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Joe Cirincione

Joe Cirincione

Joe Cirincione is a national security analyst. He is author of "Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons" and other works. He formerly served as president of Ploughshares Fund, vice-president for national security at the Center for American Progress, director for non-proliferation at the Carnegie Endowment and as a senior fellow at the Stimson Center. He served for nine years on the professional staff of the House Armed Services Committee and the Government Operations Committee. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Joe Cirincione is a national security analyst. He is author of "Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons" and other works. He formerly served as president of Ploughshares Fund, vice-president for national security at the Center for American Progress, director for non-proliferation at the Carnegie Endowment and as a senior fellow at the Stimson Center. He served for nine years on the professional staff of the House Armed Services Committee and the Government Operations Committee. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Defense

Hagel is under attack for having views on nuclear weapons that have been mainstream since Reagan

He wants to decrease the size of our arsenal. But so do most security experts, on both sides of the aisle -- something opponents of his nomination have forgotten.