CENTER FOR DEFENSE INFORMATION

April/May/June 2009 Defense Monitor

4 May 2009

This issue of The Defense Monitor by the Center for Defense Information (CDI) includes an overview and update for the World Security Institute's Global Zero project, an analysis of the reintroduction of the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act by the U.S. Congress, a commentary on "pork" at the Department of Defense, an analysis of the hasty proposal by some commentators to stimulate the economy by increasing the defense budget, and a summary of CDI Senior Analyst Philip Coyle's congressional testimony on the Department of Energy's Complex Transformation Program.

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Articles in this issue include:

• Global Zero Kicks-Off Successfully in Paris in Advance of Historic U.S.-Russia Announcement
• Congress Reintroduces Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act
• The Moment for Eliminating Nuclear Weapons is Now
• The Problem of Pork at the Pentagon
• Assist the U.S. Economy: Cut the Defense Budget
• DOE Complex Transformation Program

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