***** Reformatted. Please distribute. CLINTON/GORE ON ARMS CONTROL The end of the Cold War leaves two great tasks for American arms control policy: to halt the spread of nuclear, chemical, biological and missile technologies to countries that do not have them; and to turn the legacy of the Cold War into effective strategy for the post-Cold War era. The Clinton/Gore Plan Stop nuclear proliferation * Bolster the International Atomic Energy Agency's capacity to inspect suspect facilities through surprise inspections in member countries. * Lead a strong international effort to impose sanctions against companies or countries that spread dangerous weapons. * Demand that other nations tighten their export laws and strengthen enforcement of policies regarding nuclear weapons. * Never again subsidize the nuclear ambitions of a Saddam Hussein. * Ensure that agricultural and other non- military loans to foreign governments are used as intended. * Strengthen safeguards to ensure that key nuclear technology and equipment are kept out of dictators' grasp. * Ratify the START Treaty and the follow-on agreement of June, 1992. Pursue and strengthen international agreements * Make non-proliferation the highest priority of our intelligence agencies. * Press more nations to sigh and abide by the Missile Technology Control Regime. * Conclude a chemical weapons convention banning the production, stockpiling, or use of chemical weapons. * Lead the effort to achieve a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty through a phased approach. Nuclear weapons plans for the 21st century * Maintain a survivable nuclear deterrent, consistent with our needs in the post-Cold War era. * Develop effective defenses to protect our troops from short and medium range missiles. * Support research on limited missile defense systems to protect the U.S. against new long- range missile threats. * Conduct all such activities in strict compliance with the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty. The Record * Al Gore has gained an international reputation as an innovative and hard working expert on arms control issues. * Advocated sharp reductions in weapons and shift from destabilizing land-based multiple- warhead missiles to single warhead missiles - now core objectives of the American negotiating position. * Wrote legislation to stop proliferation of ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons, and is advocating new legislation to block the spread of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons to Iraq. * Resisted weakening of the ABM treaty and worked to keep SDI form violating from U.S. obligations. * Fought efforts to scrap SALT II limits and preserved them as the foundations for START. * Favored a ban on short-time of flight or depresses trajectory missiles - a year before US negotiators adopted the position. * Advocated special treatment for nuclear armed sea-launched cruise missiles because of their unusual nature. * Monitored Geneva arms control talks as one of ten Senate observers.