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Meeting America's Security Goals

Weapons And Nuclear Security (Recently negotiated agreements):

• Halt nuclear proliferation
• Prohibit nuclear tests
• Ban chemical weapons
• Restrain development & transfer of advanced weapon technologies
• Deactivate 5000 nuclear warheads from former Soviet Union and eliminate nuclear weapons from three former Soviet Republics
• Help more than 25,000 former Soviet weapons scientists find employment in peaceful commercial ventures

Promote Peace -- Prevent, contain, and end conflicts in:

• Middle East
• Northern Ireland
• Balkans
• Central America
• Ecuador/Peru
• Korean Peninsula
• South Asia
• Africa

Fight Drug Trafficking:

• Reduce opium production in Asia
• Cut coca production in the Western Hemisphere
• Intercept billions of dollars in drugs before they reach American neighborhoods

Fight International Terrorism:

• Train friendly governments in counterterrorism
• Offer rewards for terrorist suspects
• Gather information to anticipate and prevent terrorist attacks
• Bring more than 200 suspected criminals and terrorists to the U.S. in the last two years to face American justice

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