Robert G. Gard Jr. is a senior military fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation in Washington, D.C. He is a retired Lieutenant General of the United States Army and a former president of the National Defense University.

Dispatch
The Aspiration of Global Zero
President Obama seeks a world without nuclear weapons, but there are signs a key treaty is unraveling.
Robert G. Gard
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
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