical treaty’s approval – The Star Tribune – Minneapolis, MN – April 20, 1997.
• Top Russian scientist urges support; treaty best way to get at covert programs – White House Working group on CWC – April 21, 1997.
• Don’t let Helms Shut US out of Chemical Pact – Long Island Newsday – April 21, 1997.
• Transcript: Albright discusses CWC on “Meet the Press” – “Meet the Press” on NBC – April 21, 1997 – Madeleine Albright, William Cohen, Tim Russert.
• Clinton Pushes Pact Covering Chemical Arms – Seven Erlanger – The New York Times – April 21, 1997.
• Killer conditions threaten treaty – White House Working group on CWC – April 22, 1997.
• Dole, Powell endorse treaty at White House – White House Working group on CWC – April 23, 1997.
• Six Faulty Reasons for Supporting the Chemical Weapons Convention – Thomas Moore, The Heritage Foundation – Backgrounder #1111 – April 23, 1997.
• Decision Time on Chemical Weapons – The New York Times – April 23, 1997.
• Clinton Makes Final Push On Chemical Arms Treaty – Alison Mitchell – The New York Times – April 23, 1997.
• Some In The G.O.P. Move To Back Ban On Chemical Arms – Adam Clymer – The New York Times – April 24, 1997.
• Hiding Behind the Moon – Thomas L. Friedman – The New York Times – April 24, 1997.
• Lott announces his support of CWC – US Information Agency Congressional Report – April 24, 1997.
• Excerpts from the White House daily briefing – Mike McCurry – April 24, 1997.
• Clinton letter to Trent Lott on Chemical Weapons – President Clinton – April 24, 1997.
• “Chemical Weapons Vote” – Voice of America – David Swan – April 24, 1997.
• How the Senators Voted on Treaty – The New York Times – April 25, 1997.
• How the Votes Were Won: Clinton’s New G.O.P. Tactics – Alison Mitchell – The New York Times – April 25, 1997.
• Senate Approves Pact On Chemical Weapons After Lott Opens Way – Adam Clymer – The New York Times – April 25, 1997.
• In Their Own Words: Three Senators, For and Against – Trent Lott, Joseph R. Biden Jr., Jesse Helms – The New York Times – April 25, 1997.
• From Clinton to Lott, a Last-Minute Letter – President Clinton – The New York Times – April 25, 1997.
• Chemical Treaty, at a Price… – Washington Post – April 27, 1997.
• Sign Here: Let’s Pledge to Postpone the Apocalypse – Adam Clymer – The New York Times – April 27, 1997.
• US Ratification of CWC – Survey of news reports from 14 countries – Bill Richey – US Information Agency – April 30, 1997.

May 1997

• Arms Control Fetish – George F. Will – Washington Post – May 1, 1997.
• “Banning Chemical Weapons” – “New Horizons” on Voice of America – Brian Cislak – May 1, 1997.